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Cold Days Ahead
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Joe Schumacher
Published Jan 12, 2009
Modified Jan 12, 2009
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This week's weather watchword is cold. Today and tomorrow will be relatively warm but an Arctic chill will arrive on Wednesday. The wind is making it feel a bit nippy today. At least there's bright sunshine to take the edge off the bitter wind. Today's high will be near the freezing mark. Tomorrow will be warmer, perhaps even slightly warmer than normal, with a high in the low 40s. Even though there's a chance of rain tomorrow afternoon, changing to snow in the evening, it doesn't look like much of a precipitation event.
What will be significant is the double shot of cold air following Tuesday night's frontal passage. The first outburst of cold air means Wednesday's high will only reach the mid 20s, a blustery mid 20s. An Alberta Clipper may kick off a few, likely insignificant, snow showers Wednesday night.
The second shot of cold air will filter in behind the clipper on Thursday. Thursday's high may reach the mid 20s. That will feel quite warm come Friday, when the low is likely to dip into the single digits for the first time in nearly four years. Friday's high is expected to be in the low teens. Saturday morning is going to again be cold. Milder but still unseasonably cool, air may arrive as early as Saturday afternoon and almost certainly by Sunday.
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