Daytime highs are expected to dip down into the minus 20s this week, according to Environment Canada.
“We’ve got some Arctic air coming through from the North, and it’s a pretty good setup” said Environment Canada Meteorologist David Wray.
“We are looking at, eventually, overnight lows, by midweek, probably getting into at least the mid-minus-thirties, possibly as low as minus 40, so a real cooldown, a genuine ‘Arctic outbreak’ if you will.”
Wray said Thursday is expected to be the coldest night of the week.
“Even then, as we get into next weekend and even possibly as far as into the following Monday and Tuesday, we are looking at unseasonably cold temperatures,” he explained.
Wray added it’s hard to tell just how long this cold snap is going to last.
“Anytime you go past ten days in the forecast it gets tough to come to a resolution in the models,” he explained.
“A couple of the models’ solutions have it continuing cold through the nine days, so the next nine, ten days, but the American model does look like it has things slightly warming up as we get into, say the Tuesday, Wednesday of the following week.”
Wray added that during it’s important to be prepared when it’s cold.
“Make sure they’re prepared, if they’re driving around, make sure they have supplies in case there’s an emergency, bundle up, that kind of thing, especially if there’s a little bit of wind, the wind chills could be quite extreme as well.”
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