WWCN14 CWWG 181019
EXTREME COLD WARNING
FOR NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:19 A.M. CST TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2025.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
EXTREME COLD WARNING FOR:
      NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
==DISCUSSION==

EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 45 TO MINUS 50 ARE 
EXPECTED THIS MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT EXTREMELY 
COLD WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME REGIONS AGAIN TONIGHT AND 
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

EXTREME COLD PUTS EVERYONE AT RISK. 

RISKS ARE GREATER FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS, PEOPLE WITH 
CHRONIC ILLNESSES, PEOPLE WORKING OR EXERCISING OUTDOORS, AND THOSE 
WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER. 

COVER UP. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP WITHIN MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN, 
ESPECIALLY WITH WIND CHILL. 

IF IT'S TOO COLD FOR YOU TO STAY OUTSIDE, IT'S TOO COLD FOR YOUR PET 
TO STAY OUTSIDE. 

EXTREME COLD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES OR WIND 
CHILL CREATES AN ELEVATED RISK TO HEALTH SUCH AS FROST BITE AND 
HYPOTHERMIA. 

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 
SKSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA, CALL 1-800-239-0484 OR POST REPORTS ON X USING 
(HASH)SKSTORM.

HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA

END/PASPC