Heavy Snowfall Warning (April 26)
We all expected it, and here it is.... Environment Canada has issued a Heavy Snowfall Warning for the weekend:
--------------
CITY OF CALGARY
3:35 PM MDT FRIDAY 25 APRIL 2003
HEAVY SNOWFALL WARNING FOR
CITY OF CALGARY ISSUED
HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF
10 TO 20 CENTIMETRES POSSIBLE
HEAVY RAIN HAS AFFECTED THE BANFF AND KANANASKIS REGION TODAY AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS REGIONS FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE THROUGH THE NORDEGG AREA. UPWARDS OF 70 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED. COLDER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW-MOVING SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE PACIFIC COAST WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW, HAVING ALREADY STARTED TO DO SO IN THE BANFF AND LAKE LOUISE AREAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES, THE AREA OF SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD. BY THE TIME CONDITIONS IMPROVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AREAS TO THE NORTH OF CALGARY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS COULD 20 TO 30 CENTIMETRES OF FRESH SNOW WITH LOCAL VALUES OF OVER 60 CENTIMETRES. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST, ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER, BUT 10 TO 20 CENTIMETRES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE STILL LIKELY.
----------------------
http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/wa...rt_e.html?AB12
Quote
Sweeeeeeeet
Go figure though, I mean- we do live in Calgary 
