After things got expectedly windy and unexpectedly snowy on Thursday this past week, we may be in for one more snow storm in short order. Environment Canada is keeping their eyes on a system that's coming through next week around Tuesday that has the potential to be a snowmaker according to Environment Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang.

"Into the longer term, we're staying more seasonal, we're kind of keeping that trend of sort of the up and downness with some snowy bouts here and there. We're looking at a weather system, looks like Tuesday-Wednesday, that might be a snow maker, but we're kind of keeping our eye on that one just because we know we tend to get our heaviest snowfalls in the spring and in the fall. That's because we can tap into that sort of that warmer air, and the warmer the air is, a more moisture it can hold, so that's why you know, we never say never when it comes to these snowstorms."

Besides that, things are looking to stay seasonal as they have been so far this spring. Temperatures have been bouncing up and down over the course of the last month, but that is normal for this time of the year.

What isn't normal is how the temperatures we have been receiving have been on average about 4°C above what they have been forecast to be. There's a few reasons that can happen, but one of the algorithm used to forecast the weather taking into account our history of weather rather than the conditions we're seeing now.

"Number one is you get less clouds than in your forecast, so if it's sunnier than forecasted you'll get warmer than the forecasters think you will, and then the other thing is snow cover. If the model thinks there's still snow on the ground, they're going to forecast for you to be cooler because it's harder to get warmer temperatures when there's still snow around and the line of where the snow is and where the snow is melted is a pretty sharp line if you look at a satellite picture, and that can make a huge difference in temperatures."

While the northern part of the province still has a couple feet worth of snow still, farmers south of the line drawn essentially along Highway 16 are still looking for more snow to replenish that water table after last year's drought.  One piece of good news is coming down the stream for farmers near the South Saskatchewan River from the mountains.

"People think about snows were good, but it takes a long time to make up for as much moisture as we lost over the last year or so. I think that the water level dropped because we're in such severe drought that the water table is pretty low, so it's going to take quite a bit of moisture. On the upside, the snowpack in the mountains is pretty high, so the water Security Agency is expecting some good flows through the social scattering river, so that's a better news story there."

Lang wanted to remind the public that we aren't out of the woods yet when it comes to the winter conditions, and to continue checking the highway hotline before you head out as conditions could change quickly with the storm moving in next week.