A wind warning is in effect for about half of southern Saskatchewan. It starts from just north of Lloydminster to east of Saskatoon including North Battleford, Rosthern and then south through Watrous, Davidson, Regina all the way to the U.S. border and everything west of that.
Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang says this is a reminder that winter is coming. She suggests making sure you’ve secured things around the house as well.
“And don’t give the wind anything to blow around. Secure those, you know Halloween decorations and the like because we’ve all got them out there. And just that reminder to check those highway conditions before you head out as well especially if you’re heading north.”
Environment Canada forecasting points to northern Saskatchewan bearing the brunt of this first taste of winter weather. Lang says that northern tier of regions like Stony Rapids up through Wollaston Lake will be impacted.
“We could see upwards of 30 to 40 centimetres of wet, heavy snow along with wind in exposed areas so it could be a real mess up in northern Saskatchewan over the next couple of days.”
Lang expects the wind will start late this afternoon in central areas like Saskatoon peaking very early in the morning slowly tapering off Saturday afternoon. Lang says peak wind gusts of 90 kilometres an hour are possible. She says that any high profile broad-sided vehicles will have difficulty navigating this wind such as trailers or anyone hauling recreational vehicles like boats.
As well the wind warning may be extended eastward but she says not likely northward.
