By Roger White

No relief from cold temperatures in sight: Environment Canada

Apr 2, 2018 | 1:00 PM

If you packed your winter coats and mittens away a few weeks ago during the warm spell in the area, you may want to consider unpacking them again.

After a frigid Easter holiday weekend, which saw 11 cold temperature records smashed across the province, Environment Canada Meteorologist Mike Rousseau told battlefordsNOW the deep freeze could remain with us for a while.

“We expect the cold temperatures to continue for the next seven days,” Rousseau said. “In fact, the monthly long-range forecast has the cold going beyond that, perhaps as long as two weeks with below normal temperatures.”

The Battlefords saw temperatures dip below -20 °C with the wind chill this morning. The coldest place in Canada was Key Lake in northern Saskatchewan, where it reached minus 39.

“We have the dreaded polar vortex situated over Hudson Bay right now, driving down the cold arctic air into our region,” Rousseau said. “Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it is going to leave anytime soon.”

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Rousseau added that we are not the only ones suffering through the prolonged cold.

“This just isn’t exclusive to Saskatchewan; both Alberta and Manitoba are entrenched in the cold as well,” Rousseau said. “The average temperatures for this time of year are near eight degrees, but over the next seven days or so look for temperatures well below zero.”

Monday’s daytime temperature in the Battlefords is expected to reach -6, however the overnight low drops to -21 with a wind chill of -27.

roger.white@jpbg.ca

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