If you plan on being outside during the next couple of days, you might want to bundle up.

Starting tonight temperatures are going to drop off significantly to below average for at least the next week.

Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the cold weather we're about to experience is coming from the Arctic.

"We had a very brief warm-up ahead of the Alberta clipper, which is sort of the classic way it happens," she explained. "Then there is usually a gush of cold arctic air behind it [the clipper], which is exactly what is happening. We're starting to see the colder arctic air moving into the western part of the province."

Starting tomorrow through until at least next Monday daytime highs will fluctuate between minus 14 and minus 22 with overnight lows flirting with the minus 30 mark.

The average highs for the end of January are minus 7 and the overnight lows at minus 17.

"We're certainly going below those," she said. "In ridges of high pressure, we usually don't get really strong winds, which can cause high wind chills and then we get into the extreme cold. This looks like it's going to be quite cold [but not extreme cold] and people should be prepared for that cold once again."

While the arctic air invades the southwest for the next week, the area could also experience a bit of a light snowfall on Wednesday and Friday due to a pressure system from the Pacific.