Southern Alberta will see an unusual diurnal pattern with temperatures warming up overnight.
West winds will intensify so that by the morning, Calgary can expect sustained winds around 20 km/h with gusts up to 40 km/h.
Gusts of 70 to 90 km/h are forecast for the southwest corner of the province, including Lethbridge.
Freezing rain warnings were issued for the north-central region Thursday afternoon as a low-pressure system started to move into Alberta from B.C.
Freezing rain warnings (green) issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada on Jan. 9.
As of 5 p.m. Thursday, the leading edge of that low included some snow, with rain and freezing rain trailing in the warm sector of this system.
Snow (white-purple) showing on radar on Jan. 9. A rain-snow mix (pink) trails behind, followed by rain (green).
As the tail end of that same warm front drags across central Alberta in the morning, …