604 WWCN16 CWWG 120611 SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:11 PM MST FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2009. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA... WIND CHILL WARNING FOR: =NEW= HIGH LEVEL - RAINBOW LAKE - FORT VERMILION - MACKENZIE HWY FORT SASKATCHEWAN - VEGREVILLE - REDWATER - SMOKY LAKE LEDUC - CAMROSE - WETASKIWIN - TOFIELD LLOYDMINSTER - WAINWRIGHT - VERMILION - PROVOST BONNYVILLE - ST. PAUL - COLD LAKE - LAC LA BICHE GRANDE PRAIRIE - BEAVERLODGE - VALLEYVIEW PEACE RIVER - FAIRVIEW - HIGH PRAIRIE - MANNING SLAVE LAKE WABASCA - PEERLESS LAKE - GIFT LAKE - CADOTTE LAKE FORT MCMURRAY - FORT MACKAY FORT CHIPEWYAN - WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK. EXTREME WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS IS A WARNING THAT EXTREME WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR HAS PUSHED DOWN OVER NORTHERN ALBERTA. AS WELL, BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT PRODUCING WIND CHILL VALUES AS COLD AS MINUS 50. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE SATURDAY MORNING IN THE GRANDE PRAIRIE AND PEACE RIVER REGIONS AS WIND DIMINISH UNDER A COLD ARCTIC RIDGE. EASTERN ALBERTA MAY SEE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW MINUS 40 THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL THIS WEEKEND ACROSS NORTHERN ALBERTA. AT THESE EXTREME WIND CHILL VALUES FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN MAY OCCUR IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. END 537 WWCN15 CWWG 120442 SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 9:42 PM MST FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2009. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA... WIND CHILL WARNING FOR: HANNA - CORONATION - OYEN. EXTREME WIND CHILLS DEVELOPING SATURDAY.