Jasper to minus 13 tonight. The 401 express closes at Markham Road.

Alberta — Highway 2 (QEII)

QEII: mostly ice — light snow ends late morning, cold night to minus 7

The 5:10 a.m. MDT corridor read shows Highway 2 mostly ice, lowest minus 9 degrees, winds to 13 km/h. At 5:00 a.m. Edmonton Blatchford read minus 2.9 degrees with a northwest wind at 7 km/h, and Calgary International read minus 4.3 degrees with a north wind at 4 km/h. Environment Canada calls for light snow ending late this morning in Edmonton, then cloudy, high minus 1 with wind chill near minus 7, and tonight cloudy clearing after midnight, low minus 7 with wind chill minus 5 this evening and minus 12 overnight. Calgary gets mainly cloudy conditions with a 30 percent chance of flurries this morning, high minus 2 with wind chill near minus 9, and tonight mainly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of flurries, low minus 6 with wind chill near minus 12. No Environment Canada warnings are in force as of the 5:10 a.m. check.

Source: Environment Canada (Edmonton + Calgary direct) + Weather Navigation road report (presenting 511 Alberta data)

Alberta — Highway 16 (Yellowhead)

Yellowhead: mostly snow and ice — Jasper drops to minus 13 tonight, wind chill minus 16

The 5:10 a.m. MDT corridor read shows Highway 16 mostly snow with ice in places, lowest minus 8 degrees, winds to 11 km/h. At 5:00 a.m. Jasper Warden Station read minus 4.7 degrees with an east wind at 8 km/h. Environment Canada calls for cloudy conditions at Jasper today with a 30 percent chance of flurries early this morning, becoming a mix of sun and cloud, high plus 1 with wind chill minus 12 this morning, and tonight clearing late this evening, low minus 13 with wind chill minus 5 this evening and minus 16 overnight. No closures or restrictions were shown on the corridor read, and no Environment Canada warnings are in force as of the 5:10 a.m. check.

Source: Environment Canada (Jasper direct) + Weather Navigation road report (presenting 511 Alberta data) · Read next: Best tire chains for semi trucks in Canada

British Columbia — Highway 5 (Coquihalla)

Coquihalla open — two work zones to Oct 31, fog patches at Merritt tonight

Highway 5 between Hope and Kamloops stayed open to through traffic overnight with no incidents reported, checked at 4:00 a.m. PDT. Two work zones remain in effect until Oct 31, and drive times are running 6 minutes over typical in both directions — 1 hour 57 minutes against a typical 1 hour 51 minutes. At 4:00 a.m. PDT Merritt read 0.4 degrees with a north wind at 2 km/h. Environment Canada's Merritt forecast calls for mainly cloudy conditions today, high 6, and tonight partly cloudy with fog patches developing after midnight, low minus 2 with wind chill minus 3 in the evening. M+S or 3-peak-mountain-snowflake tires are required on the route from Oct 1 to Apr 30. No chain-up requirement is posted.

Source: Is The Coquihalla Open (polling DriveBC's Open511 feed) + Environment Canada (Merritt direct) · Read next: Best tire chains for semi trucks in Canada

Ontario — Highway 401 (Windsor–Toronto–Kingston)

401: eastbound express closed at Markham Road after a collision — fog at Pearson, high 21

The 401 eastbound express is closed at Markham Road in Toronto after a collision, rated critical, in the 7:19 a.m. EDT live traffic read — the only major incident or full closure among Toronto's nine major highways. The 401's other listed item is continuous construction on the eastbound express at McCowan Road, 1 right lane, rated moderate and in place since Oct 26 — lane-level, not a corridor closure. At 7:14 a.m. EDT Toronto Pearson read 8.8 degrees with fog and visibility of 0.8 km. Environment Canada's Toronto-area forecast calls for a mix of sun and cloud today becoming cloudy this afternoon with a 60 percent chance of showers late in the afternoon, high 21, and tonight partly cloudy with a 60 percent chance of showers this evening, low 7. No Environment Canada alerts are shown for the corridor.

Source: routeoutlook.com (live traffic aggregator, presenting Ontario 511 data) + Environment Canada (Toronto-area)

Alberta + BC + Ontario — week ahead (Environment Canada forecasts)

Week ahead: cold Thursday night at Jasper, then a sunny recovery weekend

Thursday night is the cold one, and the weekend is the recovery window. Environment Canada calls for Friday night lows of minus 8 in Edmonton and minus 6 in Calgary, and minus 9 at Jasper on Friday night, then sunny days across Alberta — Edmonton sunny with highs of plus 2, plus 5 and plus 5, Calgary sunny to plus 9 on Saturday, Jasper sunny to plus 6 — while Toronto stays mild and sunny, 14 on Saturday and 15 on Sunday. The message for drivers staging loads: get through the cold Thursday night at Jasper, and the weekend opens up.

Source: Environment Canada (Edmonton + Calgary + Jasper + Merritt + Toronto-area direct) · Read next: Winter emergency gear for truck drivers

Bottom line for drivers

No corridor is fully closed and no Environment Canada warnings are in force, but Thursday night is the cold one at Jasper at minus 13 with a wind chill near minus 16, and the 401 eastbound express is closed at Markham Road in Toronto after a collision. Check 511 and Environment Canada before rolling, and give the Coquihalla work zones room.

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