It’s shaping up to be a Thanksgiving long weekend blanketed with snow for significant portions of Alberta, with some areas forecast to see 20 centimetres or more.

While it’s going to be gorgeous on Friday to wrap up the work week, a big cooldown is on the way. Daily Hive chatted with Natalie Hasell, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), about what Albertans should expect.

What is behind the arrival of cooler temperatures and snow in the forecast for Alberta?

Hasell says the weather will make a change in parts of the province as early as Friday due to a number of low-pressure systems that are becoming more significant. The first system will set up over northern Alberta.

By Friday night and into Saturday morning, forecasters are noting a

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