{"id":677195,"date":"2026-05-18T09:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/677195\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:33:46","slug":"spring-storm-to-bring-strong-winds-and-rain-to-central-and-southern-saskatchewan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/677195\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring storm to bring strong winds and rain to central and southern Saskatchewan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s fun in the sun on Wednesday before a spring storm whips its way into the province.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada meteorologist Dan Fulton said a major spring storm is expected to bring high winds and rain to southern and central Saskatchewan, starting on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor today, it\u2019s going to be quite a beautiful day over much of the province,\u201d Fulton said. \u201cA little bit windy, but not quite as windy as we\u2019re expecting on Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said wind gusts up to 60 km\/h are expected in Regina on Wednesday, with gusts reaching up to 50 km\/h in Saskatoon, before thunderstorms roll into the region on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll see the strongest winds tomorrow,\u201d Fulton said.<\/p>\n<p>Fulton said wind gusts are expected to reach around 90 km\/h in Regina on Thursday, while Saskatoon should see slightly slower gusts of around 80 km\/h. The Swift Current area is expected to be the windiest, with gusts potentially reaching as high as 110 km\/h.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/windwarning.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-972160\" class=\"size-full wp-image-972160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/windwarning.png\" alt=\"A map showing the area covered by a special weather statement on May 13, 2026.\" width=\"884\" height=\"587\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-972160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A special weather statement from Environment Canada covered central and southern Saskatchewan on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, with winds and rain expected to pick up starting on Wednesday evening. (Environment Canada)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could see utility outages with that,\u201d Fulton said. \u201cLeaves aren\u2019t out yet, so it won\u2019t be quite as hard on trees. It makes driving difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The weather office said strong winds are expected to persist into Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some rain is also expected to accompany the system as it moves into Saskatchewan. Fulton said the western half of the province will likely get hit the hardest by the rain, but it\u2019s hard to say for certain at this point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s going to be convection mixed, in like thunderstorms and things like that, so that always makes it pretty difficult to say where exactly is going to get the most amount of rain,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Fulton said Regina is set to get five millimetres of rain on Thursday, with Saskatoon getting 15-25 mm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not atypical for the May Long Weekend,\u201d Fulton explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the way it seems to roll, I\u2019ve noticed through the years doing this job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Between 20 and 40 mm of precipitation is expected to fall in some areas by Friday night, with lighter rain falling in southeastern and east-central Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the \u201cmajor spring storm,\u201d Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for areas in and around Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Estevan, Orkney, Swift Current, Weyburn, and the Battlefords.<\/p>\n<p>The latest updates on the weather alerts <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/?layers=alert&amp;province=SK&amp;zoom=4&amp;center=50.36639677,-100.40502544\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">can be found on Environment Canada\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s fun in the sun on Wednesday before a spring storm whips its way into the province. 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