Environment Canada says cold snap to continue all week

Once again Wednesday, anyone viewing Environment Canada’s map of Saskatchewan was seeing red.

The entire province remained under an extreme cold warning — and the weather service said the low temperatures will continue for a few more days.

“An Arctic ridge of high pressure has allowed for a very cold air mass to settle over southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba,” the warning said.

“Along with winds of 10 to 20 km/h, extreme wind chill values between -40 and -50 are expected over most of southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan once again today.”

According to Environment Canada’s extended forecast, the cold snap isn’t likely to end until Monday. The high in many areas of the province that day is expected to be in the range of -13 C or -14 C.

The Highway Hotline said seasonal driving conditions existed on most of Saskatchewan’s roads, but some had drifting snow and reduced visibility.

The “travel not recommended” advisory that was in place for Highway 363 from Shamrock to Hodgeville was lifted at about 10:30 a.m.