Medicine Hat weather: Freezing fog advisory Monday morning

Fog is gripping much of southeastern Alberta on Monday morning, with Environment Canada calling for clearing through the morning hours and a mild afternoon across the region. Highs will range from 7 C in the Cypress Hills to 10 C in Brooks, with overnight lows dipping to minus 2 to minus 4.

Environment Canada has issued a fog advisory for Medicine Hat, Redcliff, Irvine and Brooks, where poor visibility is expected to persist into the morning. Persons in or near those areas should take necessary safety precautions.

Medicine Hat and Redcliff

At 6:27 a.m. at the Medicine Hat airport, freezing fog was bringing visibility down to zero, with a temperature of minus 0.7 C, a wind chill of minus 4 and a west-northwest wind at 9 km/h. Environment Canada has issued a fog advisory for both Medicine Hat and Redcliff. Skies are expected to clear and fog patches to dissipate through Monday morning, with a high of 9 C. Monday night will be clear with a wind up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 2; wind chill values will fall to minus 6 overnight. UV index Monday is 2 or low.

Irvine

A fog advisory is in effect for Irvine, where the 6 a.m. observation recorded a temperature of 0.8 C, humidity at 100 per cent and a west wind at 15 km/h. Fog patches are forecast to dissipate through Monday morning, giving way to clearing skies and a high of 9 C. The overnight period will be clear, with winds up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 2; wind chill values are expected to reach minus 6. UV index for Monday is 2 or low.

Elkwater and Cypress Hills

At 6 a.m. at Lodge Creek, skies were partly obscured with a temperature of 0.8 C, humidity at 90 per cent and a west-northwest wind at 2 km/h. No special weather alerts are in effect for the Cypress Hills area. Fog patches are expected to dissipate this morning, with northwest winds of 20 km/h gusting to 40 before easing. The high Monday will reach 7 C. Overnight, fog patches will redevelop, with winds up to 15 km/h and a low of minus 4; wind chill values will drop to minus 8. UV index Monday is 2 or low.

Brooks

Brooks recorded the coldest reading in the region Monday morning — minus 6.1 C at 6 a.m., with calm winds and humidity at 93 per cent. A fog advisory issued by Environment Canada remains in effect for the community. Fog patches are expected to dissipate early in the morning, with sunny skies developing and a high of 10 C; wind chill values were minus 13 as of the morning observation. Monday night will be clear with a low of minus 4 and a wind chill falling to minus 9 overnight. UV index Monday is 2 or low.

Outlook

Sunny to mainly sunny conditions are expected across southeastern Alberta on Tuesday, with southwest winds developing at 20 km/h and highs climbing to 12 C near Medicine Hat and Brooks and 8 C in the Cypress Hills; morning wind chills in the minus 9 to minus 10 range are possible. Tuesday night will be clear with lows of minus 3 to minus 6. Wednesday also looks sunny, with highs around 7 to 8 C and lows falling to minus 4 to minus 6 Wednesday night.

Forecasts and observations from Environment Canada.