Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Damaging winds are expected.

What: Widespread westerly winds of 70 km/h with gusts as high as 110 km/h.

Where: A large portion of southern Saskatchewan.

When: Beginning around daybreak on Thursday and lasting until Thursday evening.

Additional information:
A strong low pressure system will develop over the next day in the prairies, and will sit near Saskatoon by Thursday afternoon.  South of this low, very strong westerly winds are expected for most of the day. In addition to strong winds, drier areas may see restricted visibilities in blowing dust.

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Utility outages are likely. Driving conditions will likely be very difficult. High-sided vehicles could be overturned by the wind. Damage to some critical infrastructure is possible.

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.