Four hundred- and twenty-two-kilometres northwest of Assiniboia, Kindersley RCMP asked their residents to avoid driving due to extremely dangerous road conditions in a message posted on Sunday, November 8 at 2:27 p.m. (CST).聽
Kindersley RCMP reminded the public that dangerous road conditions could delay police response and emergency services.
Two to three feet of snow had accumulated on the roads in Kindersley and the town鈥檚 surrounding areas.
Assiniboia also had a half to a full metre of accumulated snow on Sunday with an average of -10 C throughout the day and evening, tempered with a windchill of -19 C and northwest winds of 25-27 kilometres per hour. 聽聽聽聽
Underneath the snow, the roads were covered in ice, giving the roads a glassy undercoating. Furthermore, Sunday鈥檚 blizzard conditions reduced visibility to zero, making road travel impracticable throughout western and southwestern Saskatchewan.聽
Kindersley RCMP advised that no one should be on the road, except for emergency vehicles.聽
These dangerous conditions likewise affected the roads in Assiniboia and the town鈥檚 surrounding districts. The situation wasn鈥檛 expected to change soon in West-Central and 小蓝视频 Central Saskatchewan, as plowing services were asked to keep off the roads during the weekend.聽
Earlier on Sunday, Environment Canada had issued blizzard warnings for much of southern Saskatchewan, including Assiniboia, Gravelbourg and several neighbouring Rural Municipalities such as Bengough, Excel, Willow Bunch, Hart Butte, Happy Valley, Stonehenge, Lake Johnson, Old Post, Waverley, Poplar Valley, Wood River and Sutton.聽聽聽
Moderate to heavy snow associated with an intense low-pressure system had influenced the weather in 小蓝视频western and 小蓝视频 Saskatchewan overnight on Saturday, Nov. 7 and leading into Sunday.
Snowfalls extending from 30-50 cm were expected to arrive by Monday morning, along with another round of northerly winds.聽聽
