13-12-2021 15:04 via calgary.ctvnews.ca

Chilly days ahead in Calgary

First, a quick note about Saturday evening; we fell under a snow squall warning! These are far more common in coastal regions, but the meaning is the same. Cribbed directly from Environment Canada’s snow squall warning criteria: "When there is a brief period (less than one hour) of very poor visibility (400 m or less), caused by heavy snow and blowing snow, and accompanied by strong, gusty winds of 45 km/h or greater, is expected to occur with the passage of a cold front." We hit that nail
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