Snow moved through the region on the weekend, leaving many to dig out. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)

By Cam Lee

Up and down weather

A snowy weekend briefly gives way to warmer conditions

Mar 9, 2020 | 11:14 AM

The volatile spring weather continues across the region over the coming week.

This comes after last week, which saw daytime highs of around 6 degrees Celsius morph into a spring storm that brought heavy snow, strong wind, and much colder conditions over the weekend.

Envrionment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Dan Kulak told northeastNOW some local volunteers have kept track of snowfall amounts.

“It does look like Prince Albert had around 15 cm or so from this event, and areas south of Nipawin maybe a little bit less, but I think it’s going to be variable,” Kulak said. “Essentially it’s kind of a typical spring storm pattern that moved through the area on the weekend.”

Wind chills reached -32 C in Prince Albert and Melfort this morning, but as we often see in spring, much different conditions are on the way with temperatures moving above the freezing mark tomorrow and Wednesday, with highs around 2 and 3 C.

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The warmer weather doesn’t last, though. Kulak said daytime highs will be below normal by Friday, with a forecasted high of -13 C on Saturday.

“Significantly below normal, but this is the rollercoaster that is spring,” Kulak explained.

We could see a few flurries as the colder air arrives mid-week, but aside from that there is no snow in the forecast.

That cooler weather pattern will stick around for a week or so, according to Kulak.

“I think we’re looking at a little bit of a cool pattern here for probably into the middle part of the month,” he said. “Gotta be prepared for anything at this time of the year.”

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