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UPDATE: Wind warning issued for southern and central Saskatchewan

Destructive warning level wind gusts upwards of 100 km/h move into Saskatoon.

Special Weather Statement

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Saskatoon and all of central and southern Saskatchewan for strong, gusty winds expected Tuesday and Wednesday.

An intense low pressure system is forecast to track through the eastern Prairies over the next few days with winds gusts up to and possibly exceeding 90 km/h expected to develop Tuesday afternoon.

Wind gusts may gusts even stronger than these values Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning in Saskatoon. SkyTracker Weather

Gusts of 90 km/h will expand east to affect the rest of southern Saskatchewan overnight Tuesday with the passage of the cold front before slowly weakening Wednesday afternoon.

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The agency says damage to buildings, such as roof shingles and windows, may occur and high winds may toss loose objects or cause tree branches to break.

Wind warnings are likely to be issued for parts of southern Saskatchewan.

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Saskatoon Forecast

Today

After a chilly start to the weekend with temperatures diving back to -9 Saturday morning, the coldest we’ve been in over seven months, we managed to recover into high single digits later in the day and up into double digits Sunday.

Rather chilly in the shade this morning. @PQuinlanGlobal will it thaw before it runs out of h2o #yxe #Winteriscoming pic.twitter.com/vmhLPxnC4z — Chrisx2 (@ebenoy) October 14, 2017

-5 is what it felt like Monday morning in Saskatoon with wind chill as temperatures dipped back to the freezing mark.

Partly cloudy skies started the day and a breezy westerly wind kicked in around 20 to 30 km/h, which helped quickly warm us up with leaps and bounds of 4 to 6 degrees at a time.

Decent day out there in Saskatoon on this Monday morning, now at +10 under a mix of sun & cloud! #yxe #Sask pic.twitter.com/zej7TfOmgj — Peter Quinlan (@PQuinlanGlobal) October 16, 2017

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Breezy westerly winds around 26 km/h right now helping warm us up! We've bounded up to +14 currently! #yxe #Sask pic.twitter.com/MM7znV9ucu — Peter Quinlan (@PQuinlanGlobal) October 16, 2017

From 0 to 15 degrees in 4 hours is how far temperatures have climbed so far today in Saskatoon! #yxe #Sask pic.twitter.com/WURDxs2k6S — Peter Quinlan (@PQuinlanGlobal) October 16, 2017

After rising up into the mid teens by noon, we continue our climb through the afternoon with a daytime high in the mid-to-upper teens under partly to mostly sunny skies.

Tonight

Partly cloudy skies will stick around through the evening before mostly clear skies move in overnight as we dip back into low single digits overnight.

Tuesday

A system will swing into Alberta on Tuesday with a kick of warm air out ahead of it that’ll pick up southwesterly winds to 35 km/h with gusts upwards of 60 km/h in the afternoon.

There will be a kick of warm air out ahead of a system sliding into Alberta on Tuesday. SkyTracker Weather

Mostly sunny skies will start off the day with some clouds with that system building in late in the day as we rise up to toasty a daytime high around 20 degrees.

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20 degree heat returns to central Saskatchewan on Tuesday. SkyTracker Weather

Warning level, potentially damaging winds around 60 to 70 km/h with gusts potentially up to 90 to 100 km/h will kick in Tuesday night as the cold front associated with the system slides through.

Wind gusts may gusts even stronger than these values Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning in Saskatoon. SkyTracker Weather

Be sure to bring in or baton down anything that may be damaged by extremely strong wind gusts that will blast through the region into Wednesday morning along with a risk of some rain.

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Wednesday-Friday

After a wild and windy start to the day on Wednesday, calmer conditions will move in for the afternoon as cooler air settles in with a daytime high just shy of double digits under mostly sunny skies.

Warmer air will return to end off the work week as a short-lived upper ridge builds back in, boosting daytime highs back into the mid-to-upper teens under partly to mostly cloudy skies.

The upper ridge of heat builds back in over the region on Thursday. SkyTracker Weather

Weekend Outlook

It looks like partly to mostly cloudy skies will stick around for the weekend with daytime highs dropping back into low double digits as an upper trough swings back in.

Here is your Saskatoon SkyTracker 7-Day Weather Forecast. SkyTracker Weather

The Oct. 16 Your Saskatchewan photo was taken by Sara Gardiner at Île-à-la-Crosse:

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The Oct. 16 Your Saskatchewan photo was taken by Sara Gardiner at Île-à-la-Crosse. Sara Gardiner / Viewer Submitted

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