This is our weather forecast for today and tomorrow - they said this could be the worst blizzard since 1989 on the news this morning:
Blizzard warning for:
City of Edmonton-St. Albert-Sherwood Park
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY.
A DISTURBANCE CROSSING SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL TRACK EASTWARD INTO ALBERTA TODAY AND INTENSIFY. BANDS OF SNOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL BECOME AN ORGANIZED SNOW AREA TONIGHT AND IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM THE LLOYDMINSTER AREA WEST INTO THE GRAND PRAIRIE/SOUTHERN PEACE REGIONS. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 10 CENTIMETRES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL HEAVIER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY OVER EAST CENTRAL ALBERTA. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING WILL COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO GENERATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN EXPOSED AREAS ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL ALBERTA. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE FROM THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF AND THE WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH. IN THE WAKE OF THE DISTURBANCE ON THURSDAY AN ARCTIC RIDGE WILL BUILD DOWN OVER WESTERN CANADA BRINGING CLEAR SKIES AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. BRISK WINDS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR MINUS 30 WILL RESULT IN EXTREME WIND CHILLS OVER THE HIGH LEVEL REGION.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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