Heavy rains are creating a soggy start to fall in Saskatchewan.
Environment Canada said Friday between 15 and 30 millimetres of rain fell across much of the province’s southern regions by mid-afternoon, and the weather agency was forecasting more rain to hit the province Saturday.
A weather system moving in from the western United States was bringing the weekend rain, the agency said.
“Rain should taper off in most areas tonight, but a second impulse developing in the American high plains will bring a second shot of rain to much of Saskatchewan on Saturday,” a special weather statement from Environment Canada read Friday.
The rain is expected move into east-central Saskatchewan and Manitoba Saturday night, according to the weather agency. Saskatchewan’s eastern areas may see between 30 and 50 millimetres.
Environment Canada meteorologist John Paul Cragg told CTV News early Friday morning farmers in the province working to finish harvest may only receive a short break before the rain returns late next week.
“After the weekend — so Monday through Wednesday — it looks like it will be dry, sunny with temperatures getting close to maybe that 20 (C) mark as daytime highs, but then there’s the potential after Wednesday for systems to move back in, and for it to be wet again,” he said.
“So there’s not much of a break in the rainfall for farmers to get out into the field.”
Strong winds, possibly gusting up to 70 kilometres per hour, are also expected over the weekend.
--- with files from CTV Saskatoon's Allison Bamford
