Alberta Foothills Weather

Monday was very cold. Not much else one can say about it. We didn’t get above -30(-22F) and the windchill stayed below -40 most of the day. It was a nice day to stay in the house, a venture outside after noon for a look around lasted about 4 minutes.
The wicked north wind finally died [...]

The wind arrived at 7am this morning along with a 5C bump in temperature, which has long gone by now. A blizzard warning was issued for southeast Alberta this morning, and windchill warnings for most of the rest of the province.
We have had near whiteout conditions here since 11 am, with snow and blowing snow [...]

A winter storm watch has been out all day for the arrival of tomorrow’s nasty weather. The NavCan forecast says the front will arrive here at 5am with 65km/h north winds and snow, clearing around noon, then blowing snow. The EC weather watch says it will arrive tomorrow night. The temps have dropped and winds [...]

Freezing fog rolled in last night after dark and is still lingering in a few places as I type. It wasn’t really sticking to anything until a gentle south breeze picked up before midnight for about 6 hours, leaving a frosty wonderland this morning. It cleared out for a while this afternoon, just enough for [...]

Since the last post, we hit -25.6C yesterday morning at 8:06 then warmed up almost to zero in 4 hours as warm air swept down from the Arctic ocean. Crazy stuff. Today we had a snow eating breeze blowing all day from the north again and just scraped above zero for an hour or so [...]

We picked up another few cm of powder Saturday before everything moved into the states, dragging a big frosty airmass down behind it. Severe clear and cold today, YQF reporting a high of -16 and as I type it is -23C, the coldest we have been since December 8., but the warmup is already on [...]

WWCN15 CWWG 191133
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:33 AM MST SATURDAY 19 JANUARY 2008.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA…

SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:
=NEW= ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE - CAROLINE.

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 10 CM TODAY.

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==DISCUSSION==
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE GRANDE PRAIRIE AREA THIS
MORNING [...]

SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:14 PM MST FRIDAY 18 JANUARY 2008.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA…

SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:
=NEW= HINTON - GRANDE CACHE
=NEW= GRANDE PRAIRIE - BEAVERLODGE - VALLEYVIEW.

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

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==DISCUSSION==
A VIGOROUS UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA
THIS [...]

Ahhh back to white again.
We picked up a little better than 5cm today and that was enough to bring back the winter spirit. Once again it looks like winter should look. The roads are snotty, the cows are cranky, and I get to break out the shovel for the first time tomorrow. More is forecast [...]

We lost snow in the past 24 hours instead of gaining any. After hitting a ridiculous 10.7C yesterday afternoon with a stiff snow eating breeze from the SW, the expected cold front slammed into us at 10pm with 60km winds from the NW. The few tiny flakes that did fall were blown off to [...]