POLAR BEAR ALERT! We’ve got some snow today that stretches from the Rocky Mountains, RIGHT to the middle of Ontario! Now THAT is a snowcloud! Elsewhere It is kind of mild in Quebec, BC and the Atlantic Provinces, and back to melting in Southern Ontario ( Sad Trombone). However, the Very north north is making up for it, with Alert waking up to -37 C ( thats without the wind too!)
Ratings observed at 6:30 MT/8:30 ET
Long John Index of 1 ( 0 to -9 C) - Kamloops, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Timmins, Kitchener, Kingston, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Fredericton, Charlottetown, St John’s
Long John Index of 2 ( 0 to -9 C with -10C+ windchill) - Jasper, Banff, Lethbridge, Regina
Long John Index of 3 ( -10 to - 19 C) - Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Fort McMurray, Fort St John, Saskatoon, Winnipeg
Long John Index of 4 ( -20 to -29 C) - Yellowknife, Inuvik, Iqaluit
Long John Index of 5 (-30 to Infinite) - Alert, Top of Canada
Free Passes (+1 and warmer) - Vancouver, Victoria, Penticton