'It's time': Southern Sask. slammed with fall snowfall

Southern Saskatchewan was hit with its first snowfall of the season Tuesday morning.

Southern Saskatchewan was hit with its first snowfall of the season Tuesday morning.

Regina received an estimated five centimetres in the early hours of the morning.

“Get out those winter boots,” said meteorologist Terri Lang. “It’s time.”

This type of snowfall is common in fall on the prairies, bringing with it snow and ice-covered roads.

“Often the first snowfall of the year when there is warmer, fall-like temperatures, it creates really slippery conditions,” Lang said.

Due to the warmer temperatures seen over the weekend, the ground melted the snow when it fell.

As temperatures lowered through the morning, the water on roads froze, leading the City of Regina to leave plowing for another day.