The southeast has felt its first substantial spring rain over the weekend, as a system that came in Saturday night has finally passed us by. With farmers looking to get moisture in their fields and homeowners wanting their lawns to green up, that moisture can be good if it comes down at the right times.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Stephen Berg says that the amounts we saw were somewhat substantial for the area.
"There's quite a bit of rain for the southeast, getting amounts from Moose Mountain to Estevan to Weyburn, anywhere from about 12 to 21 millimetres. So a good soaking for the spring."
Temperatures also fell from the previously above-average warmth over the weekend, creating some freezing nights. Berg says, for the most part, we didn't see any snow come down, though there may be exceptions.
"It's possible that there was some snow as well on the kind of backside of this low-pressure system, but I think it's mostly rain. There might have been just a few flakes towards the end. [There] might have been a little coating of snow near Regina, I think towards the end of it. But then it melted pretty quickly once the day started again yesterday."
While the majority of the province received precipitation, Berg observed that the southeast was hit the hardest.
"It is generally the wettest part of the province," said Berg. "Cypress Hills Park, though, had 29.7mm of precipitation, but there they had a fair bit of snow in the hills too, so a good chunk of that probably was snow. Elsewhere, Radville and Assiniboia got 21 millimetres as well. Coronach 19. So, pretty much a Southern Saskatchewan thing."
Now, the southeast is moving into a bit of a calmer situation, with Berg telling people to still keep their eyes out for a couple of events.
"Tomorrow, there's a possibility of a little bit of precipitation later in the day, Wednesday into Thursday, as well as possibly towards the weekend. Temperatures look pretty decent for the next couple of days and then drop down a little bit below normal values by late in the week before recovering again on the weekend."
As we move back into an overnight freezing pattern, Berg recommends people watch for any frozen ice that might spread onto southeast surfaces following a rain.
You can catch the official five-day forecast any time on the CARSTAR Hail-Otto Weather page.