The Polar Vortex Hitting Russia With The 'Coldest Air On Earth' Is Coming For Canada Next

Parts of Russia are well below -50 C right now! 🥶 😭
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Canadians have been sitting pretty in this warmer-than-usual winter while also dreading the looming polar vortex

Meanwhile, Russia is getting slapped with brutal temperatures below -50 C and it sounds like we might be next in line for a serious chill. Luckily, it won't be anywhere near that bad. 

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By the middle of next week, colder air oozes across most of Canada, with the core of cold situated towards the western Prairies. The Weather Network

TWN also mentioned that highs in the Prairies might not even make it over the -20 Cs.

"Some cold ultimately breaks off the main lobe and squeezes east across Ontario towards Atlantic Canada, then confidence decreases," the forecast continues. 

Apparently, this weather system can be expected around January 25. 

While it's going to get chilly, it may not last. 

"Some signs point to warmer temperature anomalies cropping up once again in parts of Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada – as we turn the page on a new month," said the Network. 

While parts of Russia are seriously going through it right now, the Weather Network says that the warm winter Canada has been having is even more extreme of a weather event. 

Well, it's not exactly tropical over here, but we'll take it. 

  • Britanny Burr was a Staff Writer at Narcity Canada, who drove growth within Narcity's Western coverage and readership. Having lived between her hometown, Canmore, Alberta and Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver, and NYC over the past 10 years, she is obsessed with finding the best local hot spots. She holds a B.A. in English and has over six years of professional writing experience as Head Writer and Editor for YUL.Buzz in Montreal, and Creative Copywriter at JAKT in NYC. News by day, poetry by night — the written word is Britanny's nearest and dearest.

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