You may want to reinforce your patio umbrellas and trampolines as wicked weather is blowing in.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather warning for many parts of Alberta, Cochrane included.

While temperatures should remain warm today (May 23), we will feel the effects of Mother Nature's wrath beginning this evening and into tomorrow, says Dave Carlsen, Meteorologist with Environment Canada. "Things are going to take a turn for the worse, it looks like some rain is going to move into the area and it's going to start to get windy."

Some areas in Alberta will even see snow, however, Carlsen shares besides a few flakes Cochrane should be a-okay. "It doesn't look like Cochrane is under the gun for much snow, it looks like the snow is going to stay in the higher terrain like the Foothills toward the Icefields Parkway and up towards Jasper that is where the main threat of snow is. The main threat in the Cochrane area is going to be the wind with this storm. We are looking at winds Wednesday afternoon of 60 to 80km/hr and a few gusts of 90 to 100 so it is going to be a really breezy day."

Carlsen, says although Wednesday's dreary weather will seem to drag on forever, the system will blow by quite quickly. "It looks like by Thursday it will calm down to some showers and afternoon clearing. By the time Thursday night and Friday come around it should be back to nice spring like weather and sunny skies."

Looking forward in his crystal ball, Carlsen, predicts the weekend weather should be fairly nice with temperatures hitting 20 to 21C.