A blast of snow transforms central Saskatchewan into a winter wonderland.
Saskatoon Forecast
Thursday
The first snowfall of the season hit central Saskatchewan on Wednesday night with up to 12.7 centimetres falling in areas like Christopher Lake.
We woke up to a winter wonderland with a few centimetres of snow on the ground as temperatures slid back to -5, with wind chill values making it feel like a cool -9 to start the day.
After the abrupt start, we managed to make it up to the freezing mark by noon with partly to mostly cloudy skies dominating the morning.
Partly to mostly cloudy skies stuck around for the rest of the day as the system responsible for the snow slid out and we sprung back up above freezing by a few degrees.
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Thursday Night
Clouds will be in and out overnight as we cool back into mid minus single digits.
Friday
Minus double digits is what it’ll feel like in the morning with wind chill, but we should warm up quite quickly as an upper ridge pushes in with an afternoon high in mid positive single digits.
We may start off the day with some clouds that’ll clear out, but that building ridge will come with a push of Pacific moisture that’ll bring in more clouds during the day.
Weekend
We hit the heart of the heat and the core of the upper ridge on Saturday, which will warm temperatures into the mid-teens and help melt whatever snow is still left on the ground.
Clouds roll in during the day as a cold front approaches and brings us under mostly cloudy skies on Sunday with a chance of showers as strong northwesterly winds of 40 gusting to 60 km/h kick in and we struggle to an afternoon high in mid single digits.
Work Week Outlook
Clouds will stick around for the work week with afternoon highs making it just above the freezing mark as a system approaches and brings in some snow for Halloween and drops in even colder air to start November.
Jeff Wizniak took the Oct. 26 Your Saskatchewan photo in Saskatoon:
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