Extreme cold warnings are in effect across the country, with temperatures feeling like -40 C in parts of Alberta and down to -50 C in parts of Manitoba and northern Ontario.
A mass of cold air that meandered south from the Arctic has sent temperatures plunging with wind chills making it feel like -40 Celsius or colder across parts of Canada from New Brunswick to eastern Alberta.
“We have permanently cold air parked across the Arctic …. From time to time, a pool of cold air meanders southward, and basically affects areas that are further south. And when that happens, people colloquially call it a polar vortex,” Kimbell said. “Last month was somewhat warmer than normal, pretty much across the board, and across the country,” Kimbell said. “Likewise for November …. This would be probably the first sustained blast of cold air this wintertime.”Some parts of the country saw a snow dump before frigid air enveloped the area.
In New Brunswick, several anglophone and francophone schools were closed on Monday because of cold weather that made it feel like -35 C to -40 C.
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