Bitter cold weather grips Western Canada and you can blame the polar vortex

TORONTO -- Much of Western Canada continues to face another day of dangerously cold temperatures thanks to the polar vortex "setting up shop in Canada," according Environment Canada's Dave Phillips.

Residents in some areas of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia are facing bone-chillingly cold temperatures Tuesday as the thermometer dips well below -30 C with wind chill making it feel closer to -40 to -50 C, prompting extreme cold warnings for many cities. "For most of the winter, the polar vortex was hanging out over in Siberia, just spinning around there and was leaving [Canada] with pretty well Pacific, westerly air," the government agency's senior climatologist explained to CTV News Channel. "A couple of days ago, it came across the North Pole and set up shop here in Canada.

"Believe it or not [the polar vortex] has actually weakened and when it weakens… it spreads out and it has in fact engulfed pretty well all of Western Canada and down to parts of the United States," Phillips said.with wind chill making it feel like -43 C with a daytime high of -26 C with a wind chill of -38 C, according to the national weather agency. Saskatoon residents are facing a similar forecast, with the daytime expected to be -27 C with a wind chill feeling more like -38 C.

"We have extreme cold warnings out for five provinces, three territories and we are seeing wind chill values that could freeze exposed skin in a matter of a minute or two," Phillips said. "This is a pretty dangerous kind of situation.Calling it a "one-week wonder," Phillips said relief from the cold should arrive into the weekend.People wait to cross a street in Chinatown during a cold and windy day in Toronto on Thursday, January 10, 2019.

But.... wha... global warming.... wind farms.... solar energy....

I blame global warming.

Is that the Made up enemy of Global Warming? So We must do more to make the planet warmer and fight this evil Polar Vortex, and save Global Warmer. 😆

Wait stop the presses....no climate change...today, it is just called cold weather. Let me add this statement Climate alarmism is driven by mental illness, not science.

So when it’s really hot it’s climate change. When it’s really cold it’s weather. Ok.

I blame Dennis Quaid and Day After Tomorrow

Thank God I’m paying a carbon tax for the privilege of STAYING ALIVE...

I blame GlobalWarming. It should be at least 3-5 degrees colder.

Surprising CTV didn't toe the line and go with the Liberal Climate Change narrative.

I’m surprised you didn’t blame Trump. It’s getting almost that stupid. 😂

Same as it does every year. 🤨

I blame the carbon tax. It is working! progress

I feel like if the government was raping our pay checks just a tiny bit more than they are now and collecting a bigger carbon tax they'd be able to win the fight against the vortex and it be like maybe -30 and not -35

Wow not much happening here in southern Ontario.

Weird how it's now weather and not climate change when it's really cold

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