A cold front that brought early morning rain and thunderstorms has knocked temperatures back today and will again tomorrow.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for south-central and southwest Saskatchewan including the Leader, Swift Currrent, Maple Creek, Moose Jaw, Regina and Estevan areas.
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.
A cold front slicing through an unstable airmass over southern Saskatchewan will lead to thunderstorm development this afternoon.
Some of these storms may become severe.
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Saskatoon Forecast
Today
Thunderstorms rolled through from 3 a.m. into the 4 a.m. hour as a cold front slid through, followed by light rain that continued until the 7 o’clock hour.
Interesting cloud features were spotted along the front this morning including a roll cloud that was seen east of Spalding and in the Regina region.
READ MORE: What are roll clouds?
Temperatures fell into the mid-teens to start the day under mostly cloudy skies that stuck around into the middle of the day with the mercury struggling to climb up into the low 20s by noon.
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Humidex values were making it feel like 26 late morning into early afternoon with the added moisture from the morning rain.
We’re expecting to see temperatures climb up a bit further into the mid-20s today with humidex values pushing into the high 20s with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Tonight
Clouds will clear back out tonight as temperatures fall back to around 10 degrees.
Thursday
Tomorrow will start off under sunny skies, but as another pulse of cooler air pushes in along with some mid-level moisture and an upper disturbance, we’ll see the cloud cover and a chance of showers back in the forecast for the afternoon.
Our daytime high will also be suppressed as the cooler air punches in, with the mercury expected to hover in the low 20s through the afternoon.
Friday
An arctic high pushing into Alberta will keep us in a cool northerly flow through the day on Friday with mostly sunny skies and an afternoon high barely into the low 20s.
Weekend Outlook
Saturday still looks like it’ll be a bit cooler with a bit more cloud than sun, especially in the afternoon with an expected high around 23 or 24 degrees.
Upper level ridging starts to take hold again on Sunday with an associated low pressure system sliding into northern Alberta helping push in the warmer air making for a day still under a mix of sun and cloud, but with an afternoon high pushing a bit further up into the mid-20s likely around 26 degrees or so.
This Your Saskatchewan photo was snapped in Horseshoe Bay at Turtle Lake by Taya Grueter:
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