It was a cold and cloudy start Thursday with temperatures near -29 and a wind chill of -36, but warmer temperatures are on the way.
Saskatoon Forecast
Thursday
Cloud cover is expected to stick around into the afternoon, which includes a 30 per cent chance of flurries in the early afternoon breaking up into a mix of sun and cloud. Temperatures are expected to rise to our daytime high of -22 by the end of the afternoon, but that wind chill will still play a factor, feeling more like -30 as we head into the early evening.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy conditions overnight, with temperatures dipping to -32 with an extreme wind chill of -42.
Friday
It will feel like -42 as you step out the door Friday morning with clear conditions.
Mainly sunny day expected in Saskatoon with a daytime high of -29; it will feel around -44 with the wind chill. Cloud cover will begin to roll in as we head into the overnight hours with a 30 per cent chance of flurries overnight into Saturday.
Saturday
Sunshine and clear sky will remain into Saturday with a daytime high of -27, the wind chill could dip as low as -48 in the morning, warming up slightly in the afternoon.
New Years Eve
It will be sunny for the last day of 2017 as warmer air from the west begins to make its way into Saskatchewan. Temperatures will remain in the mid minus twenties.
As we clock in the new year, temperatures will sit at -30 with a wind chill around -34.
New Years Day
We’re back into the low minus teens for the first time since before Christmas to kick of 2018.
The day will start with plenty of sunshine before some cloud cover rolls in by mid-afternoon.
Laura Iron took the Your Saskatchewan photo for Dec. 28 in Pinehouse.