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Mother Nature not ready to give up tundra-like grip on PG

Prince George residents will need to remain bundled up as the cold weather continues to have a firm grip on the northern capital.

Temperatures began at -32 this morning for those who have already complete the morning commute.

Trevor Smith with Environment Canada did an interview with My PG Now this morning.

“We still got this jetstream coming out of the north and we don’t really see that changing for most of this week as temperatures are still dropping overnight into the minus twenties, perhaps not as cold as what we’re seeing today.”

Prince George was under an Extreme Cold Warning twice last week but not today for some reason.

Smith explained why.

“We’re essentially looking at any combination of wind and temperature that would produce a wind chill of minus forty or higher, I guess we were close last night but the wind speed wasn’t quite strong enough to give us that value.”

“We’re probably not looking at values that cold for the next few nights where we would even entertain anything close to minus forty for wind chill, certainly well below normal for this time of year as the temperature is usually minus one while the overnight low is minus ten.”

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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