Yellow Warning - Wind

Strong northerly winds will first develop near the border with Alberta in the afternoon and then expand eastwards Friday evening. Winds will generally be gusting up to 90 km/h at times, but the Cypress Hills may even see gusts in excess of 100 km/h.

This warning will may be expanded east towards the Manitoba border for strong winds overnight.

Conditions will improve slowly beginning in the southwest overnight as the strongest winds shift eastward.

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Local utility outages are possible. Driving conditions will likely be difficult. High-sided vehicles will be pushed around by the wind.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to SKstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #SKStorm.