Some extreme temps for your area , must be a shock to the residents . Certainly if you can't keep the indoors at a decent temp it must be unpleasant

Cheers for the on the ground reprt Tim - very interesting.

Some very cold readings in Alberta and the Prairie provinces yesterday. -42c at Brooks, AB and even the major cities had lows in the -30 to -35c range - and that's before you factor in the windchill. For much of the Prairies temps may remain below -20c throughout the upcoming week!

Meanwhile in the east the storm moving through tonight and Monday doesn't look to be a prolific snowmaker for most. Looks like ice will be a bigger problem - especially in the NE States. It will probably be a snow to rain event for southwestern Ontario including Toronto with snowfall limited to 2-5cm generally. More like 10cm towards Ottawa and Montreal and perhaps 15cm for Quebec City. It then turns colder with the rest of the week looking subzero at this stage.

Yes had a weatherbug Hard Freeze warning alert for Death Valley mountians areas.  Furnace Creek itself had recorded -1C 31F yesterday morning then rose to 16C by daytime.  It was only 12C max the day before.  This morning was only 5C 40F so tonight forecast is 30-33F so likely to see 0C or below.

Agreed about winter arrived with a vengeance as Toronto had a very cold November for very long time and it giving me interest how it will pan out by Jan when I go there.  I experienced -25.1C in Jan 2005 when the very cold arctic air with 22nd Jan major snow storm was bang on time in my stay there.

Once again the beauty of such great contrasts can be seen in weather conditions. Having visited Dallas in June, where it was 100F, they have had temps down to -5C by daytime during Saturday.

You almost cannot comprehend the swings...granted that was during the summer, but day time temps last week in DFW were around 27C, next day it had dropped around 40F, staggering numbers. T-shirt one day to winter jackets the next.

Seeing some of the images round DFW of the ice is incredible...knowing how it was during the summer. Even down the Houston region there have been low temps...the humidty during summer is crazy there...must be weird now particulary as the houses are all built to prevent the heat!

From the West coast to the East coast it has been a bitter start to Winter in the USA, and even in California a deep freeze is threatning the fruit crops, look at those icicles!! http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131207/BUSINESS/312079968/1010/ARTSMUSIC

check out the NFL game on sky sports 2 Detroit at Philadelphia they are playing on a pitch covered in 8 inches of snow heavy snow falling has eased in last ten mins

Been watching the NFL match and the depths are staggering in that time. I thought the match was in Detriot but even more surprised it is in Philli.

Hey folks,

Yeah we've had the Eagles game on up here, incredible pics and amazing in this h & s day and age that this is still allowed but brilliant to watch. Just wished it would come here....alas not as Graeme posted earlier it's currently -4c outside but only a little snow forecast for the lakeshore area this evening before a changeover to sleet and then rain.

Very brief snip of milder weather mind, we have had a couple of days of warmer air...+13c on Thurs for example before this cold snap arrived. As discussed, most of the rest of Canada is in the freezer right now and we will join them from tomorrow afternoon albiet with slightly modified temps compared to those seen in Saskatoon, SK etc.

Winter a week old and it's proper winter forecast for the foreseeable...now we need a storm or two to top it off before xmas. I'm here for xmas this year but flying home to Ayrshire for the new year...hopefully see some snow back home!

Take Care

I did think H&S in the capital of claims didn't factor into it. Was an interesting watch even if I don't like NFL usually!

Seeing that NFL footage and some other news articles.... jealous to death!

I want that weather over the UK, too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/american-football/25292683#asset

if the above link works, enjoy the NFL snowfest,

It was very impressive, it was a job to see the players at times

I hope to see a storm or 2 when I go there in January.

Philadelphia can get humongous amounts of snow. I can personally vouch for that.

Hey folks,

-8c this morning with a biting wind coming off Lake Michigan all the way to our west. Some impressive lake-effect banding going on in two spots right now, to the north of Barrie up at Parry Sound and in the states near the shores of Lake Erie into the Buffalo area.

Here it's the odd flurry but we are now in the fridge if not the freezer this week. TWN reporting this morning that parts of Alberta are at -52c this morning, now that's a freezer!

Further ahead, eyes set now on the potential, love that word in weatherland.....the potential for a big storm to hit the GTA Saturday into Sunday. Further updates as and when, models have been all over the shop with this taking it anywhere from St.Louis to Boston!

Have a great day

The snow and ice cover over the USA is pretty impressive, especially for the beginning of 'meterological' winter.  Maybe another December 2010...but on the other side of the ocean.

-52c in Alberta...is that windchill or an actual temperature??

David in 'tropical' Northallerton, England

Hi folks, bone-chilling cold here today. Started the day down at -17c with a w/c of -23.  Was a real shocker, not warmed up much it's still -9c. We had some flurries yesterday afternoon all the way thru from Lake Michigan straddling the two Great Lakes Michigan and Ontario and on-tap for the potential on a decent sized snowevent over the weekend as the map shows below, courtesy of Accuweather :

We are borderline for very little to quite alot and so far EC don't seem concerned, we could see some rare but (as those who follow these things know) very productive Lake Onraio Westshore effect snows from this but time will time.

On the Eastern shore of Ontario some incredible snow totals in a very localised area in Oswego, County, NY. The Tug-Hill Plateu effect coming in, 44" as of this morning of snow on one or two spots, incredible.

Will update tomorrow on our storm potential

-52 was the actual air temperature David

The snow and ice cover over the USA is pretty impressive, especially for the beginning of 'meterological' winter.  Maybe another December 2010...but on the other side of the ocean.

-52c in Alberta...is that windchill or an actual temperature??

David in 'tropical' Northallerton, England