Monday, November 9th 2020, 10:00 pm - Several roads were shut down in Saskatchewan and Alberta as a result of the poor visibility from the blowing and drifting snow on Sunday.
The potent weekend snowstorm on the Prairies brought blizzard conditions with heavy snowfall that buried cars and made travel dangerous and nearly impossible in several regions.
FORECAST: See what's left of this dangerous November snowstorm
There have been reports of 20-40 cm of snowfall near Edmonton, Alberta and a wind gust hitting 102 km/h was recorded in Ardenville. Kindersley, Saskatchewan received an accumulative total of 47.6 cm of snow on the weekend, making it the largest two-day snowfall event for the city.
What a wild weekend of wintry weather!
— ECCC Weather Alberta (@ECCCWeatherAB) November 9, 2020
Many people were impacted as the #Edmonton metro region had 20-40 cm of snow on Sat and the south was hammered w/ blizzard conditions & heavy snow Sun.
Check out the 2-day ❄️total mapshttps://t.co/sTCqgSOc8a#abstorm #yegwx #yqlwx #medhat pic.twitter.com/8fzFmmjVyv
Several roads shut down in Saskatchewan and Alberta as a result of the poor visibility from the blowing and drifting snow. Police urged people to just stay home, but said if they must head out on the roads, they should go slowly and take extra precautions.
Adding to the dangerous travel was the widespread and prolonged freezing drizzle, freezing rain and ice pellets in Alberta and Saskatchewan, with the risk for ongoing power outages with the significant ice accretion and strong winds.
See below for a look at this November "winter nightmare."
This is how bad the roads are in #Saskatoon right now. I’m out front of City Hall. #yxe #skstorm pic.twitter.com/RubhHQQIkW
— Nathaniel Dove (@NathanielDove_) November 9, 2020
On the bright side it’s #Masters week. #skstorm pic.twitter.com/LpLg3Ny0xS
— RGCH8 (@neskleafer) November 9, 2020
brb honey, gotta go get the milk pic.twitter.com/B58vGijLpY
— Kyle Brittain (@KyleTWN) November 9, 2020
What’s Saskatchewan’s favourite Vin Diesel Movie?
— Nevin deMilliano (@SwiftChaser) November 9, 2020
-Fast and the Flurrious: Maple Creek Drift #metjokemonday #SkStorm edition pic.twitter.com/Fi8HLEX63b
My father just told me on the phone that he has never seen snow this bad in a 24 hour period during his near 50 years living in Saskatoon. #yxe #SkStorm pic.twitter.com/RDPFWYRiJw
— 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝘾𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧 🎥🎞🎬 (@CraigKoban) November 9, 2020
42 years in Medicine Hat and I don’t remember too many snow days. But today is one! What a mess! #medhat #abstorm pic.twitter.com/oMnWGk7Uoc
— Bryan Leitch (@Bryan_Leitch) November 9, 2020
My front door in SE Saskatoon #skstorm @CBCSaskatoon pic.twitter.com/73VZyohWNJ
— L G (@lucasjgoetz) November 9, 2020
Treacherous conditions thus morning in Regina Osler and Victoria Avenue #skstorm 8:30am pic.twitter.com/ienL4CAR7z
— Jared Mysko GDP (@jaredmysko) November 9, 2020
Yup gonna take a little digging out once the snow let’s up. Still blasting at 5:26 pm here in Eatonia #skstorm pic.twitter.com/ZlDuQbF3yk
— Jenny Hagan LostInSk (@LostInSk) November 8, 2020
Hey Saskatoon!
— Red Cross SK (@RedCrossSK) November 9, 2020
The snow may have stopped but there are still lots of hazards & many things are closed.
Some reliable places to get up-to-date information include @cityofsaskatoon @SaskatoonPolice @SaskatoonFire & @SaskatoonEMO
Stay safe out there everyone #skstorm pic.twitter.com/fEi7btbL0H
Well good thing I had no plans today 👀#abstorm pic.twitter.com/nz90nWzFdj
— Rebecca Costello (@beccacos95) November 8, 2020
Vehicles getting buried here in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan #skstorm@PrairieChasers @SeanSchofer pic.twitter.com/Ink5sqQ86B
— Braydon Morisseau (@BraydonMoreSo) November 8, 2020
Snow and blowing snow continues near #Brooks #abstorm pic.twitter.com/qqkshSKAYk
— Brandon Houck (@HouckisPokisewx) November 8, 2020
Eatonia #skstorm at 11:45 am Nov 8. Blowing snow is still ongoing pic.twitter.com/keqWrodiKN
— Jenny Hagan LostInSk (@LostInSk) November 8, 2020
VERY POOR visibility #hwy1 at Gleichen #abroads #abstorm #yycroads #medhat pic.twitter.com/ovCCr8tqTl
— Prairie Sprinter (@prairiesprinter) November 8, 2020
Thumbnail courtesy of Ariel, taken in Creighton, Sask. on Nov. 9.
