Celebrations under a cold polar

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Environment Canada meteorologists have issued Sunday a warning of extreme cold, stressing, inter alia, warn those who are planning to celebrate the New Year outside.

Dominique Lelièvre

Sunday, 31 December, 2017 17:00

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Environment Canada meteorologists have issued Sunday a warning of extreme cold, stressing, inter alia, warn those who are planning to celebrate the New Year outside.

“A new year’s eve and new Year’s Day, extremely cold [are] to be expected”, wrote the federal agency, while in some localities of the western and central Quebec, the combination of very cold air and moderate winds will drop the perceived temperature of up to -46, this night.

The warning also affects the region of Québec, where the mercury will drop to -25°C this night and this night. With the wind chill, party-goers will have the impression that it is -37.

Risk of frostbite

With these polar temperatures, the risk of frostbite is higher, adds the weather service.

“The extreme cold affects the whole world. Cover-you. Frostbite can develop in just a few minutes on the skin exposed to the wind chill,” says Environment Canada.

In Québec, the organizers of the festivities of the end of the year have chosen to keep the activities, advising the revellers to dress well. The Grande Allée comes to life as two scenes host, respectively, of the concerts to electro flavor and traditional, in front of the national Assembly and the parc de la Francophonie. A fireworks display will be presented at midnight.

Elsewhere in the country, the cities of Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Toronto, have had to revise their programming because of the cold wave that affects the country as a whole, the federal capital of up to drop almost all of its festivities planned for the outdoor to finish the 150th anniversary of the creation of the canadian Confederation.

According to the most recent forecasts, the polar temperatures will continue for several days. “Temperatures could increase slightly towards the middle of next week, but will remain well below normal for the season,” said Environment Canada.