Regina, southeastern Sask. under blowing snow advisory, near zero visibility expected

WATCH: Thursday was another seasonal day in much of Saskatchewan, but the cold and snow will be back this weekend. Sabeen Ahmad has your forecast.

A blowing snow advisory is in effect for Regina and much of southeastern Saskatchewan on Friday.

Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Melville, Weyburn and Estevan are also included in the advisory that extends into Saskatoon and west-central Saskatchewan as well.

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) website, falling snow combined with southeast winds gusting up to 60 kilometres per hour (km/h) will produce areas of near-zero visibility.

Conditions are expected to worsen midday Friday near the Alberta border and spread east throughout the rest of the day, ECCC said, adding conditions will then improve Friday night in the west and Saturday morning in the eastern part of the province.

“Travel is expected to be hazardous due to reduced visibility in some locations. Visibility may be significantly and suddenly reduced to near zero,” ECCC posted on its website Friday morning.

Current advisories can be seen here.

Road conditions can be seen here.

Blowing snow advisories are issued when winds are expected to create blowing snow giving poor visibility that is 800 metres or less for three hours of more, according to ECCC.