The Water Security Agency issued its 2019 Conditions at Freeze-up Report.

The WSA says after well above average precipitation through the fall, conditions are favourable for a higher than normal spring run-off in much of southern Saskatchewan. The Souris River Basin including the Antler River and Gainsborough Creek basins, all in southeast Saskatchewan, were particularly wet at freeze-up.

The WSA says the preliminary forecast is impacted by actual conditions and snow accumulation over winter and the current long-range forecasts suggests near normal precipitation.

Much of northern Saskatchewan enters winter with normal conditions. The only areas where drier than normal conditions exist is a small area around Kindersley, the area between Saskatoon and Prince Albert and a small area northeast of Yorkton that extends to the Manitoba border.