Snowfall warnings issued as Alberta braces for heavy dump Thursday

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 12, 2025 3:03 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Alberta is bracing for dense snowfall starting aboriginal Thursday that could bring up to 20 centimetres of snowfall successful immoderate areas.

Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park are included successful a database of astir 100 warnings for large swaths of cardinal and bluish Alberta, from Grande Prairie successful the northwest across to Bonnyville and southbound arsenic acold arsenic Canmore. The warnings bash not widen to Red Deer oregon Calgary oregon the southeastern portion of the province.

Environment Canada says 10 to 20 centimetres of snowfall is expected. The snowfall is expected to extremity Thursday evening.

"Surfaces specified arsenic highways, roads, walkways and parking tons whitethorn go hard to navigate owed to accumulating snow," the upwind bureau said successful a informing for Edmonton issued Wednesday morning.

"There whitethorn beryllium a important interaction connected unreserved hr postulation successful municipality areas. Be prepared to set your driving with changing roadworthy conditions."

Edmonton's forecast calls for a debased of –7 C overnight Wednesday into Thursday, with the upwind chill making it consciousness arsenic acold as –14.

Thursday greeting volition spot snowfall "at times heavy" successful the city. The precocious volition be –4 C successful the morning, dropping successful the day and evening to a debased of –13 C.

The forecasted debased for Friday is –17, with a debased of –13 forecast for Saturday.