Snow, wind expected to ease off later in Regina

The conditions in Regina early Wednesday afternoon were only a bit better than during Tuesday’s storm, but Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang said things were getting better.

Lang said the improvements would be slow through the day.

“There’ll be a gradual improvement through the afternoon and in through the early evening and by tonight things should be better,” said Lang around noon Wednesday.

Regina was under a blowing snow advisory on Wednesday afternoon, as were areas around Moose Jaw, Pense, Lumsden, Pilot Butte and Fort Qu’Appelle. Those advisories, as well as winter storm and wind warnings, were lifted later in the day.

Lang said visibility could get a little worse at times because of flurries, but she said the system was slowly weakening and moving east.

“It should eventually weaken and move out because if you look at the satellite picture, you can see the whole system churning away and it’s slowly moving,” said Lang.

However, the improvement in wind and snow won’t do much to help with the highway conditions, according to Lang, because of the snow and ice that’s already there.

While some snow was falling Wednesday, Lang said it wasn’t actually that much.

“It looks like a lot because it’s blowing a lot, but there’s actually not a lot to it,” said Lang.

Once the band of snow blows itself out, there shouldn’t be any more snow in the near future. Lang said Environment Canada is watching a system that could come next week.