The Humboldt region has received less than half the precipitation typically seen to this point in the growing season.

That means around 30 to 50 millimetres that hasn’t fallen on local fiends since April 1, according to Environment Canada decision support meteorologist Amanda Prysizney.

This area might see a bit of rain Wednesday afternoon or Thursday, but nothing significant is forecast for the entire Prairies for the next seven days, she said.

“It would amount to maybe a couple millimeters at most. And most of it might even evaporate because it is so dry - anything that is forming, any showers and precipitation, most of it is evaporating before it reaches the surface,” she said.

“So we really need a good, organized system that can saturate the atmosphere all the way down to the surface and really give us a period of prolonged precipitation to really make any difference. It's not looking like we’re going to see that, at least in the next seven days.”

Doug Gillham, a meteorologist with The Weather Network, said parts of southern Saskatchewan east of Regina are listed as in extreme drought as a high-pressure ridge has settled over the Prairies.

Drought was a concern highlighted in the network’s preliminary summer forecast, he said.

“We haven’t seen anything to change that concern. In fact our concern is higher now that drought will be a growing concern as we go through the summer.”

The Humboldt area isn’t there yet - but without rain, the area affected by drought will grow through the rest of May, he said.

However, rain is fickle, he said.

“You can have a dry pattern, but you can get a well-timed, slow-moving system, it can do a lot of good.”