Deep Freeze Set To Continue

If you are stretched to the limit when it comes to the bitterly cold temperatures that have hit Moose Jaw just remember the old saying from the late 1970’s “Hang In There Baby” as the worst has passed and there are only a few more days to go until we see a warming trend.

According to the latest forecast from Environment Canada the extremely cold temperatures (the low temperature on Sunday was -35.2C) which saw school bus operational suspensions, cars failing to start and shivers running up your spine is set to end by this Sunday as the daytime high temperature is predicted to hit a tropical -13C.

Booster cables are a common appearance as vehicles would not start in the deep freeze conditions - MJ Independent photo

Booster cables are a common appearance as vehicles would not start in the deep freeze conditions - MJ Independent photo

The bitterly cold weather developed as a arctic high pressure ridge pushed cold weather southward to blanket southern Saskatchewan.

The weather was so cold on Sunday that Uranium City with a low temperature of -48.9 C was declared the Coldest Place On Earth. On Sunday the Vostok Station in Antarctica registered a low temperature of -46 C.

Environment Canada would like to remind residents that although the temperatures have recovered a few degrees the Extreme Cold Warning remains in effect for:

  • City of Moose Jaw

  • R.M. of Baildon including Briercrest

  • R.M. of Caron including Caronport and Caron

  • R.M. of Chaplin including Chaplin

  • R.M. of Craik including Craik and Aylesbury

  • R.M. of Dufferin including Bethune and Findlater

  • R.M. of Enfield including Central Butte

  • R.M. of Eyebrow including Eyebrow and Brownlee

  • R.M. of Hillsborough including Crestwynd and Old Wives lake

  • R.M. of Huron including Tugaske

  • R.M. of Maple Bush including Riverhurst and Douglas Prov. Park

  • R.M. of Marquis including Tuxford Keeler and Buffalo Pound

  • R.M. of Moose Jaw including Pasqua and Bushell Park

  • R.M. of Pense including Pense Belle Plaine and Stony Beach

  • R.M. of Redburn including Rouleau and Hearne

  • R.M. of Rodgers including Coderre and Courval

  • R.M. of Sarnia including Holdfast Chamberlain and Dilke

  • R.M. of Shamrock including Shamrock and Kelstern

  • R.M. of Wheatlands including Mortlach and Parkbeg

The weather office advises people to dress properly if they have to go outside and that exposed skin can freeze within a matter of minutes. The risk of frostbite is extremely high.

Additionally people are reminded that it is also too cold for pets outdoors and they should, if they are being kept outside, be brought inside as the cold may be fatal to them.

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