UPDATE: Latest extreme cold warnings for Saskatchewan
Environment Canada has continued an extreme cold warning for parts of northern Saskatchewan.
Temperatures near -30 C, combined with northerly winds of 10 to 15 km/h, will create extreme wind chill values of -40 or lower Thursday morning.
Exposed skin can freeze in five to 10 minutes at those values.
Wind chill values are expected to moderate later in the day.
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Extreme wind chills are expected overnight over the northeastern grainbelt as a cold arctic ridge of high pressure builds in the region.
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Extreme cold warning for:
- Cree Lake – Key Lake
- Fond-du-Lac – Stony Rapids
- La Loche – Clearwater River Prov. Park – Cluff Lake
- Pelican Narrows – Cumberland House – Creighton
- Southend – Brabant Lake – Kinoosao
- Uranium City – Camsell Portage
- Wollaston Lake – Collins Bay
Extreme cold warning ended for:
- Hudson Bay – Porcupine Plain
- Meadow Lake – Big River – Green Lake – Pierceland
- Melfort – Tisdale – Nipawin – Carrot River
- Prince Albert – Shellbrook – Spiritwood – Duck Lake