****0000001694**** WWCN16 CWWG 280243 SNOWFALL WARNING FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 8:43 P.M. MDT THURSDAY 27 MARCH 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SNOWFALL WARNING 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 WHITECOURT - EDSON - FOX CREEK - SWAN HILLS HINTON - GRANDE CACHE. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== A LONG PERIOD OF SNOWFALL WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 CM CONTINUES. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 30 CM BY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT, WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING THIS EVENING. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE VARIABLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. A WIDE RANGE OF 5 TO 20 CM HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 CM FORECAST FOR MOST REGIONS TONIGHT. PREPARE FOR QUICKLY CHANGING AND DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY MAY BE SUDDENLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND AVOID STRAIN WHEN CLEARING SNOW. 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