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FOCN45 CWWG 121300
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DISCUSSION ISSUED BY THE PRAIRIE AND ARCTIC STORM
PREDICTION CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM CST THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 12 2026.
ALERTS IN EFFECT...COLD WARNINGS FOR THE NORTHERN NT AND COASTAL
ARCTIC COMMUNITIES. BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR RESOLUTE BAY AND GRISE
FIORD. WIND WARNING FOR GRISE FIORD. FOG ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHERN MANITOBA.
SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW...THE 00Z UPPER ANALYSES REVEALED A LOW OVER THE
CENTRAL ARCTIC WITH A RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST. A RIDGE SITS OVER
THE EASTERN ARCTIC.
THE SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A LOW NEAR THE TRI-CITIES, ATTACHED BY A
STRONG FRONT TO ANOTHER LOW OVER NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA AND ANOTHER
OVER CENTRAL ALASKA. HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHES FROM THE NORTHWESTERN
STATES TO THE GREAT LAKES, AND A RIDGE IS POKING INTO THE CENTRAL
ARCTIC WEST OF THE TRI CITIES LOW.
DISCUSSION...
AB...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER.
SK/MB..FOG RETURNED TO PARTS OF SOUTHERN SK AND MB YESTERDAY EVENING.
IT SHOULD DISSIPATE SOMEWHAT TODAY, BUT CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR A
RETURN OF THE FOG TONIGHT, PRIMARILY IN SOUTHERN MANITOBA.
ARCTIC...VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR AND LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS CONTINUE TO
GENERATE WIND CHILL VALUES AT OR SURPASSING COLD WARNING THRESHOLDS.
WHILE SOME COMMUNITIES ARE SEEING SOME MODERATION (THANKS TO WEAK
IMPULSES/CLOUD COVER MOVING THROUGH THE AREA), OTHERS WILL CONTINUE
TO SEE WARNING-LEVEL COLD CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST A FEW DAYS YET.
COLD LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK FOR SOME AREAS EVEN.
THE LOW MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN KITIKMEOT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE
MOVING NORTHWARD, PUSHING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC
REGIONS. BLIZZARD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR RESOLUTE BAY AND GRISE
FIORD OVERNIGHT, AS ITS EXPECTED THAT VISIBILITIES WILL DIMINISH
THIS MORNING AND REMAIN LOW FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. A WIND WARNING
WAS ALSO ISSUED FOR GRISE FIORD FOR ANTICIPATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 100
KM/H. BOTH BLIZZARD AND WIND WARNINGS SHOULD END BY EARLY THIS
EVENING AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA.
NORTHERN BAFFIN AND THE MELVILLE PENINSULA WILL FLIRT WITH COLD
WARNING CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS COLDER AIR IS USHERED
IN, IN THE WAKE OF A FEW PASSING SYSTEMS.
END/CARLSEN/PIMISKERN
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