WWCN16 CWWG 041720
EXTREME COLD WARNING
FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 10:20 A.M. MST SATURDAY 4 JANUARY 2025.
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EXTREME COLD WARNING FOR:
      LLOYDMINSTER - WAINWRIGHT - VERMILION - PROVOST.

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==DISCUSSION==

EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR -40 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE THIS 
MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE AFTERNOON BRINGING AN END TO THESE 
EXTREMELY COLD WINDCHILL VALUES.

EXTREME COLD PUTS EVERYONE AT RISK. 

RISKS ARE GREATER FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS, PEOPLE WITH 
CHRONIC ILLNESSES, PEOPLE WORKING OR EXERCISING OUTDOORS, AND THOSE 
WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER. 

WATCH FOR COLD RELATED SYMPTOMS: SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST PAIN, 
MUSCLE PAIN AND WEAKNESS, NUMBNESS AND COLOUR CHANGE IN FINGERS AND 
TOES. 

COVER UP. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP WITHIN MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN, 
ESPECIALLY WITH WIND CHILL. 

EXTREME COLD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES OR WIND 
CHILL CREATES AN ELEVATED RISK TO HEALTH SUCH AS FROST BITE AND 
HYPOTHERMIA. 

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 
ABSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)ABSTORM.

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