-40 to -50 wind chills persist for days in parts of Saskatchewan.
Extreme cold warning
Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings for Saskatoon Prince Albert, Melfort, Regina and all of eastern and northern Saskatchewan.
Extreme -40 to -50 wind chills will persist through Wednesday evening due to an arctic high-pressure system moving into the province to start the final week of January.
Frostbite can occur in a matter of minutes if exposed to extreme wind chill values, so be sure to dress in layers and bundle right up in the days ahead.
Saskatoon forecast
Monday
After a wild weekend with freezing rain, snow and up to 80 km/h wind gusts in the city, arctic air dropped in to start the week.
-32 is what it felt like with wind chill Monday morning as temperatures ducked down into the -20s to start the day under sunny skies.
The mercury will make it into the mid-minus teens during the day with a breezy northwesterly wind blowing snow around as the city sits under mostly sunny skies through the afternoon.
Monday night
Clear skies sticking around Monday night will bring in one of the coldest nights the city has seen so far this year with temperatures diving down to around -32 with wind chills into the -40s.
Tuesday
-44 is what it will feel like with wind chill as you’re heading out the door Tuesday morning under sunny skies to start the day.
Some high clouds are expected to slide in during the afternoon, but the expected daytime high will struggle to get up to around -25 with wind chills stuck in the -30s all day.
Wednesday-Friday
The next approaching system will bring back the clouds, a chance of snow and much more moderate temperatures for the rest of the week.
Daytime highs will return to the minus teens on Wednesday, approaching minus single digits on Thursday and likely rise into minus single digits by Friday with a chance of flurries each day.
Weekend outlook
The next significant precipitation-packed pulse of moisture is expected for the weekend with snow likely Saturday and possibly continuing into Sunday as daytime highs drop back into the mid-minus teens.
Rachelle Apperley took the January 28 Your Saskatchewan photo near Carnduff:
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