This is the most recent weather warning from Enviro. Canada. I was just out to the barn to throw some hay to our sale bull, and it definitely feels like -48. I thought I had bundled up a little too heavy, but by the time I was done chorin' I was ready to run for the house. Haven't seen it this cold since the winter of '96/'97, when I was working rigs @ -52 between Christmas & New Years. If you read below, Coronation is our closest weather center. They're bang on about us getting half the snow of other places. Our road is fairly clear, but north of us 20-30 miles they're saying the hiways are drifted over.
Winter storm warning for: Lloydminster-Wainwright-Vermilion-Provost
Issued at 4:33 AM MST MONDAY 28 JANUARY 2008:
COLD WIND CHILLS BELOW MINUS 40 AND HEAVY SNOW ARE OCCURRING. THIS IS A WARNING THAT DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
AN INTENSE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO TRACK THROUGH THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES. MANY AREAS OF ALBERTA HAVE SEEN BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES IN THE COLD LAKE REGION HOWEVER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. IN THE SYSTEMS WAKE AN ARCTIC RIDGE HAS INVADED THE PROVINCE BRINGING COLD TEMPERATURES. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH BRISK WINDS ARE GIVING WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW MINUS 40. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE RIDGE SETTLES INTO ALBERTA HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STORM WERE GENERALLY IN THE 5 TO 10 CENTIMETRE RANGE THROUGH MOST OF THE PROVINCE. BLOWING SNOW GAVE DRIFTS MUCH HIGHER THAN THIS HOWEVER A FEW OF THE LARGEST SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS AS OF 4 AM MST INCLUDE: COLD LAKE...............23 CM PINCHER CREEK........17-22 CM CORONATION..............12 CM THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS IN ALBERTA RECORDED AS OF 4 AM MST INCLUDE: GRANDE PRAIRIE..........-49 CALGARY AIRPORT.........-48 CORONATION..............-48 DEL BONITA..............-47 LACOMBE.................-47 VEGREVILLE..............-47 THREE HILLS.............-47 OLDS....................-47 EDMONTON INTL AIRPORT...-46 WHITECOURT..............-46 THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS SUNDAY IN ALBERTA CAME FROM ONEFOUR NEAR THE CYPRESS HILLS WITH A GUST OF 93 KM/H.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.