Hot & Humid

From www.swbooster.com a water soaked field in southern Saskatchewan.

The cool wet weather is nearly behind us. Yesterday, as expected a band of heavy rain crossed the region in the late afternoon and evening. Around 30mm was reported at several locations including on Ile Perrot. This system is slowly moving east of the region this morning, with the rain coming to an end. Skies will clear out today and it will become warmer and much more humid as we head into the weekend. Temperatures will rise above 27C tomorrow, and approach 30C on the weekend. The humidity will be on the rise as well into next week.

Saskatchewan Rain
Another low pressure area is moving out of Montana and into Saskatchewan today. This has been a trend throughout this spring and has left many fields across the province under water, delaying seeding. According to Sask Ag, 70% of the crops have been seeded so far, this compares with the five year average of 96% and 99% at this time last year. In Assiniboia and the southland nearly 180mm of rain has fallen since May 1st. Farmers simply cannot get into the waterlogged fields with any type of equipment except maybe a boat! The current storm is forecast to dump between 50-75mm of rain in the southwest and west central regions, with heavy thunderstorms expected in the southeast.