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It is a wet start to fall over southern Saskatchewan as a large and slow moving weather system over the western United States moves through southern Saskatchewan this weekend.

This system will bring a prolonged period of rain across much of southern Saskatchewan over the next few days.

The first wave of rain from this system began pushing into southwest Saskatchewan Thursday with 15-30 mm of rain falling so far.

Bands of rain will continue to spread northeastward through the province today and Saturday. The rain will finally push out of Saskatchewan and into Manitoba early Sunday.

In general, most areas of southern Saskatchewan should be experiencing a total of 30-50 mm of rain by late Saturday.

In addition, strong northwest winds are expected to develop behind this storm system Saturday into Sunday, with gusts to 80 km/hr possible.