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WOCN16 CWWG 261031
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:31 A.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2025.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
CITY OF EDMONTON - ST. ALBERT - SHERWOOD PARK
SPRUCE GROVE - MORINVILLE - MAYERTHORPE - EVANSBURG
FORT SASKATCHEWAN - VEGREVILLE - REDWATER - SMOKY LAKE
DRAYTON VALLEY - DEVON - RIMBEY - PIGEON LAKE
LEDUC - CAMROSE - WETASKIWIN - TOFIELD
WESTLOCK - BARRHEAD - ATHABASCA
LLOYDMINSTER - WAINWRIGHT - VERMILION - PROVOST
BONNYVILLE - ST. PAUL - COLD LAKE - LAC LA BICHE
WHITECOURT - EDSON - FOX CREEK - SWAN HILLS
HINTON - GRANDE CACHE
GRANDE PRAIRIE - BEAVERLODGE - VALLEYVIEW
SLAVE LAKE.
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==DISCUSSION==
WINTRY WEATHER RETURNS TO ALBERTA THIS WEEK. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL
CONDITIONS FROM TONIGHT TO FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALBERTA.
HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING OVER PARTS OF WESTERN
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 AND
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 ARE FORECAST BY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS
CENTRAL ALBERTA, WITH HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 25 CM POSSIBLE NEAR
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND OVER WEST-CENTRAL ALBERTA.
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
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