Cooler conditions to ring in the new year

Similar to Monday, light flurries fell across portions of southern Alberta early Tuesday morning and that, combined with cooler temperatures and little to no wind, compromised visibility.

As of 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, the visibility at the Calgary International Airport and in Springbank was 2.4 kilometres, 4.8 kilometres in Lethbridge and less than a kilometre of visibility reported in Pincher Creek.

Light and scattered flurries will continue throughout the day in Calgary and surrounding communities as that same northwest to southeast flow continues across the province.

A low-riding jet stream will enhance a cooler pattern and suppress temperatures across much of the country on New Year’s Eve and for the start of 2025.

In Calgary, a totalof  two to four centimetres of snow is forecast for Tuesday into Wednesday, with temperatures expected to continue to fall, so that Wednesday’s high will occur before sunrise.

Daytime highs in Calgary will remain closer to average overnight low temperatures for the end of the week, and low temperatures will drop down to -20 C.

More snow is expected in the eastern B.C. interior on Thursday before tracking along the southern Alberta border on Friday.

Seasonal conditions will resume in Calgary by early next week.