Nipawin, SK – It’s time to say goodbye to our fall-like temperatures as artic air moves into the province on Friday and meets up with a low-pressure system moving north from the US.
Read more about Winter settling into Saskatchewan with a bang this weekend …
As of Friday February 8th 2019, at 10:27 AM CST, 9 out of the top 15 coldest places in the world are in the province of Saskatchewan, with the City of Prince Albert coming in at number one and the Town of Nipawin claiming the title of 8th coldest place in the world on this date, according to the real time, independent data collection at wx-now.com
Read more about Nipawin & Other SK Towns Dominate List of Coldest Places in the World …
Monday 28 January 2019 – The entire eastern side, along with most of northern and central Saskatchewan are under an extreme cold warning due to a period of very cold wind chills that are expected.
Early risers in White Fox, SK awoke to a skiff of wet slushy snow.
The first snow came awfully close to the Nipawin region with a wet snow and slush mixture coating Highway 106, Hanson Lake Road, this morning.
Read more about Snow Hits Hanson Lake Road …
The fire southeast of Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, called 18HB-TEARING, has now been listed as Contained, with the last surveyed area reported to be 211 hectares. Read more about Tearing Fire Near Cumberland House Contained at 211 Hectares, New Fire Under Assessment South of Hudson Bay …
Today, the Water Security Agency (WSA) released the April spring runoff forecast. Snowfall across most of Saskatchewan was well above normal in March, increasing the runoff potential across the province with northern and southern Saskatchewan showing two different outlooks. Read more about Recent Snowfall Increases Spring Runoff Outlook …
While Nipawin area did not see the worst of this recent winter storm, there where some who fell victim to the icy road conditions, such as this car in the ditch along HWY 55 near White Fox. Across the province, Saskatchewan RCMP responded to 74 motor vehicle collisions on Friday. Only minor injuries were reported as […]
On March 13th, 2018, the Water Security Agency (WSA) released an updated spring runoff outlook for 2018, confirming that the early March snowfall across much of southern Saskatchewan has raised projections for a near normal to above normal snowmelt runoff across most of the province, except some drier pockets in southwest and south central Saskatchewan. Read more about Nipawin Area May See Above Normal Run-Off But Flood Levels Not Anticipated …
As Flatlanders, we sometimes need a bit of a reminder that, while we are quite accustomed to prairie winter driving conditions, we are not invincible and we can’t let our sometimes over-confidence outweigh our common sense. Read more about Why You Need To Slow Down in White Out Conditions …