Bitter Cold Temperatures Continue

A great day to stay indoors if you can.

Bitter cold temperatures around the region this morning as a windchill warning remains in effect for all of southern and most of central Saskatchewan as an arctic system began moving through the region yesterday, dropping temperatures and producing windchill values of below -40.

At those values, frostbite can develop within a matter of minutes.

Don't expect much relief from the frigid temperatures either in the next little bit, extreme windchills are expected to continue for at least the next 24 hours.

Here is the official weather warning from Environment Canada:

"This is a warning that extreme wind chill conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions.

Bitterly cold Arctic air combined with westerly winds of 15 to 30 km/h will produce wind chill values in the -40 to -49 range throughout Southern Saskatchewan today (Wednesday) through Thursday. At these extreme wind chill values frostbite on exposed skin may occur in less than 10 minutes.

Temperatures will begin to moderate slightly on Friday as a low pressure system approaches from the west. By Saturday temperatures will have returned to the single digits over most of the province as the storm pushes snow and milder temperatures in from the southwest. ."

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