May long brought snow, up to 30 mm of rain to parts of southern Saskatchewan | 650 CKOM

Southern Saskatchewan’s May long weekend brought a little bit of everything, including rain, snow and cooler temperatures, but relief is on the horizon. Brad Vrolijk, lead forecaster with Environment Canada, said a mix of rain and snow fell across southern Saskatchewan. Read more: Waskesiu clubhouse sees steady turnout despite frosty start to May long weekend May long weekend cold snap not stopping Saskatchewan gardeners Waskesiu adapts to snowy May long weekend “It was maybe one of the less-pleasant May long weekends in recent memory across much of the southern prairies in general, with the weather system that went through,” said Vrolijk. “The event started as rain, and then eventually switched over to snow, and then some places switched back to rain as it was all tapering off yesterday.” He said the Regina area got around 13 millimetres of rain, while Saskatoon got around eight mm over the weekend. Vrolijk said around 10-20 mm fell across much of the region, with less rain hitting areas near the U.S. border. The heaviest rain fell between Estevan and Yorkton, east of Regina and close to the Manitoba border. He said that region saw around 20-30 mm of rainfall. “The rain kind of lifted
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