Edmonton Weather: A weekend of flurries and heavy winds ahead

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

It’s currently -11 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 6 km/h winds from the east northeast and a windchill of -15.

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Springtime in Edmonton has never been a balmy experience, per se, but this last week has been an unexpected blast of winter cold, and the next two days won’t be any different.

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Friday’s forecast is one of a 30 per cent chance of flurries throughout the day, with 20 km/h winds and a wind chill of -13 that make a mockery of the -5 C high. The chance of flurries jumps up to 60 per cent during the overnight, with those same winds bringing the -9 C low down further to a wind chill of -17. Saturday will be much the same, a high of -3 C and 20 km/h winds with a wind chill of -8, all topped off with another 30 per cent chance of flurries.

Thankfully the pain will lessen from Sunday onward, with temperatures above zero again starting Monday.

Friday’s forecast

Friday: Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h this afternoon. High -5 C. Wind chill near -13. UV index 2 or low.0

Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind southeast 20 km/h. Low -9 C. Wind chill -12 this evening and -17 overnight.

Saturday: Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind southeast 20 km/h. High -3 C. Wind chill -17 in the morning and -8 in the afternoon. UV index 2 or low.

Sunrise: 7:30 a.m.