>Warmer but windy today - Wind chill warning says only down to minus 50C today, but the snow removal crews are working. Bonnie, the west coast north of you is about to get snow and it may be headed your way. And it looks as if we set a record ten mile from here. :))We got a dusting of snow here in Eburg overnight ... probably not even a 1/2 inch. But, it's currently snowing in the Cascades to the west and north of us. Just light snow so far, but they are predicting heavier stuff to start this afternoon with accumulations 5-9 inches here in the Kittitas Valley, with possibility of freezing rain tomorrow. I like the snow, but I could do without the freezing rain ... that just gets nasty,
>From the CBC story - Edmonton has established a record it would probably rather forget. The Alberta capital recorded the lowest temperature in North America overnight Saturday — and set a record as the lowest temperature on a Dec. 13 in the city's history — as the current deep freeze established records across the province. "Edmonton International Airport was the coldest place in Canada," Peter Spyker, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said Sunday. "It was -46.1 [Celsius] without the wind chill. I believe at one point it got to -58 with the wind chill."Now, that is way too cold for me! We had some cold temps last week, the coldest here in Eburg being right around 0 F (I think it was somewhere around -17 C ... we have a weather station in our backyard and Gary insists on using Celsius temps and knots for windspeed ... it's a pilot thing. <g>)
~~Bonnie