****0000002149**** WOCN16 CWWG 251944 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 1:44 P.M. MDT TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==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