Mild, foggy conditions soon to change to chilly temperatures

After recent mild temperatures took over Saskatchewan, Environment Canada says we’re in for colder conditions as January continues.

Environment Canada’s Justin Shaer said a “mild flow” is over most of the province, and are helping the current above-normal temperatures.

He said the mild temperatures will persist until Sunday, when a cold front will come and disrupt Saskatchewan’s mild winter.

“It definitely starts to slide back into winter to remind us that it is January,” he said.

“A low pressure system comes up (Saturday), on the backside of it, is the cold front. That’s when we start to get that creep-back into the colder temperatures.”

High’s around – 15 C are expected that week, with colder temperatures to follow, Shaer said.

Mild temperatures causing foggy conditions, freezing drizzle

Shaer also laid the blame on the mild temperatures when it comes to Saskatchewan’s foggy, and drizzly conditions.

“It’s trapping all the moisture at the surface. So, with the warm temps, the snow on the ground, as it kinda melts a little bit- that’s a great water source,” he said.

“It just gets trapped (cold at the surface), and a bit of warm air over top, and those are prime conditions to fog to form.”

Shaer said calm conditions are also keeping the fog hanging in the province.

Water vapour in the clouds, combined with freezing temperatures is also creating the freezing drizzle in the province, he said.

Shaer also warned that the conditions do call for freezing drizzle, but they haven’t had many reports so far.