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A look at Saturday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada.
It’s -11 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station early Saturday morning with 14 km/h winds out of the east and a wind chill of -18.
The duality of winter has fallen. It’s icy, cold and hard. It hurts. For some more than others. It’s also a blanket of wonder, sparkling, beckoning, with twinkling lights, it can be a warm embrace.
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Well open your arms wide, come Sunday morning, there could be as much as 25 cm of snow on the ground in the Edmonton area, with some parts of eastern Alberta walloped with up to 35 cm.
The snowfall warning issued Friday remains in effect, with the “long period of snowfall” and its “significant accumulations” continuing into Saturday night, when it will finally taper.
The winter blast triggered the City of Edmonton’s extreme weather response Friday night. Edmonton will run one more nightly shelter shuttle bus, allowing anyone to hop on the bus at every stop, and open 50 more shelter beds temporarily until extreme temperatures subside.
Edmonton forecast
Today: Snow at times heavy, 10 cm to 20 cm, with wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature steady near -11 C. Wind chill near -18.
Tonight: Periods of snow, 2 cm locally. Wind up to 15 km/h with a low of -14 C. Wind chill near -20.
Tomorrow: Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of flurries, wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature steady near -14 C. Wind chill near -20.
Sunrise: 8:16 a.m.
Sunset: 4:25 p.m.
Normals:
Max: -3 C
Min: -11 C
On this day (1966-2023):
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Highest temperature: 18.5 C in 2005
Lowest temperature: -33.5 C in 1985
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Yesterday’s temperature
High: -8.0 C
Low: -14 C
Precipitation: 0.0 mm
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