Calgary weather: Widespread weather statements and warnings issued for Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan [Video]

A wide variety of weather statements have been issued from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Tuesday starting in the Yukon and extending south and east to southern Manitoba.

A low-riding jet stream is allowing Arctic air to funnel south toward the Midwest, prompting extreme cold warnings in northern Alberta, central Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba.

The national weather agency explains “wind chill values near minus 40 will continue (Wednesday) morning,” with temperatures expected to moderate throughout the day.

Rainfall warnings (green), snowfall warnings (white), special weather statements (pink), winter storm warnings (dark blue), wind warnings (purple), and extreme cold warnings (light blue), issued from Environment and Climate Change Canada on Dec. 18, 2024.

Meanwhile, a moisture-laden Pacific frontal system has moved into B.C. with ECCC warning “50 to 80 millimetres of rain” is forecast for areas along the West Coast.

As that system tracks east along the international border, colder …