Weather in Calgary for Thursday, January 26

Good. I am sure.

Let's talk about what this polar vortex is and what it is about.''

That's what it is: a large area of ​​low pressure and cool air that occasionally dips.

What it is not: A lingering cold.

I bring this up because our five-day forecast is now really, really heavy this weekend and softening next week.

Today, we're seeing gusts in the mid-50s. we may get into the 60s, but my 8 C call yesterday is already off; at six o'clock we reached 9 C. Que sera! (Not a daytime high since the sun didn't come out. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it). Our record was set in 1986 at 13.7 C. This is unlikely to burst the bubble.

Tonight, around midnight, the party starts. We may end up with a brief freezing rain warning (or freezing rain warning – equally likely) in our city. Unless Environment and Climate Change sees an update that pushes our snow totals above ten centimeters, the transition to snow may not trigger a snowfall warning. We wake up a new layer of snow and similar wind conditions, keep changing direction; they are coming from the north this time.

After that we hit the weekend. This fall-off remains a possibility. Negative single digit temperatures by Monday. Durable items.

YOUR FIVE DAY CALGARY FORECAST

Thursday

• In the evening it will rain, it will rain, below 0 C

friday

• Cloudy with snow (6 to 8 cm), showers in the evening, trending lower
• Daytime temperature: 0 C
• In the evening: rain, low -18 C

saturday

• It is cloudy and snowing
• Daytime high: -17 C
• In the evening: a little cloud, a shower, low -21 C

Sunday

• Mostly sunny
• Daytime high: -17 C
• Evening: mainly clear, low -21 C

Monday

• Partly cloudy
• Daily maximum: -6 C
• Evening: cloudy, low -9 degrees

Tuesday

• Will snow
• Daily maximum: -3 C
• In the evening: cloudy, low -7 degrees

Marnie at Carburn Park with a photo of the day… because how could you not!?

Viewer Marnie took this photo of three deer in Carburn Park in southeast Calgary.

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