869
WWCN19 CWVR 051329
BLIZZARD WARNING
FOR YUKON
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 6:29 A.M. MST MONDAY 5 MAY 2025.
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BLIZZARD WARNING FOR:
=NEW= DEMPSTER.
BLIZZARD WARNING - REPLACES WINTER STORM WATCH FOR:
DEMPSTER.
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==DISCUSSION==
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS RETURN TODAY.
WHAT:
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITY.
WHEN:
NOON TODAY TO NOON TUESDAY.
WHERE:
DEMPSTER HIGHWAY NEAR THE RICHARDSON MOUNTAINS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE YUKON ON MONDAY WILL CLASH
WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
GENERATING EXTREME EASTERLY WINDS OF 90 KM/H GUSTING TO 110 ACROSS
THE RICHARDSON MOUNTAINS. COMBINED WITH FALLING OR FRESHLY FALLEN
SNOW, NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW RESULTING IN
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, WILL DEVELOP NEAR NOON TODAY.
WINDS WILL PEAK MONDAY NIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EASING NEAR
NOON ON TUESDAY AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM AND RIDGE WEAKEN ON TUESDAY.
TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY.
VISIBILITY WILL BE SUDDENLY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
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 POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)YTSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
END/PSPC
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