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WINTER STORM WATCH: City of Regina  
Issued at 1:50 PM CST FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER 2008  
 
SNOWSTORM IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN SUNDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER EXISTS OVER THESE REGIONS.  
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER COLORADO EARLY SATURDAY AND MOVE NORTH TOWARDS SASKATCHEWAN. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN SATURDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND WILL CHANGE INTO SNOW LATER SATURDAY NIGHT. SINCE THIS LOW IS STILL DEVELOPING, AND THE TRACK AND INTENSITY ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME, IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL, HOW MUCH WILL FALL AS RAIN, AND WHERE THE RAIN-SNOW BOUNDARIES WILL SET UP. CURRENT INDICATIONS SHOW THE AREAS FROM ASSINIBOIA THROUGH EASTERN FORT QU'APPELLE, YORK AND KAMSACK REGIONS TO BE THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATES FOR A HEAVY SNOWFALL, WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING OFF TOWARD THE NORTHEASTERN GRAINBELT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS AN ALERT OF THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DEVELOPING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD LISTEN FOR UPDATED WATCHES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.