A week of extremes across the Canadian Prairies by Steph Ball
It was just last Monday that record setting warm temperatures were being enjoyed across the Prairies, values that were more akin to July than late April. However, over the last day or two, a late April storm has arrived bringing plummeting temperatures and some heavy snow falls.
On Monday temperatures in Saskatchewan’s capital, Regina, hit 28C (82F) which broke the old record of 26.7C (80F) set back in 1963. The warmth was said to have been carried north from the Midwest of the US by a southwesterly wind. Average temperatures for the time of year should be nearer 9 to 11C (48-52F).
Over the last few days low pressure has been building across the north of the US and this has brought a renewed influx of cold Arctic air across Western Canada. Environment Canada, Canada’s weather service, has issued a multitude of warnings across the Prairies with as much as 30-50cm (20inches) of snow forecast before the storm weakens early next week.
The residents of Regina will certainly notice the difference tomorrow to last Monday, with a high of just 1C (34F) forecast for the capital.
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