WWCN16 CWWG 042258
EXTREME COLD WARNING
FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:58 P.M. MST TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2025.
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EXTREME COLD WARNING FOR:
=NEW= HINTON - GRANDE CACHE
      SPRUCE GROVE - MORINVILLE - MAYERTHORPE - EVANSBURG
      FORT SASKATCHEWAN - VEGREVILLE - REDWATER - SMOKY LAKE
      WESTLOCK - BARRHEAD - ATHABASCA
      BONNYVILLE - ST. PAUL - COLD LAKE - LAC LA BICHE
      WHITECOURT - EDSON - FOX CREEK - SWAN HILLS
      SLAVE LAKE
      WABASCA - PEERLESS LAKE - GIFT LAKE - CADOTTE LAKE.

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==DISCUSSION==

EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 40 TO MINUS 45 ARE 
EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
MODERATE WEDNESDAY.

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. 

IF IT'S TOO COLD FOR YOU TO STAY OUTSIDE, IT'S TOO COLD FOR YOUR PET 
TO STAY OUTSIDE. 

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.

HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA

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