Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

A period of very cold wind chills is expected.

Locations: South-central Saskatchewan and Southwestern Manitoba.

Coldest wind chills: -40 to -35.

Time span: Overnight tonight until Sunday morning.

Remarks: Windchill values between -35 and -40 or colder will continue through to Sunday morning.

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Extreme cold puts everyone at risk.

Risks are greater for young children, older adults, people with chronic illnesses, people working or exercising outdoors, and those without proper shelter.

Cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to SKstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on X using #SKStorm.

For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.