Residents of Calgary and southwestern Alberta were greeted by a significant accumulation of snow on Saturday morning following 20 centimetres of snowfall in a 24 hour period.
According to CTV Meteorologist Steve Rothfels, the bulk of the snowfall has already landed in Calgary, Lower elevations within the city limits received approximately 15 cm of snow between Friday night and Saturday afternoon, while higher elevations are reporting roughly 25 cm. Rothfels predicts less than 5cm of snow will arrive in Calgary between Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
Snow and ice have made for slippery driving conditions around Calgary and in the mountain parks.
As of 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Canmore RCMP issued a statement advising motorists against travel on the Trans-Canada Highway between Highway 40 and the Banff National Park gates. Visibility on this stretch of highway is extremely poor and the road is wet and icy.
At around 6:00 a.m., a semi-trailer jackknifed, blocking lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway near Lac des Arcs. Traffic on Highway 1 and Highway 1X experienced significant delays and traffic was rerouted to Highway 1A. The semi was removed shortly before noon.
RCMP and police advise motorists to drive to road conditions.
