Following a recent spell of warm weather, many in the Humboldt area are wondering how much longer they can look forward to sunshine and good times before the white stuff hits the ground.

Temperatures - for the most part - will continue to stay around average to above average in the area, according to Environment Canada's Terri Lang.

"It looks like there is still a good stretch of weather coming in that where we aren't seeing that first big snow on the horizon yet," she explained. "We will see a lot of transiting systems going through, so warm, cold, windy, cloudy, showers, that sort of back and forth thing because it is that time of year where it happens."

That up and down forecast can be seen throughout the week, with Tuesday getting up to 13 degrees with a drop to seven for Wednesday and minus-one on Thursday before a weekend bounce back.

With temperatures dropping below zero on Wednesday night, turning into Thursday, a system is passing through that could drop some light flurries along the way.

It is not expected to be anything significant, and with plus temperatures following in the days after, it won't stick around.

As far as the winter goes, Lang says that while it can be difficult to predict, it is likely to be warmer than normal.

"The long-range forecasts are calling for an above average winter, so warmer than average," she said. "It is kind of a guessing game though when it comes to the long-range, with so much being able to change so quickly."

Of course, in Saskatchewan, 'warmer than normal' still means not entirely escaping the days of minus-40 wind chills.

It remains to be seen if the Humboldt area will see a stretch like November 2016, where the coldest day throughout the 30 days was minus-five, with an average high of plus-five.