Extreme cold warnings expected to continue in north, north-central regions until Tuesday: Environment Canada
That cold weather isn’t expected to leave some areas of the province until early next week.
According to Environment Canada meteorologist Mike Russo, those along and north of the northern grain belt are in the thick of a system that is creating frigid conditions.
“We’ve had a ridge of high pressure, originated from the arctic but has settled over the central-prairies,” Russo explained.
“Those areas, generally staying under clear skies and with those clear skies, we’re seeing overnight lows generally dropping well into the – 30s C. You couple that together with winds of about 10, 15 km/h, that’s resulting in wind chill values of about – 40 C, if not colder.”