A strong thunderstorm rolling through Regina early this morning, knocked out power to almost half of the city. The storms brought thunder, lightning, heavy rain, and some good wind gusts. Sask Power’s Outage Map showed most of the west side of the city, west of Albert Street is in the dark this hour. The power […]
Plenty of water and shade will be needed in Saskatchewan this weekend. Heat advisories have been issued for western and central areas of the province with the humidex possibly reaching +40 degrees on Saturday. Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Battlefords, Kindersley and Outlook areas are all under advisories. Environment Canada’s Alyssa Pederson explains that an upper […]
Get ready for an abrupt change in temperatures if you’re in southern Saskatchewan. Daytime highs could be in the mid to high teens later this week for Regina and Moose Jaw. Environment Canada’s Terri Lang doesn’t want to spoil the party, but said those numbers could be a little optimistic. “The reason I say that […]
It’s not over yet, but it appears the worst of an intense Alberta Clipper system is past us in Saskatchewan. After freezing rain for many communities on Wednesday afternoon, snow started to fall and the wind rapidly increased to damaging levels late in the afternoon and into the overnight hours. Regina, which remained under a […]
It’s going to be another hot one across most of central and southern Saskatchewan on Thursday. Environment Canada continues to have Heat Warnings in effect for central and southern portions of the province, including Regina, Moose Jaw and Saskatoon. Regina is expecting a high of 34 on Thursday while Moose Jaw is expected to reach […]
Summer is not ready to quit just yet in Saskatchewan. Thirteen record highs were broken across the province on Monday. Environment Canada’s Brad Vrolijk said Regina came close, but was not one of those 13. “Regina got to a very balmy high of 32.4 degrees on Monday, it wasn’t a record, the record is 33.3 […]
Near zero visibility is expected across portions of central and southeastern Saskatchewan Friday morning with thick fog in the area. Environment Canada has issued a Fog Advisory for portions of the province including Regina, Moose Jaw and Saskatoon and Prince Albert. Things are expected to clear up later in the morning on Friday.
Those around Lumsden Monday afternoon got quite the surprise, when a severe thunderstorm developed and produced a mature looking funnel cloud. A Tornado Warning was issued northeast of Regina around 5:30 p.m., although right now Environment Canada Meteorologist Shannon Moodie, said they do not believe there was any touchdowns. “No we do not currently have […]
Environment Canada has placed a number of regions in the province under a wind warning to wrap up the weekend. The cities of Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Yorkton and other areas will see a gradual increase in wind speed starting this morning. According to the weather agency, wind gusts could reach 90 kilometres […]
After another hot and humid day, more severe weather rolled across Saskatchewan Wednesday night. Tornado Warnings were issued north of Regina and south of Saskatoon, but no touchdowns were confirmed. In Regina, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued that did bring some heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the city. Methinks its about […]
