Slight moderation of temperatures

The cold snap that has caused so much misery in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and everywhere in between is showing signs of moderating over the weekend. The intense cold has snapped water mains, caused power outages, iced highways, caused fires, stalled cars and produced hundreds of accidents. It has made life generally miserable. I have yet to try and start my car this morning, but Kemptville bottomed out at -32C this last hour, so it could be a challenge. We are one of the coldest places in the region. It will"warm" to -20C today under sunshine. Look for some weak systems to give a couple of centimetres of snow over the weekend, nothing major, but the good news will be temperatures will moderate to -13C Saturday and -9C on Sunday. Keep warm and be safe.