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WWCN16 CWWG 190451
EXTREME COLD WARNING
FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:51 P.M. MST SATURDAY 18 JANUARY 2025.
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EXTREME COLD WARNING FOR:
FORT SASKATCHEWAN - VEGREVILLE - REDWATER - SMOKY LAKE
LEDUC - CAMROSE - WETASKIWIN - TOFIELD
WESTLOCK - BARRHEAD - ATHABASCA
LLOYDMINSTER - WAINWRIGHT - VERMILION - PROVOST
BONNYVILLE - ST. PAUL - COLD LAKE - LAC LA BICHE
PEACE RIVER - FAIRVIEW - HIGH PRAIRIE - MANNING
WABASCA - PEERLESS LAKE - GIFT LAKE - CADOTTE LAKE
FORT MCMURRAY - FORT MACKAY
FORT CHIPEWYAN - WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK
HIGH LEVEL - RAINBOW LAKE - FORT VERMILION - MACKENZIE HWY.
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==DISCUSSION==
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 40 TO MINUS
45 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE MONDAY AFTERNOON ENDING THE
PERIOD OF EXTREME COLD.
EXTREME COLD PUTS EVERYONE AT RISK.
COVER UP. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP WITHIN MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN,
ESPECIALLY WITH WIND CHILL.
IF IT'S TOO COLD FOR YOU TO STAY OUTSIDE, IT'S TOO COLD FOR YOUR PET
TO STAY OUTSIDE.
EXTREME COLD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES OR WIND
CHILL CREATES AN ELEVATED RISK TO HEALTH SUCH AS FROST BITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
ABSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)ABSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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