Tuesday, January 17, 2012

it's going to be HOW cold back home?!!

Environment Canada's Official Weather Warnings

Medicine Hat - Bow Island - Suffield
3:22 PM MST Tuesday 17 January 2012
Wind chill warning for
Medicine Hat - Bow Island - Suffield issued

Wind chill values of minus 40 to 45 developing tonight.

This is a warning that extreme wind chill conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.

An area of low pressure currently located over Montana continues to bring heavy snow near the British Columbia border. An additional 5 to 10 centimetres is expected this evening before the low exits the region.

Cold Arctic air has invaded much of Alberta and will bring temperatures of minus 28 to 39 overnight. These temperatures combined with winds of 15 to 20 km/h will give wind chills of minus 40 to 45 in the above mentioned regions overnight into Wednesday morning. At these extreme wind chill values frostbite on exposed skin may occur in less than 10 minutes.

Monida Pass Jan. 19 (web cam): Elevation 6824

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