The worst of spring storm is over, but more snow expected in Calgary

It didn’t look much like spring in Calgary Sunday morning, with a fresh blanket of snow covering the city.

A large storm system left heavy snow, reduced visibility and treacherous roads in its path across the province much of the south part of the province, including Calgary.

According to Environment Canada, 4cm’s could fall across Calgary starting Sunday night through Monday.

“Saturday we had snowfall amounts of up to 29 centimetres in Whitecourt, 12 centimetres reported in Red Deer, and 20 centimetres of snow near Kananakskis.  Amounts have varied quite a bit due to warmer temperatures before the storm.  The ground was so warm, some of the snow that initially fell started to melt, so amounts have varied quite a bit,” Chris Wielke, meteorologist with Environment Canada says.

The worst part of the system has passed over Calgary, and is continuing into the southeast area of the province.

“The systems gradually weakened and there’s a trough remaining, with heavy snow remaining near Medicine Hat, up towards Edson.  Heaviest snow with that is towards the Brooks area,” Wielke explains.

That also means it could be a sloppy drive to work Monday morning.

City Roads spokesperson Kelly Dyer says crews will continue to focus only on priority one routes as long as the snow keeps falling. They won’t move to priority two routes until the snow stops.

Temperatures will remain below zero for most of the week, until a warming trend begins in time for the weekend.

Calgary Police say they responded to 90 non-injury accidents and 10 injury accidents between 12:00am and 4pm Sunday.

 

 

 

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