492  
WOCN16 CWWG 251944  
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA  
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA  
AT 1:44 P.M. MDT TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2025.  
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:  
=NEW= CITY OF EDMONTON - ST. ALBERT - SHERWOOD PARK  
=NEW= SPRUCE GROVE - MORINVILLE - MAYERTHORPE - EVANSBURG  
=NEW= FORT SASKATCHEWAN - VEGREVILLE - REDWATER - SMOKY LAKE  
=NEW= DRAYTON VALLEY - DEVON - RIMBEY - PIGEON LAKE  
=NEW= LEDUC - CAMROSE - WETASKIWIN - TOFIELD  
=NEW= WESTLOCK - BARRHEAD - ATHABASCA  
=NEW= LLOYDMINSTER - WAINWRIGHT - VERMILION - PROVOST  
=NEW= BONNYVILLE - ST. PAUL - COLD LAKE - LAC LA BICHE  
=NEW= WHITECOURT - EDSON - FOX CREEK - SWAN HILLS  
=NEW= HINTON - GRANDE CACHE  
=NEW= GRANDE PRAIRIE - BEAVERLODGE - VALLEYVIEW  
=NEW= SLAVE LAKE.  
 
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==DISCUSSION==  
 
WINTRY WEATHER RETURNS TO ALBERTA THIS WEEK. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL  
CONDITIONS FROM WEDNESDAY OVERNIGHT TO FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL  
ALBERTA.  
 
HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL  
ALBERTA, INCLUDING FOR GRANDE PRAIRIE, WHITECOURT AND EDSON.  
 
ON THURSDAY MORNING, SNOW WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS CENTRAL ALBERTA,  
INCLUDING THE EDMONTON AREA. SOUTH OF EDMONTON, ACROSS  
CENTRAL-SOUTHERN ALBERTA INCLUDING RED DEER AND AREAS EAST, RAIN  
MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW  
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 20 CM OF SNOW IS FORECAST BY FRIDAY MORNING  
ACROSS CENTRAL ALBERTA, WITH HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 25 CM POSSIBLE  
NEAR THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND OVER WEST-CENTRAL ALBERTA NEAR GRANDE  
PRAIRIE.  
 
GIVEN THE WARM TEMPERATURES TO START THE WEEK AND UNCERTAINTY IN HOW  
FAST THE SNOW WILL FALL, CONFIDENCE IN TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS  
IS MODERATE.  
 
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY  
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO  
ABSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA, CALL 1-800-239-0484 OR POST REPORTS ON X USING  
(HASH)ABSTORM.  
 
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA  
 
END/PASPC  
 
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