We are going to see the heat continuing with temperatures running above average but nothing like what was experienced on the Thanksgiving long weekend.

Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang says average highs in central parts of Saskatchewan for this time of year are around 12 and overnight lows of +1 but the temperatures will continue to run in the mid-teens which is above average. She says this is the last day for the bigger heat and suggests people get outside and enjoy it if they can.

Alberta set 23 new temperature records on Monday, there were five set in BC and three in the Northwest Territories. The mercury hit 28.4 degrees in Leader on Monday making it the hotspot in Saskatchewan and in league with record breaking heat experienced by our western neighbours but Environment Canada says only one record was broken in Saskatchewan and that was Stony Rapids. The temperature reached 17.9 degrees on Monday breaking the record of 16.1 degrees Celsius set last year, with records going back to 1960.

Lang says most of the harvest is in the bin and now everyone is waiting for some fall moisture but there is nothing on the weather maps coming. She says there is a big upper ridge of high pressure that is just blocking all the weather systems. Lang points out that many parts of Saskatchewan are hundreds of millimeters in deficit in terms of moisture and it would take months of rain and snow to restore soil moisture however it looks like a El Nino winter.  Lang says in western Canada that usually means warmer than normal winter and drier than normal winter.