FPCN16 CWWG 030145 AAB
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALBERTA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:45 P.M. MDT THURSDAY 2 APRIL 2026 FOR TONIGHT
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MDT FRIDAY.

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MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS:
 HIGHWAY 16 - OBED SUMMIT:          1164 METRES.
 HINTON:                            1003 METRES.
 GRANDE CACHE:                      1280 METRES.
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WHITECOURT - EDSON - FOX CREEK - SWAN HILLS.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
 FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 6.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 10 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
 MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
 SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE
 MORNING. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH 11. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 IN THE
 MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
FRIDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
 CHANGING TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. WIND BECOMING WEST 20 KM/H OVERNIGHT. LOW ZERO.

HINTON - GRANDE CACHE.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 EVENING. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES BEFORE MORNING. SNOW LEVEL
 1500 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM BEFORE MORNING. WIND UP TO 15
 KM/H. LOW MINUS 6. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY
 IN THE MORNING. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE
 AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1800 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 6.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 8 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
FRIDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
 EVENING THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL
 1900 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 3.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT.

REMAINDER UNCHANGED.

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