Today's weather warnings

Warnings

Jasper National Park
4:17 AM MDT Saturday 03 October 2009
Snowfall warning for
Jasper National Park continued

Up to 20 cm of snow along the foothills of Alberta.

An upper disturbance will move slowly southeastwards across Southern British Columbia into the Northwestern United States this morning. Precipitation associated with the system will fall mainly in the central foothills of Alberta and will arrive in the form of snow. Snow has been reported in the Jasper, Nordegg and Grande Cache regions and will move into Kananaskis tonight. Initially snowfall will melt on contact with the warm ground however accumulations over 10 centimetres are expected.

Up to 20 cm of snowfall is expected in the Nordegg region by this afternoon and in the Kananaskis region by Sunday morning. Snowfall amounts in Jasper will be mainly over the eastern sections near the park gate and will begin to improve this afternoon. Conditions are expected to improve from the north with the majority of the snowfall ending by Sunday morning as the system moves further to the southeast and weakens.