Environment Canada's senior climatologist says what people in Saskatchewan are experiencing can only be described as 'weather whiplash.'
Last year the province had record moisture. This year, Saskatchewan could break records for being bone dry.
"It's like jokers in the weather deck," David Phillips told CBC Saskatchewan's Blue Sky. "You can't deal with that. Nobody can deal with that."
If the weather stays dry until the end of June for Regina, this could be the driest spring since 1883. In Saskatoon, it could be the driest since 1937.
It's a significant change from last year. In 2014, there was ten times more moisture in Regina and Saskatoon.
Phillips is calling the situation this year 'desperate.' He says the weather models are showing hot and dry forecasts all summer. He says it's not good news for wildfires in the province.
"These seasonal maps, it just looks like they are on fire."
He says it's not good news for farmers, either.
Source : CBC