December is expected to arrive with a blast of Arctic weather in both Calgary and Edmonton, as well as sections of central and southern Alberta, between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.
The storm is expected to produce significant snowfall, between 15 and 30 cm, and wind gusts in excess of 60 kilometres per hour. Blizzard conditions could result in deteriorating visibility on highways throughout the province.
Environment Canada has issued severe winter weather warnings for the following regions:
- City of Calgary
- Airdrie-Cochrane-Olds-Sundre
- Kananaskis-Canmore
- Okotoks-High River-Claresholm
- Brooks-Strathmore-Vulcan
- Drumheller-Three Hills
- Medicine Hat-Bow Island-Suffield
- Lethbridge-Taber-Milk River
- Cardston-Fort Macleod-Magrath
- Crowsnest Pass-Pincher Creek - Waterton Lakes
- Cypress Hills Provincial Park-Foremost
- Hanna-Coronation-Oyen
- Red Deer-Ponoka-Innisfail-Stettler
- Rocky Mountain House-Caroline
- City of Edmonton-St. Albert-Sherwood Park
- Drayton Valley-Devon-Rimbey-Pigeon Lake
- Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville-Redwater-Smoky Lake
- Leduc-Camrose-Wetaskwin-Tofield
- Nordegg-Forestry Trunk Road Highway 734
- Slave Lake
- Spruce Gove-Morinville-Mayerthorpe-Evansburg
- Westlock-Barrhead-Athabasca
- Whitecourt-Edson-Fox Creek-Swan Hills
- Grande Prairie-Beaverlodge-Valleyview
- Hinton-Grande Cache
- Peace River-Fairview-High Prairie-Manning
For updated information on weather warnings within the province, visit Environment Canada-Alberta-Weather Warnings.
With files from Environment Canada