Hold onto your hat, Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for this afternoon.

A southwest wind is expected to gust between 30 and 60 km/h however in wind-prone areas in southern Alberta it could gust up to 100 km/hr.

The chinook wind should die down tonight as the clouds clear, and it drops down to -9 Celsius.

Over the weekend winds are expected to remain from the southwest but only gusting between 20 and 50 km/h.