Jasper wakes at minus 11. The 401 express reopens.

Alberta — Highway 2 (QEII)

QEII: mostly dry, ice in places — cold dawn, freezing drizzle risk at Calgary

The 5:11 a.m. MDT corridor read shows Highway 2 mostly dry with ice in places, lowest minus 13 degrees, winds to 13 km/h. At 5:00 a.m. Edmonton Blatchford read minus 6.9 degrees with calm wind, and Calgary International read minus 1.8 degrees with a south wind at 22 km/h. Environment Canada calls for mainly sunny conditions in Edmonton today with fog patches early this morning, high plus 2 with wind chill minus 13 this morning, and tonight partly cloudy with fog patches near midnight, low minus 7 with wind chill near minus 10. Calgary gets mainly cloudy conditions with a 30 percent chance of flurries this morning and a risk of freezing drizzle, high plus 2, and tonight mainly cloudy, low minus 6 with wind chill minus 10 overnight. No Environment Canada warnings are in force as of the 5:11 a.m. check.

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

Alberta — Highway 16 (Yellowhead)

Yellowhead: mostly dry, ice in places — Jasper wakes at minus 11, minus 10 again tonight

The 5:11 a.m. MDT corridor read shows Highway 16 mostly dry with ice in places, lowest minus 13 degrees, winds to 13 km/h. At 5:00 a.m. Jasper Warden Station read minus 11.1 degrees with a west-southwest wind at 5 km/h — the coldest dawn on the four corridors. Environment Canada calls for sunny conditions at Jasper today, high plus 2 with wind chill minus 15 this morning, and tonight clear, low minus 10 with wind chill minus 13 overnight. No closures or restrictions were shown on the corridor read, and no Environment Canada warnings are in force as of the 5:11 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 — three work zones to Oct 31, 2 cm 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. Three work zones remain in effect until Oct 31 — one more than yesterday — and drive times are running over typical in both directions: 1 hour 57 minutes southbound against a typical 1 hour 51, and 1 hour 55 minutes northbound. At 4:00 a.m. PDT Merritt read 0.2 degrees with an east wind at 2 km/h. Environment Canada's Merritt forecast calls for a mix of sun and cloud today, high plus 5, and tonight rain showers changing to flurries and ending near midnight, with fog patches overnight, a local snowfall amount of 2 cm and a low of minus 3. 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: express closure at Markham Road cleared — 0 major incidents in Toronto, gusty at Pearson

The 401 mainline is open through Toronto this morning. The live traffic read at 7:19 a.m. EDT showed 0 of 9 major Toronto highways with a major incident or full closure — yesterday's eastbound express closure at Markham Road after a collision is cleared. The 401's only 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. The other active Toronto incident is a collision on the 404 northbound at Finch Avenue, 1 right lane and shoulder closed, rated moderate. At 7:00 a.m. EDT Toronto Pearson read 9.1 degrees with a northwest wind at 27 km/h gusting to 37. Environment Canada's Toronto-area forecast calls for mainly cloudy conditions today, high 14, and tonight partly cloudy with fog patches developing overnight, low plus 1. 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: sunny recovery weekend — Calgary to plus 9 Saturday, Toronto to 18 Monday

The weekend is the recovery window, and it stays sunny. Environment Canada calls for Saturday highs of plus 5 in Edmonton and at Jasper and plus 9 in Calgary, with Saturday night lows of minus 6, minus 9 and minus 5, then Sunday sunny — Edmonton plus 2, Jasper plus 4, Toronto plus 16 — and Monday sunny in Alberta with highs of 7 in Edmonton and 6 at Jasper while Toronto reaches 18. Merritt runs cooler into the weekend: sunny Sunday with a high of zero and a low of minus 10 Sunday night. The message for drivers staging loads: the coldest dawn is this morning, 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 closed and no Environment Canada warnings are in force as of the 5:11 a.m. MDT check. The story is the cold dawn at Jasper and a cleared 401: minus 11.1 at Jasper this morning and minus 10 again tonight, while the Coquihalla holds three work zones to Oct 31 and Merritt sees 2 cm Friday night.

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