We have a little bit of everything coming our way this week after a week of lots of snow and extreme cold temperatures. Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Danielle Desjardins says it’s going to get warmer and then it will cool off for about a day and then above normal temperatures for the rest of the week, with the possibility of a little bit of snow or freezing rain.

Desjardins explains that the extreme cold was from a ridge of high pressure which settled over Saskatchewan. Now, a low pressure system from the Pacific is bringing warmer air our way. Then, behind that, there is a quick ridge of high pressure bringing colder temperatures, but not the extreme cold we experienced last week. Desjardins expects the colder temperatures will be Tuesday evening and then Wednesday will be our coldest day, followed by warmer than average temperatures through the weekend and possibly into the beginning of next week. In the Saskatoon area, daytime highs of the minus teens to minus 20 are forecast for Wednesday, and then minus single digits by Thursday. The average high for this time of year is -6 and the average low is -14. With the warmer temperatures, there is the possibility of a centimetre or two of snow, and there may be a chance of freezing rain as well.

The warmer weather isn’t a chinook though. Desjardins says chinooks are more confined to the Rockies, Southern Alberta and sometimes Southwest Saskatchewan.