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WWCN19 CWVR 220024
BLIZZARD WARNING
FOR YUKON
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:24 P.M. MST SATURDAY 21 DECEMBER 2024.
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BLIZZARD WARNING FOR:
=NEW= DEMPSTER.
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==DISCUSSION==
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND PERSISTENT VISIBILITY NEAR
ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
WHEN: SUNDAY MORNING TO MONDAY NIGHT
WHERE: DEMPSTER HIGHWAY NEAR THE RICHARDSON MOUNTAINS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: EASTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 80 KM/H WILL
PRODUCE NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE DEMPSTER
HIGHWAY NEAR THE RICHARDSON MOUNTAINS BEGINNING SUNDAY MORNING. THE
BLIZZARD IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE ENDING MONDAY
EVENING AS THE STRONG WINDS EASE.
TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO REDUCED
VISIBILITY. ANYONE WHO IS NOT DRESSED WARMLY IS AT RISK OF FROSTBITE
AND HYPOTHERMIA IN COLD WEATHER.
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN WIDESPREAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF
400 METRES OR LESS ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST 4 HOURS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
YTSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)YTSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
END/PSPC
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