yellow warning - cold - in effect
A period of very cold wind chills is expected.
Wind chill values near minus 40 are expected overnight Thursday night into Friday morning.
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Extreme cold puts everyone at risk.
Cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to QCstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #QCStorm.
For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.
Cover up. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, especially with wind chill.
Varoitus voimassa to klo 3:59 - to klo 19:59
