WWCN16 CWWG 092143

YELLOW WARNING - SNOWFALL

FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 3:43 P.M. MDT FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2026.

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YELLOW LEVEL WARNING - SNOWFALL - FOR:

      WHITECOURT - EDSON - FOX CREEK - SWAN HILLS

      HINTON - GRANDE CACHE

      GRANDE PRAIRIE - BEAVERLODGE - VALLEYVIEW.



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IMPACT LEVEL: MODERATE

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH



==DISCUSSION==



SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER WEST-CENTRAL ALBERTA TONIGHT AND 

SATURDAY. 



RAINFALL WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP. 

ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS 

EVENING, BUT WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. 



SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE, RANGING FROM ABOUT 7 CM TO 

25 CM. 



COMMUNITIES IN PROTECTED VALLEYS AND LOWER TERRAIN, SUCH AS THE 

TOWNSITES OF JASPER, GRANDE PRAIRIE, AND VALLEYVIEW, WILL SEE 

SNOWFALL TOTALS AT THE LOWER END OF THIS RANGE. 



AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN AND NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES, SUCH AS HIGHWAY 

40 BETWEEN GRANDE PRAIRIE AND HINTON, WILL SEE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AT 

THE HIGHER END OF THIS RANGE. 



SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF NORTH TO SOUTH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.



TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE CHALLENGING. VISIBILITY WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED 

AT TIMES. LOCAL UTILITY OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR 

TRAVEL. 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 SOCIAL 

MEDIA USING (HASH)ABSTORM.



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