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By Ronald Quaroni

First Snow

A late September flurry falls in the northeast

Sep 30, 2019 | 11:58 AM

Saskatchewan residents were given an early reminder that the winter season is right around the corner.

Light snow dusted crops, backyards and windshields around the northeast with a projected two to four centimeters more to fall on Monday.

“This system will move through and mostly be mostly out of the area by Tuesday with some lingering instability behind it, some cloudiness and the odd chance of a flurry,” Sarah Hoffman, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada said. “The normal daytime high for Prince Albert for this time of year is 13 C, by Sunday it looks like we’ll reach that as a normal daytime high.”

Hoffman said while people in the region might be averse to an early snow, it’s nothing compared to the southern regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan, which received up to 40 cm of snow this morning.

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Colin Fraser, owner/operator with Prince Albert’s OK Tire said he knew it was going to be a busy day when he saw falling flakes Monday morning.

“We came in an extra half an hour early this morning,” Fraser told paNOW. “Got in before 7 a.m. this morning and the phone was already ringing. We’re pretty much booked up already for the rest of the week.”

He indicated it’s different every year, but this is generally time when motorists start to bring in their vehicles to change treads.

Fraser added getting winter tires on your vehicle now is a good idea to avoid long waitlists.

“You may get a couple of days where it’s a little warmer than what [it] should be for the tires, but the heat is gone from the pavement and the ground is getting cooler so the tires are running cooler,” he said.

Fraser noted as a rule, a sustained temperature of seven degrees is when drivers should make a tire change.

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Ron.quaroni@jpbg.ca

Twitter: @RonaldQuaroni