The southeast will feel a bit wintery this weekend as multiple snow systems are on track to deposit some precipitation over the next few days. That includes a system perching overhead today while another will approach on Sunday, lasting into Monday.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Justin Shelley says that we might even see more than snow from the system hitting us now.
"We do have a system making its way through the region this morning that will continue to produce an early snow. We did see some mixed precipitation earlier in the morning and overnight last night, further to the West. But as that area's precipitation moves further East through the Estevan area, it is expected to be primarily snow."
Shelley says he's not predicting any serious snowfall amounts with a few centimeters piling up today.
After a short break tomorrow, snow makes a reappearance as part of a system that Shelley says we'll miss the worst of.
"The one for late in the weekend and into Monday looks like a weaker system that's going to develop over the southern Rocky Mountain range on the far South of Alberta and track sort of through Montana, North Dakota. And it looks like at this point it's most likely going to be a glancing blow for the region. That being said, it does look like depending on the exact track of that system, we could see upwards of two, maybe up to five centimeters of snowfall with that event Sunday and into Monday."
Shelley says that people should still keep an eye out for any freezing rain in that system, as while temperatures will be below freezing, that can pop up quickly.
The end of the snow won't be the beginning of any cooler period right away, but by the end of the week, it'll feel more like spring.
"We're going to still be in a bit of a cooler pattern through the early part of next week, but then once we hit the middle to end of next week, we are going to see a bit of a pattern change it. A bit more upper ridging moving in from the West, which will allow temperatures to remain, or I should say, get back to normal by the middle of next week and by the end of next week we should be seeing temperatures a handful of degrees above the freezing mark."
Shelley reminds people to be careful on the roads with snow and the potential for freezing rain, with the Saskatchewan RCMP issuing a similar advisory earlier this morning.