Spring storm brings wet, heavy snowfall to southern Alberta
CBC
A spring storm is hitting parts of Alberta, with up to 25 centimetres of snow possible for some regions.
Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a special weather statement for a swath of the province — from Jasper south to Banff and Canmore, east to Calgary, and down to Pincher Creek and Cardston — with significant snowfall expected to continue all week.
Areas along the foothills were expected to see heavy, wet snowfall starting this evening and continuing through Wednesday, with 10 to 25 centimetres possible by Thursday morning.
This snowfall was forecast to spread to the east, but Environment Canada said the highest amounts would fall west of Highway 2.
Due to it being mixed with rain in some areas, the total accumulation of this spring snowfall were expected to range widely from place to place.
On Calgary's roads, there were two injury collisions and 23 non-injury collision from midnight to 8 a.m. on Tuesday, police said.
Calgary hit a low of 0 C around 5 a.m. Tuesday, but temperatures climbed to 2 C by just after 11 a.m., according to Environment Canada. The website said the city could experience up to two centimetres of snow overnight.
The Foothills School District closed multiple schools on Tuesday due to poor weather conditions and power outages. Among those closed were Red Deer Lake, Millarville Community School, Longview and all three schools in Diamond Valley.
In a statement to CBC News, the communications manager for FortisAlberta said there were multiple power outages throughout southern Alberta on Tuesday morning caused by a mix of wet snow and wind.
At the height of the storm, the utility had approximately 3,000 customers without power, according to a FortisAlberta statement. It added that crews had been working to restore power as quickly as possible and were expecting to have the power back on by 1 p.m.
Just before noon, FortisAlberta had approximately 900 customers still without power, and roughly 570 of those customers were in Okotoks.
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