****0000001247**** WOCN16 CWWG 262306 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:06 P.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: =NEW= BONNYVILLE - ST. PAUL - COLD LAKE - LAC LA BICHE =NEW= GRANDE PRAIRIE - BEAVERLODGE - VALLEYVIEW =NEW= SLAVE LAKE. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== WINTRY WEATHER RETURNS TO ALBERTA TONIGHT. EXPECT WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM TONIGHT TO FRIDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALBERTA. HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING OVER PARTS OF WESTERN ALBERTA. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY ON THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO STAY SOUTH OF GRANDE PRAIRIE, SLAVE LAKE, AND COLD LAKE, BUT 5-10 CM OF TOTAL SNOWFALL IS STILL EXPECTED. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM, SO WARNINGS MAY BE ADJUSTED AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS. 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