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FOCN45 CWWG 141200
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DISCUSSION ISSUED BY THE PRAIRIE AND ARCTIC STORM
PREDICTION CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM CDT SATURDAY MARCH
14 2026.
ALERTS IN EFFECT...COLD WARNINGS FOR CHESTERFIELD INLET, POND INLET,
GJOA HAVEN, SANIRAJAK, URANIUM CITY, AND HIGH LEVEL.
SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW...
ALOFT, A LARGE UPPER LOW COMPLEX OVER THE CANADIAN ARCTIC WITH UPPER
LOWS NEAR CORAL HARBOUR AND FORT ROSS. OTHER POTENT SHORTWAVES NEAR
LAKE ATHABASCA, PAULATUK AND OVER THE GREAT LAKES. NORTHWEST ZONAL
FLOW OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA SOUTH OF THE 60TH PARALLEL
WITH SLIGHT UPPER RIDGING EAST OF THE GREAT LAKES, AND A DEEP UPPER
LOW IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC SOUTH OF GREENLAND.
AT THE SURFACE, A 1035 MB HIGH SITTING ON THE BORDER OF YUKON AND NWT
WITH RIDGING SOUTHEAST THROUGH TO SOUTHERN MANITOBA AND THEN INTO THE
MIDWEST USA. A 1003 MB LOW IN FOXE BASIN WITH COLD FRONT SOUTH OVER
NORTHERN QUEBEC AND A PAIR OF 1003 MB LOWS OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC AND
MAINE. A 1002 MB LOW SITS IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA.
DISCUSSION...
ALBERTA/NRN SK...A SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN ALBERTA WILL BRING
SOME SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO THE REGION. NWP GUIDANCE HAS BEEN
CONSISTENT IN SUGGESTING THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
FOR REGIONS ALONG THE AMERICAN BORDER. 5 TO 10 CM CAN BE EXPECTED
THERE BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS TONIGHT.
OVER MORE NORTHERN SECTIONS, A COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
HIGH LEVEL AND URANIUM CITY. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE
LATER THIS MORNING, A RETURN OF WARNING LEVEL WIND CHILL VALUES LOOKS
LIKELY FOR SOME REGIONS TONIGHT.
SOUTHERN SK/MB...A DEVELOPING MONTANA LOW WILL BRING FLURRIES TO
SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN TODAY, WITH ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY LIMITED TO
THE SHAUNAVON REGION AND ONLY THE CYPRESS HILLS SEEING ANYTHING MORE
THAN 5 CM. THE RDPS IS SUGGESTING A POSSIBLE SNOWFALL WARNING FOR
THEM, BUT OTHER MODELS ARE NOT AGREEING AT THIS TIME.
NUNAVUT...EXTREME COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE OVER THE REGION WITH A
FEW LOCALITIES REACHING -50 TO -55 AGAIN THIS MORNING, NAMELY IN
NORTHERN BAFFIN ISLAND AND THE MELVILLE PENINUSLA AS WELL AS THE
KIVALLIQ HAMLETS. WIND CHILLS BELOW -45 PERSIT FOR THE FUTURE WITH
COMMUNITIES POPPING IN AND OUT OF WARNING CRITERIA.
NWT...NIL SIG WX.
END/LUZNY/VAN LOCHEM
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