Morgan Emmess shovels her driveway Friday afternoon in the Southlands area. The city woke up to a bit of snow Friday but it shouldn't stick around for very long, with temperatures expected to be back on the warmer side come Sunday.--NEWS PHOTO MO CRANKER
Medicine Hat News
Warmer weather is on the way, but plows were out in Medicine Hat and the region on Friday morning as wet snow and flurries moved into southeast Alberta.
Over night, RCMP in Strathmore advised against travel on the Trans-Canada due to flurries and blowing snow reducing visibility to zero.
Later, blowing snow and wet conditions were reported closer to Medicine Hat, and along Highway 41 south of Highway 1.
Motorists on Highway 3 reported snow and ice-covered roads and reduced visibility throughout the morning hours, while the Trans-Canada around Brooks was partly covered.
North of the Trans-Canada, Houghway 41 was covered with snow and ice north of Schular.
The flurries made for slick conditions on city roads, as well, where plows were dispatched to priority routes and hills in the early morning.
Light snow and colder temperatures were expected overnight Friday into Saturday, with sunny cold conditions on the way, according to Environment Canada.
The longer-term forecast called for temperatures to gradually climb to the low teens on Wednesday with clear conditions for most of the week.
In Saskatchewan on Friday, morning travel was not recommended on the Trans-Canada Highway between Swift Current and Gull Lake, according to that province’s roads report.
Winter driving conditions stretched across the entire southern part of the province, including Kindersley southward in the quadrant nearest Medicine Hat.
Montana Transportation is reporting scattered wet conditions on all major routes around Havre, and scattered snow and ice south of Coutts.
snow weeds out the untrained driver.