The southeast is seeing a blowing snow advisory close out the week with conditions set to deteriorate through the day.
With centimetres of snow in the forecast and whipping winds coming, the area will see a drop in visibility that's set to hamper motorists.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins talks about the system and what to expect.
"We do have blowing snow advisories issued for lots of Southern Saskatchewan. Today we've got a low-pressure system coming in from Alberta, an Alberta Clipper. So that's going to bring some snow and some gusty winds today through Saturday for the southeast. We're expecting winds to pick up from the east at 40 kilometres an hour with gusts to 60 today. So that combined with some falling snow is going to create blowing snow with poor visibilities and probably pretty poor travel conditions today."
Desjardins expects that to hit later in the day with the system potentially stretching past their baseline for an advisory.
"We're expecting that to be kind of a ramp-up by this afternoon and into this evening. That doesn't necessarily mean it's going only going to last three hours. We are going to see the gusty winds, but for the poor visibility, it could be kind of up and down. That's 800 meters of range basically this afternoon into tonight.
Some light snow is also continuing into the weekend which could be whipped up, but Desjardins says we will get a bit of a break tomorrow.
"We're going to see the winds diminish slightly by Saturday, so we might get a little bit of a reprieve. However, on Sunday we could see some more blowing snow, we're not quite sure whether it's going to be blowing snow criteria per se, but we will see winds increase from the northwest behind the system. So kind of a wind shift, but not as much falling snow. So we could see some blowing snow and reduced visibilities but insofar as the blowing snow advisory, it will be a little bit worse with these Southeasterlies ahead of the system and the falling snow coincidental through those winds."
Desjardins stresses that people need to keep an eye on the conditions before getting on the road.
"Given the gusty winds and the blowing snow, we are going to see fairly poor visibilities and so especially when you're travelling, it could make for some poor travel conditions, especially given the falling snow coincidental with the gusty winds. So if you can delay travel, especially for today, it would be advisable if you do have to travel, give yourself enough time to get there and pack your emergency kit just in case something does happen and you get stranded."
Desjardins says we'll also see some cooler temperatures come in on the weekend.