Edmonton weather: Staying chilly through the weekend

After lots of snow, it's a cold start to Friday and a chilly weekend ahead.

Following Thursday’s snowfall, temperatures dropped to the -15 to -20 range across central and northern Alberta this morning.

We’ll see similar temperatures Saturday morning and afternoon highs should be in the -10 C range for both today and Saturday in the Edmonton area.

But, we’re done with the heavy snow. There might be a few scattered pockets of light flurries, but no significant snow is expected in the coming days.

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It’s a different story in the south where we’ll get some isolated blasts of heavier snow near Banff/Calgary today.

We’ll get a bit of clearing through the day and wind shouldn’t be overly strong, but 10-15 km/h wind speeds will produce wind chills in the -20s this morning and near -15 this afternoon.

Increasing cloud and light wind on tap for Saturday.

Sunday sees a slight increase in wind speed, but also a bump in temperatures with temperatures climbing to the -5 range.

That warming trend continues through early next week with highs close to zero Monday/Tueesday and then a handful of degrees above zero starting Wednesday and continuing through the following weekend.

The Spring Equinox is next Thursday (March 20) and it’s shaping up to a be a mild/warm start to the new season.

Here’s the forecast for Edmonton and area:

Today - Mostly cloudy this morning. Partly cloudy this afternoon.

Wind 10-15 km/h with wind chill in the -20s this morning and -15 range this afternoon.

High: -9

Tonight - Partly cloudy. Light wind.

9pm: -13

Saturday - Partly cloudy in the morning. Mostly cloudy afternoon.

Light wind.

Morning Low: -19

Afternoon High: -9

Sunday - Mostly cloudy.

Wind ESE 10-15 km/h with wind chill near -20 in the morning and near -10 in the afternoon.

Morning Low: -13

Afternoon High: -5

Monday - Mostly cloudy. 30% chance of late-day flurries.

Morning Low: -12

Afternoon High: -2

Tuesday - Mix of sun & cloud.

Morning Low: -11

Afternoon High: -1

Wednesday - Partly cloudy.

Morning Low: -8

Afternoon High: 3