Travellers in Alberta told to prepare for winter weather

The snowfall has began falling successful confederate Alberta and travelers are being told they should hole for rapidly changing and deteriorating question conditions.

Environment Canada has issued a special upwind statement for the metropolis of Calgary, portion upland areas of southwestern Alberta are nether a heavy snowfall warning.

“Calgary tin expect 2 to 4 cm of snow this day and different 2 to 4 cm this evening,” said Tiffany Lizee, Global’s main meteorologist for Calgary.

Temperatures successful the metropolis are expected to beryllium astir -2 C during the time and dip to -6 C overnight connected Monday.

While snowfall started falling successful Calgary astir noon connected Monday, it was already starting to accumulate connected the crushed successful immoderate communities extracurricular the city, specified arsenic Airdrie and Banff.

“Once you get into the foothills and into the mountains they person had rather a spot of snowfall accumulating, truthful wintertime driving conditions are successful place,” Lizee said.

While beneath freezing temperatures whitethorn marque immoderate roads slippery, successful Calgary a batch of the snowfall is expected to melt erstwhile it hits the ground, Lizee said.

“Despite the information that we are beneath freezing close now, it was precise lukewarm implicit the play with temperatures successful the precocious teens. So, the crushed is precise lukewarm and melting that snow.”

Temperatures successful Calgary are expected to rebound to astir +7 C connected Tuesday.

“Any lingering snowfall that we bash person successful the metropolis volition melt distant rather quickly,” Lizee said.

Information connected the latest roadworthy conditions is disposable astatine 511alberta.ca.

Travellers done Calgary airdrome are besides being warned of imaginable delays.

In its regular question outlook, Air Canada is informing immoderate of its flights whitethorn beryllium impacted by snowfall and reduced visibility.

Those headed to the airdrome tin cheque the presumption of their flights by logging connected to yyc.com.