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You might want to reconsider any road trips you had planned for Wednesday.
An Alberta clipper swept into Saskatchewan on Tuesday, bringing plenty of snow along with it. According to Dan Fulton, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, the storm dropped 15-35 centimetres of snow across areas including Saskatoon, Meadow Lake, the Battlefords and Prince Albert, with even more snow expected on Wednesday in east-central parts of the province.
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Saskatoon got about 16 cm of snow during the storm, Fulton said, but Meadow Lake appeared to be hit the hardest, with around 37 cm of snow falling.
“You can get pretty heavy snow in spring because you’re kind of tapping the more moisture-rich air masses to the south,” the meteorologist explained.
The Saskatchewan Highway Hotline was recommending against travel on many highways north of Saskatoon on Wednesday morning, though conditions were gradually improving throughout the morning. Fulton said blowing snow could also make driving tricky in the Regina area on Wednesday before the snow tapers off in the afternoon.
Meanwhile, Fulton said, a thunderstorm also moved through the province on Tuesday evening.
“It wasn’t snowing, but there was some lightning reported,” he said. “It kind of skirted the international border south of Regina.”
While it might seem like Saskatchewan is back in the depths of winter after the storm, Fulton said the snow probably won’t stick around for too long.
“Temperatures rebound towards the end of the week into the weekend into the double digits, so there should be a lot of melting going on,” he said.
The City of Saskatoon said crews were out clearing roads on Wednesday.
“Priority Streets are already melting off with the sun and salt, and we’re plowing and grading and salting throughout the City today and tonight, and addressing drifting in outlying areas,” the city said in a statement.
Snowfall totals can vary throughout Saskatoon as crews take different readings in different parts of the city.
“Areas on the outskirts or in suburban neighbourhoods often see higher accumulation than the downtown core or more sheltered interior neighbourhoods,” a statement from the city said.
According to a statement from the city’s roadways, fleet & support department, around 35 pieces of equipment were on the streets overnight and Wednesday morning, plowing, grading and salting high-traffic streets.
Crews will remain active on Wednesday, treating and monitoring roadways.
“Conditions should be good throughout the city by the drive home,” the city said in its statement. “Sidewalks are also being plowed today and tomorrow.”
Current road conditions can be accessed through the Saskatchewan Highway Hotline.
Province sees 78 collisions in 21 hours: Sask. RCMP
With the winter storm conditions on Tuesday night, Saskatchewan RCMP said there were almost 80 collisions across the province, including vehicle collisions, vehicles in the ditch and other traffic hazards.
Those collisions, according to a release from Mounties, happened between 3 p.m. on April 7 and noon on April 8.
None of those incidents have included known serious injuries or fatalities, according to the release.
RCMP encouraged drivers in the province to continue to monitor the forecast, even as conditions improve, before departing for a destination.
“If poor road conditions exist or are forecasted, please delay travel if possible,” the release read.
–with files from 980 CJME’s Abby Zieverink and 650 CKOM’s Mia Holowaychuk
