Significant Wind Storm Takes Aim at Alberta Starting Sunday Evening and Continuing Into Monday; Wind Gusts in Excess of 100km/h Possible

Strong winds that have developed Sunday afternoon are only expected to get stronger later in the evening and overnight across Alberta. This is courtesy of a system that is also bringing widespread snowfall to the province early Monday morning and lasting through the day.

We expect the worst conditions will pre-dawn on Monday with maximum wind gusts across Southern Alberta approaching 100km/h or even exceeding that in some areas. Wind damage along with some power outages are likely. The wind will begin to die down as we head into the afternoon on Monday although it’ll still be quite gusty throughout the rest of the day.

As far as the snowfall is concerned, we’re not expecting significant accumulation and most areas will see maybe 5-10cm of snowfall accumulation. Higher amounts in the Rockies which is fairly typical with between 25-40cm expected as per Environment Canada. However, the strong winds could create blowing snow and hazardous driving conditions while the snow is coming down during the morning hours on Monday. Please drive with caution!

Conditions will improve late Monday as the system moves out over Saskatchewan and Manitoba.