By Chris Brown

Potential for freezing rain until Wednesday morning, says Environment Canada

Dec 7, 2021 | 5:03 PM

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Medicine Hat region advising of the potential for freezing rain.

The advisory covers Environment Canada’s Medicine Hat-Bow Island-Suffield area, the Brooks-Strathmore Vulcan area and areas throughout central and southern Alberta from this evening into Wednesday morning.

Environment Canada says the greatest potential for freezing rain will be areas between Whitecourt and Edmonton overnight and into the morning hours. Further south including Red Deer and Calgary potential for precipitation is less but travel could be impacted if freezing rain does occur.

Surfaces such as roads, sidewalks, and parking lots may be slippery. Continue to monitor forecasts and potential future alerts.