Moderate Cold Wave ● Monitoring

yellow warning - blizzard - in effect — Dempster, Canada

Icon = what happened · ring colour = how serious: Extreme Severe Moderate Minor

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Extended periods of blizzard conditions with poor visibility in blowing snow are expected.

Where: Dempster Highway, near the Richardson Mountains.

When: Now through Tuesday morning.

Remarks: Moderate easterly winds near the Richardson mountains will strengthen to 70 gusting to 100 km/h this evening. The strong winds will persist through Tuesday morning.

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Travel will likely be hazardous in some locations.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to YTstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #YTStorm.

Measurements

Coordinates65.9917, -137.0369
RegionDempster
Location Precisionpolygon
Issuing AuthorityCanada — ca-msc-xx
Cap UrgencyImmediate
Cap CertaintyLikely
Cap Expires2026-11-10T13:55:07-00:00

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