Source: Mike Koncan, Global News, January 30, 2019
The term ‘extreme’ has been circulating across the continent as provinces and states experience cold weather, but few places are as cold as the prairies.
Polar Vortex is also a great buzzword, and it has a major impact on the weather and temperatures around a big chunk of the country.
The atmospheric conditions are an upper level low pressure system higher up above the earth’s surface. Around the eastern prairies, a ridge of high pressure has built up, essentially meaning that the eastern prairies are getting a steady stream of air from the top of the world.
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