Yellowknife should brace for extreme cold this weekend
Yellowknife residents should be prepared for wind chill values near -50 throughout the coming weekend, Environment Canada says.
Yellowknife residents should be prepared for wind chill values near -50 throughout the coming weekend, Environment Canada says.
Environment Canada issued an extreme cold warning for Yellowknife after forecasting wind chill values as low as -55 overnight between Monday and Tuesday.
Heavy snow will return to parts of the Sahtu and Dehcho on Wednesday and Thursday, Environment Canada says.
Heavy snow is expected in the vicinity of Norman Wells, Tulita and Fort Good Hope on Saturday, Environment Canada says.
The Northwest Territories has warmed more than any other jurisdiction in Canada, trends over the past 75 years show. Winters are 5C warmer than in the 1940s.
Yellowknife is almost never this grey: nearly every single hour since mid-December has been overcast. It's odd for residents and miserable for aurora tourists.
Up to 15 centimetres of heavy snow is expected across the Dehcho and toward Hay River on Thursday, Environment Canada says.
A municipal election in Ulukhaktok was postponed because of bad weather in the community on Monday. Fort McPherson elected Rebecca Blake as mayor.
Wind gusts reached 117 km/h in parts of the NWT as an Arctic storm swept through, Environment Canada says. See how strong the wind was near you.
Wind and snow reached Yellowknife on Saturday evening with the city braced for possible Arctic storm gusts of 90 km/h or more overnight into Sunday.
Just how snowy was November? We know all about Yellowknife's snow-clearing troubles but the picture was different elsewhere in the NWT. Here are the stats.
A Saturday snowfall warning is in effect for Fort Liard while Fort Smith is being warned to brace for "freezing drizzle" throughout the day.