Seventy km/h wind gusts blast through Saskatchewan with snow as temperatures topple down over a dozen degrees.
Weather forecast
Friday
Temperatures started the day out around the freezing mark before surging into double digits before noon under partly-to-mostly cloudy skies.
A wind warning is in effect for up to 100 km/h gusts late Friday in parts of western Saskatchewan.
The last really nice day of the month will finish with the mercury making it into the mid-teens with increasing sunshine across the south as strong southwesterly wind gusts upwards of 50 km/h.
Friday night
Winds strengthen even further Friday night with 70 km/h gusts possible as a risk of rain and snow slides through Saskatoon with temperatures falling just below freezing.
Saturday
The cold front will have plowed through the province by Saturday morning leaving winds of 50 km/h with gusts of 70 to 80 km/h from the northwest in its wake.
There is a chance of some mixed precipitation in Regina and pockets of flurries in Saskatoon as temperatures nudge just above freezing before falling into mid-minus single digits with minus double-digit wind chills in Regina for the Heritage Classic Saturday night.
Sunday
Clouds linger in Regina on Sunday with a chance of flurries early in the day with sunshine in Saskatoon that won’t last long before clouds and a risk of snow return later in the day.
Morning wind chills will be in the minus teens and the mercury will stay below freezing all day long.
Workweek outlook
Flurries are likely to linger into the day on Monday before skies start to clear on Tuesday with daytime highs staying well below freezing and minus double-digit morning temperatures returning mid-week.
Barbara Lloyd took the October 25 Your Saskatchewan picture of the day in Regina:
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