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Saskatoon weather outlook: extreme cold and snow in the forecast

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WATCH ABOVE: Extreme cold possible next week after some snow this weekend in Saskatoon's weather forecast – Feb 3, 2017

Extreme cold possible next week after some snow this weekend!

Saskatoon Forecast

Today

-27 was what it felt like this morning in Saskatoon with wind chill as temperatures fell back to around -20 early this morning under partly to mostly clear skies.

Clouds built back in during the morning with mostly cloudy skies by noon after warming into the mid-minus teens.

Partly to mostly cloudy skies will linger for the remainder of the day with the mercury rising up to around -12 or so for an afternoon high.

Tonight

Clouds will return tonight with a chance of flurries into the early morning hours as temperatures fall back a few degrees into the minus teens.

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Saturday

Daytime highs will continue to remain steady through the weekend and into next week in the mid-minus teens thanks to a Rex Block, blocking pattern in the upper atmosphere.

READ MORE: Rex Block holding pattern keeps Saskatoon cool

A Rex Block holding pattern will inhibit the warm air from returning to Saskatoon any time soon. SkyTracker Weather

-26 is what it’ll feel like Saturday morning with wind chill under cloudy skies with a good chance of flurries, particularly in the morning as a low pressure system swings by south of the city.

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Thermometers should climb up into the mid-minus teens for a daytime high in the afternoon hours, feeling like the -20s with wind chill all day.

Sunday

Arctic air starts to make its presence known again on Sunday. SkyTracker Weather

Arctic air tries to push in on Sunday, dropping temperatures back into the -20s in the evening with a chance of snow as a push of Pacific moisture tries to push north.

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We are on the edge of the snow zone, so we’ll continue to keep an eye on the situation.

Snow is likely to move back into the Saskatoon area on Sunday morning. SkyTracker Weather
Heaviest snowfall accumulations are expected to be in southern Saskatchewan. SkyTracker Weather

Work Week Outlook

Another pulse of moisture pushes in on Monday with snow likely once again under cloudy skies and a morning low in the mid-minus 20s with a daytime high into the minus teens.

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Clouds will finally clear late Tuesday to give us mostly sunny skies mid-week as an arctic high drops us back into cool air.

Projection of the core of polar air in the upper atmosphere slides south next week. SkyTracker Weather

Daytime highs will drop back into the low teens with lows down as low as -28 with wind chills approaching extreme cold warning criteria of -40 as we dive into the deep freeze mid-week.

This Your Saskatchewan photo was taken by Colin Chatfield near Saskatoon:

Feb. 3: This Your Saskatchewan photo was taken by Colin Chatfield near Saskatoon. Colin Chatfield / Viewer Submitted

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