Just when you thought there wasn’t anything left to say about this cold snap, Mother Nature pulls another trick out of her sleeve.
A quick (and I do mean quick) glance at Environment Canada’s forecast calls for an overnight low on Monday night of -33. By the time you add windchill we’re said to expect a feels-like temperature of -45… which the forecast punctuates with the warning “frostbite in minutes.”
It could be worse, it could be 1966 when the record low temp itself for January 28 was recorded at -44.4
Tuesday night as of now is expected to be a few degrees colder still at -36, meaning windchills may approach -50.
An Extreme Cold Warning is in place for literally the entire province of Manitoba as of the time of this posting with Environment Canada noting the risk in particular for “young children, older adults, people with chronic illnesses, people working or exercising outdoors, and those without proper shelter” and reminding that “If it's too cold for you to stay outside, it's too cold for your pet to stay outside.”
Temps are expected to moderate somewhat later on Thursday just in time for the pavilions!