Active Week Ahead

After a cold Saturday, temperatures have moderated significantly over the past 24 hours. Kemptville was -25C yesterday morning and -1C currently. The temperature rose throughout the night in response to deep low pressure over Wisconsin and a warm front across the Great Lakes. The warm air will be in our region for about 36 hours with temperatures rising to nearly 8C in our area. It will be short lived as much colder air moves in on Tuesday. The balance of the week will be unsettled with snow expected on Wednesday and again Friday. It is too early to say how much will fall in Ontario and Quebec, but it could be more than 5cm. The temperatures will be fairly seasonable all week with the really cold arctic air remaining to our west. Looking briefly into Christmas week it looks cold and snowy, so I am going to go out on a limb and predict a white Christmas for Kemptville, Ottawa and Montreal. Maybe even Toronto may get in on the act, but that would only be very close to Christmas Day. Stay tuned!