Brace for stormy and rainy weather this weekend in Saskatchewan.

Environment Canada has issued widespread rainfall warnings covering areas in south-central Saskatchewan, including around Melfort, Tisdale, Nipawin and Hudson Bay.

Meteorologist Keane Kokolsky said 50 mm to 75 mm of rain — or almost as much as three inches of rain — is expected to fall in the rainfall warning areas by Sunday morning.

“That could vary across short distances, with thunderstorms that do develop in the area. If the rainfall does shift a bit or pivot, there’s also a chance for potentially higher rainfall amounts,” he said.

said between 30 mm and 60 mm of rain could fall north of Saskatoon and south of Prince Albert by the time the system begins to move out of the area at the end of the weekend.

“It is kind of

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