Edmonton weather: A weekend of snowfall and frostbitten wind chill

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It’s -18 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 12 km/h winds out of the northeast and a wind chill of -25.

I wish I had a better forecast to report for the next couple of days, but it looks like we’re in for a slushy, snowy, blizzardy, blustery, very cold weekend.

Friday starts with periods of light snow blown in on 20 km/h winds followed by a 60 per cent chance of flurries, with a high of -16 C, and a wind chill near -28. The winds and windchill will persist overnight, dropping 2 cm of snow. Another 2 cm will fall on Saturday, with 15 km/h winds, a high of 18 C and a wind chill of -25.

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That sounds brutal, but the silver lining is that next week will be relatively warm and sunny!

Edmonton forecast

Friday: Periods of light snow ending early this morning then cloudy with 60 per cent chance of flurries. Periods of snow beginning late this afternoon. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h late this morning. High -16 C. with wind chill near -28 and a risk of frostbite.

Tonight: Periods of snow. Amount 2 cm. Wind southeast 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low -20 C with wind chill -28 this evening and -22 overnight and risk of frostbite.

Saturday: Periods of snow. Amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -18 C. Wind chill near -25.

Sunrise: 8:25 a.m.

Sunset: 4:19 p.m.

Normals:

Max: -3 C

Min: -12 C

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Thursday’s temperature

High: -16.1 C

Low: -19.5 C

Precipitation: 0.2 mm

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