It was a hazardous morning commute following the wet heavy snow that fell last night into this morning.
Environment Canada meteorologist Justin Shelley commented on how much snow hit the region.
"Based on our sensors it looks like about five to six centimetres fell within the Lacombe to Red Deer corridor between overnight last night and this morning. The good news is that it probably won't stick around very long as we have a warm-up coming up in the next couple of days."
Shelley notes the low pressure system has now moved to the southeast corner of the province with the bulk of the precipitation moving out of Central Alberta. There could be some lingering flurries throughout the afternoon.
The skies are expected to clear later in the day and into Tuesday evening. We should see clear skies tonight which will drop temperatures into the minus 13-degree range.
It will feel like around minus 19 with the windchill tonight.
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The good news, as Shelley mentioned, is that temperatures are expected to warm up later in the week.
"As we head into tomorrow and especially Thursday and Friday, we have a warm pattern that is moving into the region that will bump those temperatures back up likely close to double digits by the end of the week which should take care of what snow has fallen over the last 24 hours," he explained.
Lacombe could see a high of around eight degrees by Friday and even hit eleven by Saturday.
The normal for this time of year is about plus three for the daytime high and minus eight for an overnight low.
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