Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Another Arctic dip

Ice fog rises off the St. Lawrence in Montreal this morning. SB photo.

Cold air banked over Nunavut has pushed into eastern Ontario and Montreal today with temperatures as cold as -25C across the region and gusty west winds. A weak area of low pressure will slide down the St. Lawrence Valley today with just a trace of light snow maybe 1cm in most areas. The snow will bring milder air along for the ride and that will produce a fairly mild day Thursday before a cold front slices across the area on Friday. That cold front will usher in another weekend of well below normal temperatures with lows in the -20's and highs no better than -15C. The next potential for significant snow will not come until early next week.

First in Flight, last in snow removal...
Below: Yesterday while parts of BC and Alberta basked in double digit highs, snow wind and cold settled as far south as the Carolinas with 10-15cm of snow and gusty winds. A state of emergency was declared across coastal North Carolina. Photo Courtesy WRAL.com

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