Southeastern Alberta is starting Thursday under cloudy skies with temperatures just below freezing and a 60 per cent chance of early-morning flurries, according to Environment Canada. A risk of freezing drizzle accompanies the flurries in most communities, making for slippery conditions on roads and sidewalks. Skies are expected to clear somewhat this afternoon before temperatures fall sharply overnight, with lows ranging from minus 4 to minus 10 and wind chills approaching minus 15 in some areas.

Medicine Hat and Redcliff

At 6 a.m. at the Medicine Hat airport, it was minus 1.4 C under cloudy skies, with a wind chill of minus 3 and a north wind of 4 km/h. Environment Canada calls for a 60 per cent chance of flurries early Thursday morning along with a risk of freezing drizzle, with winds up to 15 km/h and a high of plus 1. Wind chill reaches minus 7 this morning. Skies become a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Thursday night brings partly cloudy skies, winds up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 10, with wind chills of minus 5 this evening and minus 15 overnight.

Irvine

At 6 a.m. at Irvine, the temperature was minus 2 C with a wind chill of minus 3 and a west-northwest wind of 4 km/h. Environment Canada is forecasting a 60 per cent chance of flurries early Thursday morning, with a risk of freezing drizzle and winds up to 15 km/h. The high reaches plus 1, with a morning wind chill of minus 7. Skies turn to a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. UV index 1 or low. Partly cloudy Thursday night with winds up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 10; wind chill falls to minus 5 this evening and minus 15 overnight.

Bow Island

At 6 a.m. at Bow Island Climate station, the temperature stood at minus 1.7 C, with a wind chill of minus 4 and a north-northeast wind of 5 km/h. Barometric pressure is rising at 102.5 kPa. Environment Canada expects a 60 per cent chance of flurries early Thursday morning alongside a risk of freezing drizzle, with winds up to 15 km/h. The high is plus 1 and the morning wind chill minus 7. Afternoon skies should mix sun and cloud. UV index 1 or low. Thursday night will be partly cloudy with a low of minus 10, wind chills of minus 5 in the evening deepening to minus 15 overnight.

Elkwater and Cypress Hills

At 6 a.m. at Lodge Creek, the temperature was minus 2.9 C, with a wind chill of minus 5 and a northwest wind of 5 km/h. Humidity sat at 92 per cent. Environment Canada calls for a 60 per cent chance of flurries early Thursday morning with a risk of freezing drizzle and winds up to 15 km/h. The high of plus 2 is the warmest in the region Thursday. Wind chill reaches minus 8 this morning. UV index 1 or low. Thursday night will be mainly cloudy with a northeast wind building to 20 km/h overnight, a low of minus 4 and a wind chill near minus 10.

Brooks

At 6 a.m. at Brooks, it was minus 2.1 C with a wind chill of minus 6 and a west wind of 9 km/h. Barometric pressure is rising at 102.6 kPa. The air quality health index is 2. Environment Canada forecasts a 60 per cent chance of flurries early Thursday morning under mainly cloudy skies, with winds up to 15 km/h and a high of plus 1. The morning wind chill is minus 6. UV index 1 or low. Thursday night stays mainly cloudy with winds up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 10; wind chill will be near minus 14 overnight.

Outlook

Friday brings mainly cloudy skies across most of southeastern Alberta, with highs of plus 2 to plus 3 — plus 3 in Medicine Hat, Redcliff, Irvine and Bow Island, plus 3 in Elkwater and the Cypress Hills, and plus 2 in Brooks. A southeast wind of 20 km/h develops near noon in several communities. Morning wind chills on Friday range from minus 10 to minus 15. Lows Friday night drop to minus 4 in Elkwater, minus 5 in Medicine Hat and area, and minus 7 in Brooks. Saturday offers a pleasant contrast — sunny skies and highs of 6 to 9 C across the region, with clear skies and lows of minus 3 to minus 8 Saturday night, according to Environment Canada.

Forecasts and observations from Environment Canada.

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