Sub zero temperatures are headed to 麻豆精选.
Environment Canada meteorologist Ross Macdonald said weather patterns are expected to change this weekend with snow, followed by an arctic chill.
鈥淚t鈥檚 coming down through all of B.C. and it will be with us for the entire week,鈥� said Macdonald. 鈥淭ypically this time of year, we see temperatures ranging from 0 C to -7 C, but with this cold air coming through, it will drop to about -8 C during the day to -15 C at night. It鈥檚 the same story for all of B.C.鈥�
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Severe cold temperatures in the U.S. mid-west and eastern Canada have been well documented. Saskatchewan has seen temperatures as low as - 30 C in recent days.
B.C. is simply getting a small branch of that infusion of reinforced cold air coming down and it will reach as far as Vancouver Island.
鈥淲e鈥檝e kind of been spared, thus far, the severe cold weather, and it鈥檚 coming back for us,鈥� said Macdonald.
Environment Canada is anticipating snow fall of five to 10 centimetres on highways to the east and on the westbound Connector, and urges people to keep an eye on the forecast.
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