Snow Squall Warning Issued

(Locations listed below description)

Periods of brief but intense snowfall are expected. Visibilities will be rapidly reduced due to the heavy snow combined with blowing snow.

A cold front tracking quickly eastward across the northern grainbelt will bring a brief period of heavy snowfall along with strong northwesterly winds as it moves across the Region. The heavy snowfall will last for approximately one hour at one particular location but the Northwest winds, gusting up to near 90 km/h, will likely persist into the late afternoon or early evening.

At 2:40 P.M. cst the cold front was Crossing the Saskatoon area and moving eastward at 80 km/h.

Snow squalls cause weather conditions to vary considerably; changes from clear skies to heavy snow within just a few kilometres are common. Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions. Visibility may be significantly and suddenly reduced to near zero.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to skstorm@Canada.ca or tweet reports using #SKStorm.

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ISSUED:

• R.M. of Big Quill including Wynyard Dafoe and Kandahar
• R.M. of Elfros including Elfros Leslie and Mozart
• R.M. of Emerald including Wishart and Bankend
• R.M. of Foam Lake including Foam Lake and Fishing Lake Res.
• R.M. of Humboldt including Humboldt Carmel and Fulda
• R.M. of Ituna Bon Accord including Ituna and Hubbard
• R.M. of Kellross including Kelliher and Lestock
• R.M. of Kelvington including Yellowquill Res.
• R.M. of Kutawa including Raymore Punnichy and Poorman Res.
• R.M. of Lakeside including Watson and Quill Lake
• R.M. of Lakeview including Wadena and Clair
• R.M. of Last Mountain Valley including Govan and Duval
• R.M. of Leroy including Leroy
• R.M. of Mount Hope including Semans
• R.M. of Ponass Lake including Rose Valley Fosston and Nora
• R.M. of Prairie Rose including Jansen and Esk
• R.M. of Sasman including Margo Kylemore and Nut Mountain
• R.M. of Spalding including Spalding
• R.M. of St Peter including Muenster and Lake Lenore
• R.M. of Touchwood including Serath and Touchwood Hills Prov. Park
• R.M. of Usborne including Lanigan Drake and Guernsey
• R.M. of Wolverine including Burr
• R.M. of Wreford including Nokomis and Venn