The extreme cold temperatures that are blanketing the region are expected to stick around for a few more days.
Stephen Berg is a meteorologist with Environment Canada.
"It looks like up to about Wednesday morning, the extreme cold [will last]," he said. "Then it improves somewhat. It still looks like it will be below seasonal values from Wednesday, Thursday onwards until at least the weekend."
Windchill values are expected to hit minus 40 over the next couple of days, which means that frostbite can occur in minutes.
The high for Monday is minus 24 and minus 25 on Tuesday. The region could also see a couple of centimetres of snow over the next day or so.
Overnight lows are expected to be around minus 30 on Monday and Tuesday.
Berg explained what's bringing the cold air to Central Alberta.
"It's kind of the whole Polar Vortex type of situation where you get a push of Arctic air coming down from the north. It was on the backside of a low-pressure system that went through a couple of days ago."
As Berg mentioned, temperatures will warm up a bit starting on Wednesday with a daytime high of around minus 18.
The normal daytime high for this time of year is around minus four, with an average overnight low of minus 16.
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