10 CM of Snow Forecast for Today

Weather watches are up for east-central Saskatchewan including Humboldt, Melfort, Canora and Sandy Bay. Saskatoon might even get a taste of this system as radar indicates that it is just beginning to emerge close by. We will monitor this situation in case it worsens.

Snow for Central Saskatchewan on Monday

Light snow has been falling today in some parts of Saskatchewan and more is expected on Monday. Highest forecast amounts are in the Prince Albert area for up to 4cm by Monday night. Most of central Saskatchewan should see about 2 cm of snow from Saskatoon to LaRonge.

More Temperature Records Fall Today

Estevan, Saskatchewan is currently at +7C as of 4pm, which breaks a record that goes back to 1947 when it hit +4.4C. This warm weather is forecast to to stick around for awhile yet causing many people to wonder what is going on. Some areas in northern Saskatchewan are getting supplies flown in due to ice roads being unavailable due to the unusually long stretch of above normal temperatures.

Link: CBC Saskatchewan

Warm Temperatures Continue, Snow Returns on Sunday

As temperatures have continue to be above normal here in Saskatoon, blizzard conditions have returned to the far north. Nunavut and parts of northern Manitoba are under storm watches and warnings. Freezing temperatures are emerging in northern Alberta as temperatures get back to normal in that province. Southern Saskatchewan may be in for some record temperature highs today but the snow is forecast to return for Sunday and Monday.

Temperature Records: Cooked.

Cardston, Alberta hit 17C today leading the way for a number of temperature records to be shattered across the western Canadian prairies. A line of warmer than normal temperatures has been glued to an area just east of the Rocky Mountains for the better part of this season that our ancestors named "winter".

The color coded map from CAPS/CONUS indicates a distinct line down the east side of the Rockies. An even better view is the sometimes updated snow map from the University of Waterloo .

Car washes and BBQ's are getting used for the first time in many parts of Saskatchewan this January! Hopefully the infestation of poisonous creatures does not climb as it did last year but if God says, "bring back the dinosaurs", then who are we to argue?

Warm Winds for Monday

Saskatoon's forecast has now gone back to a forecast high of +2. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Monday's Canadian Federal Election Day.

Calgary's forecast high is for +10,
Edmonton +5,
Vancouver +9 with drizzle rain,
Yellowknife -22 with light snow,
Iqaluit -28,
Winnipeg 0,
Thunder Bay -4 with snow,
Toronto +3,
Ottawa 0,
Montreal -2 with light snow,
Halifax -2 with light snow.

All around a pretty warm day across Canada.

Snow Today in Saskatoon

Snow is falling once again this morning, adding to the already caked-in roads around Saskatoon. It is forecast to end later this morning but it does seem to be coming down in a heavy type fashion right now. Check our cams to see the latest accumulations.

Saskatoon Weather Cams

Also, in case you didn't notice, Environment Canada quickly changed their Monday forecast a full 7 degrees colder with the high to be -5. It is baffling to try and understand the logic or politics behind giving us a 5 day forecast that is almost always totally wrong or just way off target. A better plan might be to impliment a new system where the long term forecast is either a predictable one with a major system coming in or a total toss-up giving us a range of temperatures. For example, our forecast for Monday is for a 49% chance of snow, and temperatures somewhere between -4 and -30. If anything changes on that we will let you know. Given that formula we could say that on Canada Day, July 1st, 2006 the forecast is for tmperatures to be between +30 and +10 with a 51% chance of a severe thunderstorm.