A significant portion of the west and southern part of the province is under a heat warning while northern Saskatchewan, extending as far south as Prince Albert and Duck Lake, are under a special air quality statement due to wildfire smoke.

Environment Canada meteorologist Stephen Berg says the wildfire smoke funneling through the prairies is coming from northern Saskatchewan, northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

He says in northern Saskatchewan there is quite a lot of smoke near the surface which is providing health concerns for the people living there. There are heat warnings for much of Southern Saskatchewan including Saskatoon where daytime highs are going to be around 32 and 33 degrees but for the south including Moose Jaw, Regina, Swift Current and Shaunavon temperatures will be mid-thirties or hotter.  That coupled with warm nighttime temperatures as well means not a lot of relief for overheated homes.

Berg says a ridge of high pressure is coming in from the west bringing quite a bit of hot weather from the south and the system should move east on Wednesday.