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FPCN15 CWWG 220124 AAA
Updated forecasts for Southern Alberta and the mountain parks issued
by Environment Canada at 6:24 p.m. MST Tuesday 21 January 2020 for
tonight Wednesday and Wednesday night.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 5:00 a.m. MST
Wednesday.

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Major reference elevations:
 Banff:                               1384 metres.
 Lake Louise:                         1750 metres.
 Highway 93 - Bow Summit:             2068 metres.
 Highway 93 - Sunwapta Pass:          2034 metres.
 Columbia Icefields Visitors Centre:  2006 metres.
 Jasper:                              1061 metres.
 Canmore:                             1350 metres.
 Hwy 40 - Highwood Pass:              2206 metres.
 Pincher Creek:                       1030 metres.
 Waterton:                            1280 metres.
 Crowsnest Pass:                      1300 metres.
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Okotoks - High River - Claresholm.
Tonight..Cloudy. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 except gusting
 to 60 in wind prone areas overnight. Low minus 3.
Wednesday..Clearing in the morning. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40
 except gusting to 60 in wind prone areas. High plus 5. UV index 1 or
 low. Wind chill minus 9 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Clear. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming
 light in the evening. Low minus 9. Wind chill minus 11 overnight.

Brooks - Strathmore - Vulcan.
Tonight..Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries late this
 evening and overnight with risk of freezing rain. Wind southeast
 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Wind becoming west 20 gusting
 to 40 after midnight. Low minus 9. Wind chill minus 15 this evening.
Wednesday..Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries in the
 morning and early in the afternoon. Risk of freezing rain early in
 the morning. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High plus 3. UV
 index 1 or low. Wind chill minus 7 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Clearing. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40
 becoming light in the evening. Low minus 11. Wind chill minus 7 in
 the evening and minus 15 overnight.

Red Deer - Ponoka - Innisfail - Stettler.
Freezing rain warning in effect.
Tonight..Mainly cloudy. Periods of snow or freezing rain beginning
 late this evening. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind southeast 20 km/h
 gusting to 40 becoming light late this evening. Low minus 8. Wind
 chill minus 14 this evening.
Wednesday..Periods of snow. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind becoming
 northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 in the morning. High minus 1. Wind
 chill near minus 10.
Wednesday night..Periods of snow ending early in the evening then
 clearing. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light in the
 evening. Low minus 13. Wind chill minus 9 in the evening and
 minus 17 overnight.

Hanna - Coronation - Oyen.
Freezing rain warning in effect.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness. Periods of snow or freezing rain
 beginning after midnight. Local snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind becoming
 southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 before morning. Low minus 10. Wind
 chill minus 15 this evening.
Wednesday..Periods of snow. Snow or periods of freezing rain early in
 the morning. Snowfall amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h
 gusting to 40 becoming northwest 30 gusting to 50 late in the
 morning. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 9 in the morning and
 minus 14 in the afternoon.
Wednesday night..Periods of snow ending late in the evening then
 mainly cloudy. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light
 in the evening. Low minus 9. Wind chill near minus 16.

Medicine Hat - Bow Island - Suffield.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness. 30 percent chance of flurries
 overnight with risk of freezing rain. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting
 to 40. Low minus 9 with temperature rising to minus 1 by morning.
 Wind chill minus 17 this evening.
Wednesday..Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries changing to
 60 percent chance of rain showers or flurries in the afternoon. Risk
 of freezing rain early in the morning. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to
 50. High plus 4. UV index 1 or low. Wind chill minus 7 in the
 morning.
Wednesday night..Periods of snow ending after midnight then mainly
 cloudy. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40
 becoming light after midnight. Low minus 8. Wind chill minus 10
 overnight.

Cypress Hills Provincial Park - Foremost.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness this evening. Wind west 30 km/h
 gusting to 50. Low minus 9. Wind chill minus 17 this evening.
Wednesday..A mix of sun and cloud. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50.
 High plus 2. UV index 1 or low. Wind chill minus 9 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Partly cloudy. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40.
 Low minus 7. Wind chill minus 7 in the evening and minus 14
 overnight.

Remainder unchanged.

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FPCN15 CWWG 212300
Forecasts for Southern Alberta and the mountain parks issued by
Environment Canada at 4:00 p.m. MST Tuesday 21 January 2020 for
tonight Wednesday and Wednesday night.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 5:00 a.m. MST
Wednesday.

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Major reference elevations:
 Banff:                               1384 metres.
 Lake Louise:                         1750 metres.
 Highway 93 - Bow Summit:             2068 metres.
 Highway 93 - Sunwapta Pass:          2034 metres.
 Columbia Icefields Visitors Centre:  2006 metres.
 Jasper:                              1061 metres.
 Canmore:                             1350 metres.
 Hwy 40 - Highwood Pass:              2206 metres.
 Pincher Creek:                       1030 metres.
 Waterton:                            1280 metres.
 Crowsnest Pass:                      1300 metres.
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City of Calgary.
Tonight..Becoming cloudy this evening with 30 percent chance of
 flurries this evening and overnight. Risk of freezing rain this
 evening and overnight. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40
 overnight. Low minus 3. Wind chill minus 9 overnight.
Wednesday..Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries early in the
 morning. Clearing late in the morning. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to
 40. High plus 3. UV index 1 or low. Wind chill minus 8 in the
 morning.
Wednesday night..Clear. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming
 light in the evening. Low minus 8. Wind chill minus 10 overnight.

Okotoks - High River - Claresholm.
Tonight..Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy this evening. Wind becoming
 west 20 km/h gusting to 40 except gusting to 60 in wind prone areas
 overnight. Low minus 3.
Wednesday..Clearing in the morning. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40
 except gusting to 60 in wind prone areas. High plus 5. UV index 1 or
 low. Wind chill minus 9 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Clear. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming
 light in the evening. Low minus 9. Wind chill minus 11 overnight.

Airdrie - Cochrane - Olds - Sundre.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness early this evening. 60 percent chance
 of freezing rain or flurries. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to
 40 overnight. Low minus 4. Wind chill minus 9 overnight.
Wednesday..Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries in the morning.
 Clearing in the afternoon. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High
 plus 3. UV index 1 or low. Wind chill minus 10 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Clear. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming
 light in the evening. Low minus 12. Wind chill minus 9 in the
 evening and minus 15 overnight.

Drumheller - Three Hills.
Freezing rain warning in effect.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness. Periods of snow or freezing rain
 beginning late this evening. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind
 southeast 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Wind becoming west 20
 gusting to 40 overnight. Low minus 5. Wind chill minus 8 this
 evening.
Wednesday..Periods of snow. Snow or periods of freezing rain early in
 the morning. Local snowfall amount 5 cm. Wind northwest 30 km/h
 gusting to 50. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 7 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries
 early in the evening. Clearing late in the evening. Wind northwest
 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light in the evening. Low minus 16.
 Wind chill minus 9 in the evening.

Brooks - Strathmore - Vulcan.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness. 30 percent chance of flurries late
 this evening and overnight with risk of freezing rain. Wind
 southeast 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Wind becoming west 20
 gusting to 40 after midnight. Low minus 5. Wind chill minus 8 this
 evening.
Wednesday..Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries in the
 morning and early in the afternoon. Risk of freezing rain early in
 the morning. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High plus 3. UV
 index 1 or low. Wind chill minus 7 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Clearing. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40
 becoming light in the evening. Low minus 11. Wind chill minus 7 in
 the evening and minus 15 overnight.

Kananaskis - Canmore.
Tonight..Becoming cloudy this evening with 60 percent chance of
 flurries this evening and overnight. Wind becoming west 20 km/h
 gusting to 40 except gusting to 60 in wind prone areas overnight.
 Low minus 1.
Wednesday..A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of flurries in
 the morning. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 except gusting to 60 in
 wind prone areas. High plus 2. UV index 1 or low.
Wednesday night..A few clouds. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 6. Wind
 chill minus 12 overnight.

Banff National Park.
Tonight..Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind
 becoming southwest 20 km/h overnight. Low minus 4. Wind chill
 minus 10 overnight.
Wednesday..Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries in the
 morning. Wind southwest 20 km/h. High zero. UV index 1 or low. Wind
 chill minus 10 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 9. Wind
 chill minus 6 in the evening and minus 14 overnight.

Highway 93 South - Lake Louise to Saskatchewan River Crossing
Highway 93 North - Jasper to Saskatchewan River Crossing.
Tonight..Periods of snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind becoming west
 20 km/h overnight. Low minus 5. Wind chill near minus 12.
Wednesday..Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind
 west 20 km/h. High minus 3. UV index 1 or low. Wind chill near
 minus 12.
Wednesday night..Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 10.
 Wind chill minus 9 in the evening and minus 15 overnight.

Jasper National Park.
Tonight..Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to
 15 km/h. Low minus 4. Wind chill minus 6 overnight.
Wednesday..Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries in the
 morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High plus 2. UV index 1 or low. Wind
 chill minus 6 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 8. Wind
 chill minus 4 in the evening and minus 11 overnight.

Nordegg - Forestry Trunk Road Highway 734.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness. A few rain showers beginning early
 this evening then changing to periods of snow this evening and
 ending overnight. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 after
 midnight. Low minus 4. Wind chill minus 10 overnight.
Wednesday..Clearing. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High plus 5. UV
 index 1 or low. Wind chill minus 9 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 8. Wind chill
 minus 5 in the evening and minus 14 overnight.

Rocky Mountain House - Caroline.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness. Periods of snow beginning this
 evening. Risk of freezing rain this evening and after midnight.
 Snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 6. Wind chill
 minus 10 overnight.
Wednesday..Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries in the morning.
 Clearing in the afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High zero. UV index 1
 or low. Wind chill minus 10 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 15. Wind chill
 minus 5 in the evening and minus 20 overnight.

Red Deer - Ponoka - Innisfail - Stettler.
Freezing rain warning in effect.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness. Periods of snow or freezing rain
 beginning late this evening. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind up to
 15 km/h. Low minus 6. Wind chill minus 10 this evening.
Wednesday..Periods of snow. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind becoming
 northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 in the morning. High minus 1. Wind
 chill near minus 10.
Wednesday night..Periods of snow ending early in the evening then
 clearing. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light in the
 evening. Low minus 13. Wind chill minus 9 in the evening and
 minus 17 overnight.

Hanna - Coronation - Oyen.
Freezing rain warning in effect.
Tonight..A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness late this evening then
 periods of snow or freezing rain beginning after midnight. Local
 snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40
 before morning. Low minus 7. Wind chill near minus 12.
Wednesday..Periods of snow. Snow or periods of freezing rain early in
 the morning. Snowfall amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind southwest 20 km/h
 gusting to 40 becoming northwest 30 gusting to 50 late in the
 morning. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 9 in the morning and
 minus 14 in the afternoon.
Wednesday night..Periods of snow ending late in the evening then
 mainly cloudy. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light
 in the evening. Low minus 9. Wind chill near minus 16.

Medicine Hat - Bow Island - Suffield.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness. 30 percent chance of flurries
 overnight with risk of freezing rain. Wind becoming southwest
 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this evening. Low minus 5. Wind chill
 minus 12 this evening and minus 7 overnight.
Wednesday..Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries changing to
 60 percent chance of rain showers or flurries in the afternoon. Risk
 of freezing rain early in the morning. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to
 50. High plus 4. UV index 1 or low. Wind chill minus 7 in the
 morning.
Wednesday night..Periods of snow ending after midnight then mainly
 cloudy. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40
 becoming light after midnight. Low minus 8. Wind chill minus 10
 overnight.

Cypress Hills Provincial Park - Foremost.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness this evening. Wind west 30 km/h
 gusting to 50. Low minus 5. Wind chill near minus 12.
Wednesday..A mix of sun and cloud. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50.
 High plus 2. UV index 1 or low. Wind chill minus 9 in the morning.
Wednesday night..Partly cloudy. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40.
 Low minus 7. Wind chill minus 7 in the evening and minus 14
 overnight.

Lethbridge - Taber - Milk River.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness this evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h
 gusting to 40 becoming west 40 gusting to 60 near midnight. Low
 minus 3. Wind chill minus 11 overnight.
Wednesday..A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming sunny in the afternoon.
 Wind west 40 km/h gusting to 60. High plus 5. UV index 1 or low.
 Wind chill minus 11 in the morning.
Wednesday night..A few clouds. Wind west 40 km/h gusting to 60
 diminishing to 20 gusting to 40 near midnight. Low minus 4. Wind
 chill minus 12 overnight.

Cardston - Fort MacLeod - Magrath.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness early this evening. Wind west 40 km/h
 gusting to 60. Low minus 1.
Wednesday..A mix of sun and cloud. Becoming sunny in the morning.
 Wind west 50 km/h gusting to 70. High plus 5. UV index 1 or low.
Wednesday night..A few clouds. Wind west 50 km/h gusting to 70
 diminishing to 30 gusting to 50 in the evening. Low minus 4. Wind
 chill minus 12 overnight.

Crowsnest Pass - Pincher Creek - Waterton Lakes Nat. Park.
Tonight..Increasing cloudiness early this evening. 60 percent chance
 of flurries near the British Columbia border this evening and
 overnight. Wind west 40 km/h gusting to 60. Low minus 1.
Wednesday..A mix of sun and cloud. 60 percent chance of flurries near
 the British Columbia border in the morning. Wind west 50 km/h
 gusting to 70. High plus 3. UV index 1 or low.
Wednesday night..A few clouds. Wind west 50 km/h gusting to 70
 diminishing to 30 gusting to 50 in the evening. Low minus 3. Wind
 chill minus 10 overnight.

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