Albertas January weather roller-coaster continues as cold comes for much of province [Video]

After parts of Alberta experienced another recent round of mild winter weather, the province is once again bracing for more familiar — and frigid — conditions for the season.

“We’ve been enjoying a warm, westerly flow and chinook winds in Alberta over the past few days, but that has come to an end,” said Global Calgary’s chief meteorologist Tiffany Lizée. “Cold Arctic air has already begun to take hold in northern Alberta, and many areas in central Alberta remained at or below freezing on Wednesday.

“As a couple of weather systems move through the province bringing snow to northern and central Alberta, the jet stream will shift farther south, dragging frigid Arctic air along with it. Over the weekend and into the first week of February, extreme cold is expected to grip much of Alberta, with wind chill values plunging into the -30s and -40s.”

In Alberta’s capital, Edmontonians were told …