{"id":592804,"date":"2026-02-15T23:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/592804\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T23:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:51:32","slug":"much-of-alberta-could-see-10-to-20-cm-of-snow-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/592804\/","title":{"rendered":"Much of Alberta could see 10 to 20 cm of snow this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>After enjoying relatively mild temperatures in recent weeks, most of Alberta is about to get an abrupt return of winter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for much of central and southern regions of the province, with 10 to 20 centimetres expected to fall between Monday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The agency says the snow will likely vary widely from place to place, with local amounts possibly reaching up to 30 cm.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Wicked Alberta snow storm shuts down highways amid whiteout conditions'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WED_STREMICK_SITE_THUMB_171225.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:07<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWicked Alberta snow storm shuts down highways amid whiteout conditions\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>According to Environment Canada, blowing snow is also expected on Tuesday over open areas in central and southern Alberta, including Highways 1, 2 and 16.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul 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src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/755523058dc2058a92fd2536112772fda8739e57b0402e5e492c5623d8700e50.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanada-Germany AI declaration signals further drift away from U.S.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>People are asked to allow for extra time for travel as visibility is likely to be poor.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>The return of heavy snow comes after several southern Alberta communities set <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11654195\/record-setting-temperatures-in-alberta-prompt-wildfire-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">new daytime highs<\/a> earlier this month, with Medicine Hat, Waterton, Crowsnest Pass and Bow Island among those that broke records.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a reversal for what some parts of Canada have seen in recent weeks, with higher temperatures in B.C. and Alberta while <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11660037\/ontario-extreme-cold-over-winter-forecast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">snowfall records were broken in Ontario and Quebec<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Calgary<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size After enjoying relatively mild temperatures in recent weeks, most 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