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FOCN45 CWWG 141900
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DISCUSSION ISSUED BY THE PRAIRIE AND ARCTIC STORM
PREDICTION CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:00 PM CDT SATURDAY MARCH
14 2026.
ALERTS IN EFFECT...COLD WARNING FOR POND INLET.
SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW...
THE 12Z UPPER ANALYSES REVEALED A LARGE UPPER LOW COMPLEX OVER THE
CANADIAN ARCTIC, WITH FLOW AROUND THIS COMPLEX CONTAINING SEVERAL
SHORT WAVE TROUGHS.
THE SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM ALASKA
THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PRAIRIES TO THE GREAT LAKES.
LOW PRESSURE IS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN HIGH PLAINS STATES AND OVER
FOXE BASIN.
DISCUSSION...
ALBERTA/NRN SK...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN ALBERTA IS
BRINGING SOME SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO THE AREA. 12Z RDPS GUIDANCE
HAS PULLED BACK AMOUNTS CONSIDERABLY FROM THE 00Z RUN LAST NIGHT,
WHICH LINES UP WITH WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON RADAR. UP TO 3 CM HAS BEEN
REPORTED SO FAR WITH ANOTHER 2-5 CM THROUGH THE DAY EXPECTED.
OVER THE NORTH, WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR MINUS 40 LOOK LIKELY FOR SOME
REGIONS TONIGHT BUT VERY MARGINAL FOR A WARNING.
MORE NOTABLE WEATHER WILL START THE COMING WEEK.
SOUTHERN SK/MB...THE DEVELOPING WYOMING/MONTANA LOW WILL BRING
FLURRIES TO SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN TODAY, WITH ACCUMULATIONS
MAINLY LIMITED TO THE SHAUNAVON REGION, WHERE WE EXPECT 5 TO 10 CM.
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/CARLSEN/ROMBOUGH
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