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FOCN45 CWWG 251900
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DISCUSSION ISSUED BY THE PRAIRIE AND ARCTIC STORM
PREDICTION CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:00 PM CDT SATURDAY APRIL
25 2026.
ALERTS IN EFFECT...NONE.
SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW...ALOFT, A LOW, NOW FILLING, IS OVER THE PRAIRIES
WITH RIDGES TO THE EAST, OVER HUDSON BAY, AND TO THE WEST, OVER THE
EASTERN PACIFIC. ANOTHER LOW IS OVER NORTHERN DAVIS STRAIT.
AT THE SURFACE, AN OCCLUDED LOW IS OVER EAST-CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN.
FAIRLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ENCOMPASSES THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL
ARCTIC.
DISCUSSION...
PRAIRIES...THE SYSTEM THAT SMACKED THE PRAIRIES OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS IS FINALLY WINDING DOWN. SNOWFALL IS GETTING LIGHTER AND WINDS
ARE WEAKENING, SO THE WINTER STORM, BLIZZARD, SNOWFALL, AND BLOWING
SNOW WARNINGS HAVE ENDED. SOME CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS CLOSE TO THE LOW
MAY CREATE SOME RATHER HEAVY BURSTS OF SNOW, BUT BY AND LARGE THE
SNOWFALL SHOULD STAY SUBSEVERE. AS WELL, SINCE THE LOW IS FILLING,
THE WINDS ARE WEAKENING.
NWT...WAVE MOVING NORTHEAST OVER ALASKA WILL BRING SOME MIXED TYPE
PRECIP TO THE MACKENZIE DELTA TONIGHT, WITH A RISK OF FREEZING RAIN
AT TUKTOYAKTUK.
NUNAVUT...SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ON TAP ALONG THE KIVALLIQ COAST AS THE
LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE PRAIRIES, BUT AS IT'S APRIL, THE SNOW
WILL BE FAIRLY WET AND THE WIND WON'T BE FROM A FAVOURED DIRECTION,
SO BLIZZARDS ARE UNLIKELY HERE.
END/CARLSEN/MOODIE/ROMBOUGH
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