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Wind chill warnings remain in effect for much of Saskatchewan

Jan 18, 2012 | 4:29 PM

That wind chill warning for most of the province continues Wednesday and into tomorrow morning with wind chills in the -40 C to -49 C range throughout the southern part of the province.

Prince Albert's forecasted high tonight is – 32 C with a windchill around – 43 C.Saskatoon's forecasted high is -27 C with a wind chill around -47 C. In Regina there's a high of -27 C with a wind chill of -43 C.

Environment Canada's Natalie Hasell says this Arctic is coming down through northern B.C., central Alberta and into Saskatchewan.

“Once it warms up a little bit, with the sunshine, although the winds will actually get stronger a little bit later in the day, so you might actually remain with these extreme wind chill conditions for longer period of time,” said Hasell.

As of now it looks like the frigid weather is going to last until Thursday. Things start to improve to highs of -20 C on Friday and on Saturday there's a high of -7 C with -2 C on Sunday. These temperatures are expected to stay in that range into next week.

Temperatures expected to warm up next week

The jet stream, which previously brought warmer than usual temperatures to our province, is to thank for the cold snap.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Patrick Cool says it's now spewing arctic air across not only the prairies, but the entire globe.

“By the weekend, we’re looking at temperatures getting above normal, cool mornings, but it’s not something that people are not used to,” said Cool.

“So we’re going to see temperatures rebound early next week as a whole pattern of this dome of arctic air shifts east.”

Cool says temperatures should warm up to around – 6 C or -7 C by next week.

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