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Conditions are fairly bad in the southeast for drivers with visibility heavily reduced this morning.

Currently, the Highway Hotline has issued Partly Covered and Covered conditions for the southeast, though the southwest has that even worse.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins says that light snowfall and heavy winds resulted in the current situation.

"We do have a cold front that tracking through southern Saskatchewan this morning. So that's bringing some gusty northwesterly winds a little bit of flurries, but a lot of blowing snow giving reduced visibilities over Southern Saskatchewan this morning."

While "travel not recommended" warnings are splayed across the southwest, Desjardins says it's unlikely those will make their way over here.

"The winds are a little bit stronger over in the southwest and the flurries, especially around the Cypress hills, expecting a little bit more accumulating."

"We're not expecting things to get worse in the Southeast. In fact, things are gonna be kind of winding down later this morning, kind of near noon. So when they're expected to diminish quite a bit earlier than they will over the southwest portion of Saskatchewan, and it's a little bit worse out there, we're not expecting things to get worse at this point in the Southeast."

While it'll be the worst for driving conditions today, Desjardins expects similar dangerous conditions to occur with another system coming in tomorrow night.

"It's another cold front that's tracking through. So we're going to see some flurries and some gusty winds. Not expecting a whole lot accumulating again, however, because of the gusty winds, we're expecting that there will be some blowing snow giving reduced visibilities and poor travel conditions, at least briefly."

"Friday, kind of more morning into the afternoon, there's a little bit of flurries that kind of had to come in behind the cold front as well, so those flurries could linger kind of overnight into Saturday morning. But yeah, quite similar to what we're seeing currently."

Desjardins recommends that people take their time getting to their destination and always check the Highway Hotline to know the conditions before they head onto the road.

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