Right now(7:30AM) it is - 36 C with an extreme wind chill warning of -48C to - 52C. Schools are closed according to local radio station and RCMP have a necessary travel only advisory in effect. The sky is clear right now but it supposed "warm up" to - 24 and start to snow again.
If Al Gore stuck his head out in this weather it would freeze solid in 10 seconds or less but then it don't take long to freeze air.
FYI in general. Snow pack on the Columbia Ice Field is apparently ABOVE NORMAL for the 4th year in a row and over all snow pack on the glacier has recovered well over 50% of the estimated loss from the warmer spell we had that ended in 98, (according to environment Canada). And that snow pack recovery is in the last 4 years only. Looks like we are stacking up for 2 years record snow in a row. I know a scientist that works on the project and have sent him an email to check those numbers.
Estimates say it will take 10 to 15 years to see significant effects of the extra weight of ice pushing the "Toe" ice back out toward the Jasper park way. Apparently last year the Toe did not "shrink back" as expected.
Again I am checking the "mythology" To confirm. Wouldn't want to pull an Al Gore. That would be legendary sorta like Guy Fawkes.
