Strong winds kick in behind a system bringing rain to the north.
Saskatoon Forecast
Monday
After a wild end to the work week with 6 tornadoes touching down in Saskatchewan on Friday and a hot finish to the weekend with a daytime high of 30 degrees Sunday, it was a slightly more settled start to the work week.
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17 degrees was where temperatures fell to Monday morning under mostly cloudy skies to start before sunshine kicked in by late morning along with west-northwesterly wind gusts in excess of 50 km/h as we warmed up to 20 degrees by noon.
After a sunny start to the afternoon, a TROWAL associated with the low bringing rain to the north, which stands for a TRough Of Warm Air aLoft, swung through, bringing back some clouds late in the day and some rain overnight as we warmed up a few degrees into the 20s.
A rainfall warning was issued for Buffalo Narrows and Île-à-la-Crosse for heavy rain at times during the day as a system drenched the area in 112.3 millimetres of rain by Tuesday morning.
Flooding was reported in a number of areas including Buffalo Narrows Park with water filling the streets and rising up to homes.
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Winds gusted upwards of 70 km/h overnight with light rain continuing into the early morning hours.
Tuesday
We may see some lingering clouds to start the day on Tuesday before we get into some more sunshine by midday as a surface high slides by.
Cool northwesterly winds will remain brisk during the day, at sustained speeds of 30 to 40 km/h and gusts of 50 to 60 km/h as we rise up to an afternoon high in the mid 20s.
Wednesday-Friday
An upper ridge will build back in Wednesday and stick around for Thursday, keeping us under mostly sunny skies with highs hiking up from around 27 degrees Wednesday into the 30s Thursday and Friday.
The work week will end on an unsettled note with a low pressure system swinging through on Friday that will bring in a chance of thunderstorms with some clouds during the day.
Weekend Outlook
We should see a return to some more sunshine on Saturday with just a chance of early morning showers before another disturbance may ripple through on Sunday bringing in more unsettled conditions with daytime highs both days in the upper 20s.
Tara Macknak took this Your Saskatchewan photo at Brightsand Lake:
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