An excessive chilly warning that gripped the capital for 3 days is formally over.
Setting Canada lifted the acute chilly warning simply earlier than 12 p.m. Saturday, nonetheless, under regular temperatures will hover over the capital via the weekend.
The temperature dipped to -29C at 8 a.m., with the wind chill making it really feel like minus 39.
In accordance with the Twitter account YOW_Weather, the minus 39 wind chill at 8 a.m. was the coldest wind chill recorded in Ottawa since Jan. 21, 2019.
Setting Canada senior meteorologist David Phillips advised CTV Information Ottawa on Friday that the under seasonal temperatures will proceed till at the least the tip of the month.
"I believe it'll take one other week or so," says Phillips. "I believe our forecast for the remainder of January is extra of the identical."
The forecast requires a mixture of solar and cloud in the present day. Excessive -14C, with the wind chill making it really feel like minus 20 this afternoon.
Tonight will see a number of flurries ending close to midnight then partly cloudy with an opportunity of flurries. Temperature regular close to -14C.
Sunday's forecast requires a mixture of solar and cloud with an opportunity of morning flurries. Excessive -12C.
The outlook for Monday is durations of snow, with a excessive of -13C.
The traditional temperatures for this time of a yr are a excessive of -6C, and a low of -16C.
Skaters courageous the chilly to lace up the blades on opening day of the Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. For the primary time in 20 years 100% of the canal opened on the primary day. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
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