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A look at Saturday’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.

It’s  -1 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station Saturday morning, with 12 km/h winds out of the west, northwest.

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You’ve had your fun, whipping around in sun, feeling spring with ever-melting snow.

What’s that now? Winter’s light tap before you, starting with overnight flurries, then snow into Monday and the big drop, back down to -16 C Sunday night. Monday’s overnight low, -24 C. Ouch.

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It’s all enough to trigger the City of Edmonton’s extreme weather response, to be activated come noon Sunday, as the mercury sinks into the -20 C range with wind chill for the coming days.

The city response intended to keep the vulnerable from deep cold harm is expected to be in play until  Friday morning. Open city facilities, like recreation centres and libraries, will be expecting those trying to get out of the bitter cold. A third bus will also be added to the existing overnight winter shelter shuttle service, with support staff available to help passengers access emergency shelters and referrals to other services.

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Today’s forecast

Today: Mix of sun and cloud. Morning sun with increasing cloudiness late in the afternoon, wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 km/h. High 2 C. Wind chill minus 7 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low.

Tonight: Cloudy with flurries beginning after midnight, wind up to 15 km/h. Low -5 C. Wind chill near minus 8.

Tomorrow: Snow, in the range of 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h, with a high of 1 C. Wind chill minus 7 in the morning. Then more snow overnight, windy, low -16 C

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Sunrise: 7:34 a.m.

Sunset: 6:02 p.m.

Normals:

Max: -2 C

Min: -11C

On this day (1996-2023):

Highest temperature: 11.5 C in 1997

Lowest temperature: -27.9 C in 2003

Yesterday’s temperature

High: 11.2 C

Low: -0.6 C

Precipitation: 0.0 mm

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