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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 12:37 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 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
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