NZP Chasers
Jan 15, 20213 min
Weather summary
for Saskatchewan
issued by Environment Canada
at 2:03 p.m. CST Thursday 14 January 2021.
Discussion.
An intense Alberta clipper, which moved across southern
Saskatchewan, brought extreme weather conditions to the region on
Wednesday afternoon and overnight. Rain and freezing rain ahead of the system quickly changed to snow and blowing snow as a cold front behind the system advanced eastward. With the passage of the cold front widespread winds in excess of 100 km/h were reported, leading to power outages and reports of structural and tree damage across the province. When combined with falling snow, these winds produced whiteout conditions resulting in a number of highway closures. Blizzard conditions persist early this morning over southeastern Saskatchewan but are expected to slowly improve throughout the day.
The following observations are the peak wind gusts reported by ECCC
weather stations yesterday, January 13 and overnight to 4:00 CST am
January 14. Units are kilometres per hour.
Saskatoon Airport 102
Regina 126 (record January peak wind gust)
Bratts Lake 143 (record provincial January peak wind gust)
- if rated on the Enhanced Fujita scale for rating tornadoes, this would be an EF-1.
Yellowgrass 133
Weyburn 130
Estevan 126 (record January peak wind gust)
Elbow 122
Lucky Lake 122
Mankota 120
Moose Jaw 119
Indian Head 117
Eastend Cypress 111 (record January peak wind gust)
Swift Current 109
Rockglen 107
Assiniboia 104
Rosetown 104
Maple Creek 104
Coronach 102
Val Marie 102
Leader 100
Kindersley 100
This strong low pressure system also advected very warm air into the province, leading to many daily record temperatures.
The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on
Wednesday January 13, 2021:
Broadview Area
New record of 5.7
Old record of 5.0 set in 1943
Records in this area have been kept since 1938
Buffalo Narrows Area
New record of 0.2
Old record of 0.0 set in 1964
Records in this area have been kept since 1962
Elbow Area
New record of 7.2
Old record of 4.0 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1955
Estevan Area
New record of 6.7
Old record of 6.2 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1900
Last Mountain Lake Area
New record of 5.2
Old record of 4.0 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1975
Outlook Area
New record of 7.1
Old record of 5.6 set in 1942
Records in this area have been kept since 1915
Regina Area
New record of 6.2
Old record of 4.6 set in 1980
Records in this area have been kept since 1883
Saskatoon Area
New record of 6.4
Old record of 6.1 set in 1942
Records in this area have been kept since 1900
Swift Current Area
New record of 7.3
Old record of 6.7 set in 1894
Records in this area have been kept since 1885
Uranium City Area
New record of -3.1
Old record of -5.9 set in 1981
Records in this area have been kept since 1953
Watrous Area
New record of 5.0
Old record of 3.5 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1953
Weyburn Area
New record of 7.8
Old record of 5.0 set in 1983
Records in this area have been kept since 1953
Wynyard Area
New record of 6.0
Old record of 5.0 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1964
Yorkton Area
New record of 5.3
Old record of 4.4 set in 1943
Records in this area have been kept since 1941
Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.
End/PASPC