Much of the area, including Estevan, Weyburn, Moosomin, Grenfell, Carlyle and Beinfait, was hit by a blizzard on Wednesday. These areas are expected to receive from 20 to 50 cm of snow in the coming days, along with gusts of wind up to 70 km / h. From 11 a.m. CST, the Trans-Canada motorway closed at the Manitoba border, with travel not recommended on roads in the southeastern part of the province as well as on all roads around Estevan. “I think people expected to wake up to five inches of snow,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang. “But that’s not the nature of these types of storms. It just starts to work.” Lang expects heavy snowfall in the southeast for most of the day, with most of it occurring closer to the US border. He said the heavy snow along with the stormy winds will probably make the trips insidious. The weather is changing FAST at Moosomin pic.twitter.com/HyuNWLRN34 – @ dponticelliTV
Travel stops
Tony Leppa, a truck driver with Paul’s Hauling, was heading east to Brandon before the storm hit.
It stopped Wednesday in Moosomin, 20 miles west of the Saskatchewan-Manitoba provincial border, planning to continue as soon as the storm cleared.
“I will park here for a good day. With the highways closed, you can not go any further,” he said.
Tony Leppa was heading east towards Brandon in his truck before the storm hit Moosomin. (Daniella Ponticelli / CBC)
Leppa said he encountered “snowy snow and reduced visibility” on the highways.
Several other truck drivers were also seen pulling up to the Co-Op gas bar in Moosomin on Wednesday morning.
A couple stuck in Moosomin trying to find their way home to Winnipeg. Mike Speer and his partner had attended a concert at Regina.
“We were hoping to get home. We will just go as far as we can,” Speer said. “We hope to reach Brandon.”
Spear said their plan is to keep going until they find blocked roads that “they can not cross.”
“If we can not get to Virden, we will just go back and stay in Moosomin in a hotel. That is the plan,” he said.
Several trucks were seen pulling up to the Co-Op gas bar in Moosomin on Wednesday morning after the highway closed. (Daniela Ponticelli)
Senior who
Meanwhile, in the town of Moosomin, Sask., Just a few miles west of the Manitoba border, residents did everything they could to prepare for the storm. Bernadette Nosterud, the property manager of Pipestone Villas, an independent senior living group, said she was advising residents to stay close to home. “We try to keep the corridors clean here as best we can, but in the city center, sometimes, it’s a little harder,” he said. “They take good care of them.” CLOCKS Weather Network’s Nicole Karkic on what to expect as a big storm hits:
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Nosterud said it was grateful the storm was occurring during warmer weather and not at -40 C. It said the complex had access to a city-based generator in the event of a major power outage.
“We hope he does not get to this point,” he said.
“So I told everyone, take off your blankets, woolen socks and sweaters just in case.”
Nosterud has lived in the Moosomin area for more than 40 years and said it is common for the area to receive severe thunderstorms at least once a winter.
This week’s winter storm brought white out conditions to Moosomin, Sask. (Daniella Ponticelli / CBC)
Childbirth issues
Farmers in the area are watching the weather very closely. Many breeders have either gone through childbirth for the year or are going through it at the moment. “Many of them will not get much sleep through this storm,” Chad Ross, a cattle rancher around Estevan, told CBC Radio’s The Morning Edition. “They will control their animals, probably every hour. And whatever calves are born in this storm, they will take them, dry them and then get something to eat.” Ross said his birth does not begin before May of this year, but that does not mean he has not spent the last few days preparing for the storm. He said all his cattle have been fed and have enough shelter to protect them from the wind. “The wind is what is really dangerous for them, even more so than the snow,” Ross said. “We picked up a lot of our cattle that were feeding our cattle at the farm yesterday and put them in barns where they could be behind a shelter.” The storm is expected to start falling tonight, but some snow and sleet are still expected on Thursday.
title: “Blizzard Continues To Pound Southeast Sask. " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-17” author: “Amber Shores”
Much of the area, including Estevan, Weyburn, Moosomin, Grenfell, Carlyle and Beinfait, was hit by a blizzard on Wednesday. These areas are expected to receive from 20 to 50 cm of snow in the coming days, along with gusts of wind up to 70 km / h. From 11 a.m. CST, the Trans-Canada motorway closed at the Manitoba border, with travel not recommended on roads in the southeastern part of the province as well as on all roads around Estevan. “I think people expected to wake up to five inches of snow,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang. “But that’s not the nature of these types of storms. It just starts to work.” Lang expects heavy snowfall in the southeast for most of the day, with most of it occurring closer to the US border. He said the heavy snow along with the stormy winds will probably make the trips insidious. The weather is changing FAST at Moosomin pic.twitter.com/HyuNWLRN34 – @ dponticelliTV
Travel stops
Tony Leppa, a truck driver with Paul’s Hauling, was heading east to Brandon before the storm hit.
It stopped Wednesday in Moosomin, 20 miles west of the Saskatchewan-Manitoba provincial border, planning to continue as soon as the storm cleared.
“I will park here for a good day. With the highways closed, you can not go any further,” he said.
Tony Leppa was heading east towards Brandon in his truck before the storm hit Moosomin. (Daniella Ponticelli / CBC)
Leppa said he encountered “snowy snow and reduced visibility” on the highways.
Several other truck drivers were also seen pulling up to the Co-Op gas bar in Moosomin on Wednesday morning.
A couple stuck in Moosomin trying to find their way home to Winnipeg. Mike Speer and his partner had attended a concert at Regina.
“We were hoping to get home. We will just go as far as we can,” Speer said. “We hope to reach Brandon.”
Spear said their plan is to keep going until they find blocked roads that “they can not cross.”
“If we can not get to Virden, we will just go back and stay in Moosomin in a hotel. That is the plan,” he said.
Several trucks were seen pulling up to the Co-Op gas bar in Moosomin on Wednesday morning after the highway closed. (Daniela Ponticelli)
Senior who
Meanwhile, in the town of Moosomin, Sask., Just a few miles west of the Manitoba border, residents did everything they could to prepare for the storm. Bernadette Nosterud, the property manager of Pipestone Villas, an independent senior living group, said she was advising residents to stay close to home. “We try to keep the corridors clean here as best we can, but in the city center, sometimes, it’s a little harder,” he said. “They take good care of them.” CLOCKS Weather Network’s Nicole Karkic on what to expect as a big storm hits:
What to Expect as Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario Storm
Weather Network’s Nicole Karkic on what to expect as a storm hits three counties this week. 1:11
Nosterud said it was grateful the storm was occurring during warmer weather and not at -40 C. It said the complex had access to a city-based generator in the event of a major power outage.
“We hope he does not get to this point,” he said.
“So I told everyone, take off your blankets, woolen socks and sweaters just in case.”
Nosterud has lived in the Moosomin area for more than 40 years and said it is common for the area to receive severe thunderstorms at least once a winter.
This week’s winter storm brought white out conditions to Moosomin, Sask. (Daniella Ponticelli / CBC)
Childbirth issues
Farmers in the area are watching the weather very closely. Many breeders have either gone through childbirth for the year or are going through it at the moment. “Many of them will not get much sleep through this storm,” Chad Ross, a cattle rancher around Estevan, told CBC Radio’s The Morning Edition. “They will control their animals, probably every hour. And whatever calves are born in this storm, they will take them, dry them and then get something to eat.” Ross said his birth does not begin before May of this year, but that does not mean he has not spent the last few days preparing for the storm. He said all his cattle have been fed and have enough shelter to protect them from the wind. “The wind is what is really dangerous for them, even more so than the snow,” Ross said. “We picked up a lot of our cattle that were feeding our cattle at the farm yesterday and put them in barns where they could be behind a shelter.” The storm is expected to start falling tonight, but some snow and sleet are still expected on Thursday.
