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WOCN16 CWWG 281121
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:21 AM MST MONDAY 28 JANUARY 2013.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALBERTA.
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURN TO ALBERTA.
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==DISCUSSION==
..BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURN TO ALBERTA..
AN ARCTIC RIDGE IS CURRENTLY OVER THE YUKON AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
SET TO SLUMP INTO ALBERTA TODAY AND TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN
TO FALL IN NORTHERN ALBERTA AS COLD ARCTIC AIR BEGINS TO MOVE SOUTH.
ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ALBERTA LATE TODAY AND REMAIN IN
PLACE INTO WEDNESDAY.
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH MOST AREAS WILL SEE 2 TO 4
CENTIMETRES OF SNOW AND WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KM/H. EXTREME WIND CHILLS
OF MINUS 40 OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN
ALBERTA LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS
IN PLACE FOR HIGH LEVEL AND FURTHER WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED LATER
TODAY.
CURRENT FORECAST MODELS SHOW THE RIDGE MOVING OFF LATER
THIS WEEK ENDING THE COLD SNAP.
THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS AS
WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED OR EXTENDED.
PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA
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