Environment Canada Warns of -50 C Lows, With Snowfall up to 40 cm in Some Regions This Week

Winter is coming to Canada with a vengeance this week with some areas of the country expected to receive up to 40 centimetres of snow while others will face windchills of up to -50 degrees C. Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch for some parts of Ontario and Quebec with predicted snowfall amounts ranging between 20 and 40 centimetres beginning Jan. 9. An “expansive Texas low” will bring a “swath of snow, widespread heavy rains, blustery winds, and even a risk for ice pellets and freezing rain,” on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10, the Weather Network said, adding that it is “one of the biggest systems of the season so far.”...