Listen to this article
Estimated 2 minutes
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.
The worst of the latest snowfall has passed for southern Saskatchewan, but the system was shifting north on Monday afternoon.
Overnight, five to 10 centimeters of snow blanketed the southeast portion of the province, including Regina and Estevan, said Justin Shelley, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The snow was caused by a low-pressure system forming over the northern U.S. plains, bringing heavy snowfall that was moving into central Saskatchewan on Monday afternoon, including Saskatoon and eastern areas.
Shelley said the precipitation over Saskatchewan should end overnight.
“We will still see some lingering light snow through some central and southeast regions through the overnight and possibly into early Tuesday morning,” he said. “But the bulk of the precipitation will be out overnight tonight. Then we’ll have a little bit of a reprieve before any additional snowfall makes its way into the region.”
In Regina, city road crews were working to keep the main roads clear. Daryl Massier, the City of Regina’s roadways seasonal operations manager, said crews were deployed early Monday.
“Currently we’re working in storm mode and we’re focusing on ice control,” he told reporters Monday morning.
Massier said Monday’s snowfall is typical for a winter season, and road crews were prepared for it.
WATCH | Sask. shovellers in good spirits over spring snow:
Sask. shovellers in good spirits over spring snow
A late-season snowfall is expected to dump 10 to 15 centimetres in Moose Jaw, Regina, and southeastward through Moosomin into Manitoba between Monday and Tuesday morning.
Regina resident Darren Grychowski said the spring snowstorm is hardly unexpected.
“It’s just another Saskatchewan day,” he said. “I’ve been here long enough, this is no big shock, could be more coming. I’ve seen it in May, so no surprise.”
Shelley said there is another potential snow system that Environment and Climate Change Canada is tracking. It’s expected to “skirt portions of the province” Wednesday night and through Thursday, with the primary impacts expected in the west and south of the province.
He said seasonal temperatures are expected to return throughout the province as it warms up over the weekend.
