Severe thunderstorm risk heightened in Prairies

Ample amount of moisture that's moving up towards regions of the southern Prairies thanks to a low pressure system is set to bring about some severe weather across the region. Widespread non severe thunderstorms are expected across regions of the Prairies, but one area that we are monitoring closely will be across the border between southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Now we with this region we can expect severe storms bringing about large hail, damaging winds, heavy rain and the possibility of one or two tornadoes. As we're heading towards the early parts of the evening, we can expect some of those clusters of thunderstorms to be produced in and around areas like Yorkton. But it's going to be this line and these clusters of storms down towards the southern regions of Saskatchewan into Manitoba and it just off north of North Dakota where we can be expecting to see more severe storms that are expected to bring some of that tornadic rotation. These storms are expected to live all the way up and past midnight in around 4:00 AM is when they will start to taper off. These are called mesoscale convective systems. They're a cluster of very strong storms that can travel long distances, and they can last well into the night as well. They may produce torrential rain and frequent lightning, and in our case, we are looking at large hail, localized flooding and damaging winds.