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Plummeting temperatures, heavy snow forecast as winter returns to Prairies
Orange snowfall warnings issued for southern Saskatchewan with up to 35 cm expected, while Manitoba and Alberta face heavy snow and gusts reaching 70 km/h, Environment Canada says.
- On Feb. 17, 2026, Environment Canada issued a regionwide winter warning, forecasting heavy snow and cold temperatures across the Prairies, the Canadian Press reported today.
- Environment Canada placed parts of southern Saskatchewan under an orange snowfall warning, expecting up to 35 centimetres from Prince Albert to Estevan by Thursday morning.
- Forecast snowfall totals vary across the provinces; Alberta could see up to 25 centimetres, and southern and western Manitoba 15 to 20 centimetres.
- Environment Canada says travel will be challenging and people should prepare for quickly changing road conditions across the region.
- A blowing-snow advisory covers much of southern Saskatchewan, with wind gusts forecast to reach up to 70 kilometres an hour.
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