FPCN12 CWNT 201144 AAA

UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE MACKENZIE DELTA AND ARCTIC COAST AREAS OF

THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT

5:44 A.M. MDT FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT.



TUKTOYAKTUK - EAST CHANNEL REGION.

TODAY..SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING THEN BLIZZARD. WIND

 WEST 30 KM/H INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 70 NEAR NOON. HIGH

 MINUS 27. WIND CHILL MINUS 51 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 45 THIS

 AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

TONIGHT..BLIZZARD. WIND WEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70. TEMPERATURE

 RISING TO MINUS 24 BY MORNING. WIND CHILL MINUS 45 THIS EVENING AND

 MINUS 39 OVERNIGHT. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

SATURDAY..BLIZZARD ENDING NEAR NOON THEN LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

 WIND NORTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO 20 GUSTING TO 40

 NEAR NOON. HIGH MINUS 22. WIND CHILL MINUS 39 IN THE MORNING AND

 MINUS 33 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE.



REMAINDER UNCHANGED.



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