Warm Temperatures Continue, Snow Returns on Sunday

As temperatures have continue to be above normal here in Saskatoon, blizzard conditions have returned to the far north. Nunavut and parts of northern Manitoba are under storm watches and warnings. Freezing temperatures are emerging in northern Alberta as temperatures get back to normal in that province. Southern Saskatchewan may be in for some record temperature highs today but the snow is forecast to return for Sunday and Monday.

Temperature Records: Cooked.

Cardston, Alberta hit 17C today leading the way for a number of temperature records to be shattered across the western Canadian prairies. A line of warmer than normal temperatures has been glued to an area just east of the Rocky Mountains for the better part of this season that our ancestors named "winter".

The color coded map from CAPS/CONUS indicates a distinct line down the east side of the Rockies. An even better view is the sometimes updated snow map from the University of Waterloo .

Car washes and BBQ's are getting used for the first time in many parts of Saskatchewan this January! Hopefully the infestation of poisonous creatures does not climb as it did last year but if God says, "bring back the dinosaurs", then who are we to argue?

Warm Winds for Monday

Saskatoon's forecast has now gone back to a forecast high of +2. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Monday's Canadian Federal Election Day.

Calgary's forecast high is for +10,
Edmonton +5,
Vancouver +9 with drizzle rain,
Yellowknife -22 with light snow,
Iqaluit -28,
Winnipeg 0,
Thunder Bay -4 with snow,
Toronto +3,
Ottawa 0,
Montreal -2 with light snow,
Halifax -2 with light snow.

All around a pretty warm day across Canada.