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A tornado watch has been issued for eastern parts of the province, including Yorkton, Melville, Moosomin and Carlyle.
Environment Canada officials say a low pressure system that is tracking along the international border will bring rain to southern Saskatchewan on Wednesday.
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Along with that, a warm and humid airmass is being drawn northward by the system.
Yorkton may get hit yet again as the city is not only under tornado watch, but also a special weather statement for heavy rain potentially hitting the region.
Strong to severe thunderstorms are expect to develop Wednesday afternoon in eastern parts of the province when it encounters the cooler air moving in from the west.
Meteorologists said there is a strong sheer in the atmosphere, with strong southeast winds at ground level and strong southwest winds aloft and any storms that do develop will have rotation due to the sheer, creating the possibility of tornadoes Wednesday afternoon.
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A special weather statement remains in place for Saskatoon and area, while other parts of Saskatchewan are under rainfall warnings.
Parts of western Saskatchewan, including Kindersley and Swift Current, are under a rainfall warning, with upwards of 50 millimetres of rain expected by Thursday morning.
Localized flooding in low-lying areas is possible.
Thunderstorms are expected to start in the morning and continue into the afternoon before transitioning to steadier rain tonight.
While southwest parts of the province are expected to receive the heaviest rainfall, areas in the southeast could receive 25 to 40 millimetres of rain before it tapers off Thursday morning.
However, there is still uncertainty as to the exact track of the low pressure system and the intensity of the thunderstorms, and areas currently under the special weather statement could see those changed to warnings as the storm progresses.
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Rainfall warning for:
- Kindersley – Rosetown – Biggar – Wilkie – Macklin
- Leader – Gull Lake
- Swift Current – Herbert – Cabri – Kyle – Lucky Lake
Tornado watch for:
- Carlyle – Oxbow – Carnduff – Bienfait – Stoughton
- Moosomin – Grenfell – Kipling – Wawota
- Yorkton – Melville – Esterhazy
Severe thunderstorm watch for:
- Leader – Gull Lake
- Moose Jaw – Pense – Central Butte – Craik
- Swift Current – Herbert – Cabri – Kyle – Lucky Lake
Special weather statement for:
- Saskatoon
- Regina
- Martensville – Warman – Rosthern – Delisle – Wakaw
- Outlook – Watrous – Hanley – Imperial – Dinsmore
- Moose Jaw – Pense – Central Butte – Craik
- Humboldt – Wynyard – Wadena – Lanigan – Foam Lake
- Fort Qu’Appelle – Indian Head – Lumsden – Pilot Butte
- Kamsack – Canora – Preeceville
- Yorkton – Melville – Esterhazy
Saskatoon Forecast
Today
Rain moved into Saskatoon around 9 a.m. and is expected to continue with just a few breaks for the remainder of the day.
We may see some embedded thunderstorms as well in this rain through the afternoon as the low pressure system slides by to the south.
Anywhere between 20 and 40 millimetres is possible in the city before everything clears out tonight.
Temperatures also have been on the cool side, sitting in the mid-teens throughout most of the morning before bumping up into the high teens around noon in a brief break from the rain.
Tonight
Rain will ease off this evening and should have moved out of the region by midnight before clouds clear out through the overnight period.
Depending on the timing of the clouds clearing out, we may drop down as low as 10 degrees overnight.
Thursday
Tomorrow looks much more settled with a return to the sunshine under partly to mostly sunny skies through the middle of the day before a few more clouds bubble up in the afternoon with a slight risk of showers.
Temperatures should also return to the mid-20s in the afternoon, which will help to dry us out and evaporate some of the standing water after Wednesday’s rain.
Friday
It looks like we’ll finish off the work week on a sunny note with clear skies expected on Friday.
It’ll also end on a warmer note as we’re expecting to hit 26 degrees in the afternoon.
Weekend Outlook
The sunny trend looks like it’ll stick around for Saturday with a daytime high around 26 or 27 degrees before some more cloud cover and a chance of showers moves associated with an upper disturbance in for Sunday, but we still should hit a high in the mid-20s.
This Your Saskatchewan photo of the Great Sandhills was taken by Meghan Mickelson:
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