Quote:
Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
From Environment Canada:
"Extreme wind chill values below minus 40 moving into Central Saskatchewan this morning and spreading south today. Dangerous wind chills near minus 50 likely tonight.
Arctic high pressure building into Saskatchewan will bring another surge of bitterly cold Arctic air today into tonight across Southern Saskatchewan. Northerly winds of 40 km/h gusting to 60 km/h are expected for a few hours early this morning in the Wascana Basin south of Regina giving locally poor visibilities in blowing snow. Surrounding locations may also see more localized blowing snow overnight as the system moves off to the east early this morning.
However, the longer lasting concern will be the extreme cold that will be flooding in today through tonight into the weekend. Across the south, temperatures will fall into the minus 25 to 30 degree mark early this morning. Coupled with winds of 20 or 30 km/h, central areas will see wind chill values dip below minus 40 this morning gradually spreading south. While winds will diminish during the day, there is little reprieve from the cold in store today as temperatures will at best hold steady before falling even further tonight. Overnight low temperatures into Saturday will fall to near minus 40 Celsius in most areas, where even a slight wind will generate wind chill values below minus 50. While some locations may see slight moderation in wind chill values with calm winds or brief warming in the afternoon hours, this extreme cold is expected to last into early next week.
At extreme wind chill values of minus 40 frostbite on exposed skin may occur in less than 10 minutes. At values below minus 50 frostbite may occur in less than 5 minutes."
I like how the first warning just gets dismissed as, but that's not the real concern in the third paragraph. It's like 'yeah, that's bad, but take a look at this crap.'
Currently: -24C, -39C windchill and that's as warm as it's apparently going to be until Monday.
March comes in like a lion? No, more like a mauling polar bear, frankly the lion should run. And run now while the getting is good.
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That makes my -20C with a windchill of -29C a nice, sunny, balmy day.