Sunday, January 11, 2009

Arctic blast on the way

A lonely combine sits under the full wolf moon last night near Burritts Rapids.

As expected the low pressure remained south of Kemptville and Montreal last night with just some light snow extending along the 401 towards Cornwall and then south into New York state. Today will be sunny and chilly before another clipper system passes south of our area late Monday and Tuesday. The big news this week will be the arctic cold front that races through the area late Tuesday. The front will be accompanied by snow squalls and strong winds with a quick 5-10cm of snowfall not out of the question. Behind the front the coldest air of the season and maybe last year as well will pour in dropping temperatures close to -30C by Thursday morning and struggling to reach -18C Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Prepare now for the cold, windchill advisories may be needed.

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