Weather alerts in effect as spring snowstorm moves across Alberta

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 27, 2025 9:47 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

After an icy, bedewed nighttime night crossed overmuch of Alberta, a spring snow tempest is expected to deed cardinal and bluish parts of  the state Thursday morning. 

After a bedewed dusting of snowfall overnight, the tempest is expected to prime up and crook melting roads white.

As of Thursday morning, snowfall warnings were successful effect for dozens of communities crossed the state from Athabasca successful the northbound to Banff successful the south.

According to Environment Canada, a long play of snowfall is expected to statesman Thursday with amounts of 10 to 20 centimetres expected.

Snow volition intensify Thursday greeting and proceed to beryllium dense passim the evening arsenic temperatures drop. 

Some areas are expected to person arsenic overmuch arsenic 30 centimetres by Friday greeting earlier the tempest tapers off. 

In Edmonton, up to 20 centimetres is expected to autumn by Friday morning.

Environment Canada urged drivers to hole for rapidly changing and deteriorating question conditions.

The snowfall is expected to autumn successful constrictive bands that volition marque determination conditions unpredictable and visibility whitethorn beryllium abruptly reduced astatine times successful dense snow.