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Canada -- North Saskatchewan Three to Five-Day Forecast

WINNIPEG - Mar 19/12 - SNS -- Environment Canada updated its latest

three to five day forecast for northern Saskatchewan.

FPCN14 CWWG 191330 AAA
Updated forecasts for northern Saskatchewan issued by Environment
Canada at 7.30 am cst Monday 19 March 2012 for today and Tuesday.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 11.00 am.
La Ronge - Prince Albert Nat. Park - Narrow Hills Prov. Park.
Today..Cloudy. 60 percent chance of light snow or freezing drizzle
this morning. Periods of ice pellets beginning near noon. Risk of
freezing rain this afternoon. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40.
Temperature steady near minus 2.
Tonight..Periods of ice pellets changing to snow near midnight. Risk
of freezing rain this evening. Snow and ice pellet amount 2 to 4 cm.
Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening.
Low minus 6.
Tuesday..Periods of snow ending early in the evening then cloudy.
Amount 2 cm. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light early in the evening.
High minus 3.
Remainder unchanged.
End
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FPCN14 CWWG 191100
Forecasts for northern Saskatchewan issued by Environment Canada at
5.00 am cst Monday 19 March 2012 for today and Tuesday.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 11.00 am.
La Ronge - Prince Albert Nat. Park - Narrow Hills Prov. Park.
Today..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of light snow or freezing
drizzle this morning. Periods of ice pellets beginning near noon.
Risk of freezing rain this afternoon. Wind becoming northeast
20 km/h near noon. Temperature steady near minus 2.
Tonight..Periods of ice pellets changing to snow near midnight. Risk
of freezing rain this evening. Snow and ice pellet amount 2 to 4 cm.
Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 6.
Tuesday..Periods of snow ending early in the evening then cloudy.
Amount 2 cm. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light early in the evening.
High minus 3.
Pelican Narrows - Cumberland House - Creighton.
Freezing rain warning in effect.
Today..Cloudy with 30 percent chance of ice pellets this morning and
early this afternoon. Periods of freezing rain beginning this
afternoon. Risk of freezing rain this morning and early this
afternoon. Temperature steady near minus 2.
Tonight..Periods of freezing rain changing to periods of rain near
midnight. Temperature rising to plus 2 by morning.
Tuesday..Periods of rain changing to periods of snow and ending near
noon then cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind becoming
southwest 30 km/h near noon then light early in the evening.
Temperature falling to minus 4 in the afternoon.
Île à la Crosse - Buffalo Narrows - Beauval.
Snowfall warning in effect.
Today..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of light snow this morning. Snow
at times heavy and local blowing snow beginning near noon. Risk of
freezing drizzle early this morning. Amount 10 cm. Wind becoming
north 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. Temperature steady near
minus 2.
Tonight..Snow. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Local blowing snow this evening.
Wind north 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light near midnight. Low
minus 10.
Tuesday..Periods of light snow ending near noon then clearing. High
minus 4.
Cree Lake - Key Lake.
Snowfall warning in effect.
Today..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of light snow this morning and
early this afternoon. Snow beginning this afternoon. Risk of
freezing drizzle early this morning. Amount 2 cm. Wind becoming
northeast 20 km/h near noon. Temperature steady near minus 5.
Tonight..Snow at times heavy. Amount 10 cm. Wind northeast 20 km/h
becoming light this evening. Low minus 12.
Tuesday..Periods of snow ending in the evening then clearing. Amount
2 cm. High minus 8.
La Loche - Clearwater River Prov. Park - Cluff Lake.
Today..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of light snow this morning. Snow
beginning early this afternoon. Risk of freezing drizzle early this
morning. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h near
noon. Temperature steady near minus 5.
Tonight..Snow. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming
light this evening. Low minus 12.
Tuesday..Periods of snow ending in the evening then clearing. Amount
2 cm. High minus 8.
Uranium City - Camsell Portage.
Today..Cloudy. 60 percent chance of light snow this morning. Risk of
freezing drizzle early this morning. Temperature steady near
minus 7.
Tonight..Snow. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Low minus 16.
Tuesday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. High minus 12.
Fond-du-Lac - Stony Rapids.
Snowfall warning in effect.
Today..Periods of light snow ending near noon then cloudy. Risk of
freezing drizzle early this morning. Wind becoming east 20 km/h this
afternoon. Temperature steady near minus 9.
Tonight..Snow at times heavy. Amount 10 to 15 cm. Wind east 20 km/h.
Low minus 14.
Tuesday..Periods of snow. Amount 5 cm. Wind east 20 km/h becoming
light near noon. High minus 10.
Wollaston Lake - Collins Bay.
Snowfall warning in effect.
Today..Periods of light snow. Temperature steady near minus 9.
Tonight..Snow at times heavy. Amount 10 to 15 cm. Temperature steady
near minus 11.
Tuesday..Periods of snow. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind becoming west
20 km/h early in the evening. High minus 7.
Southend - Brabant Lake - Kinoosao.
Today..Cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries this morning then
30 percent chance of ice pellets this afternoon. Temperature steady
near minus 7.
Tonight..Periods of ice pellets. Risk of freezing rain overnight. Ice
pellet amount 2 to 4 cm. Temperature steady near minus 6.
Tuesday..Periods of ice pellets changing to periods of snow in the
morning and ending early in the evening then partly cloudy. Risk of
freezing rain early in the morning. Snow and ice pellet amount 2 to
4 cm. High minus 3.
End
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