Residents are waking up to a brutally cold start to the week, with sunshine doing little to offset temperatures hovering near –12 Celsius today. Early-day wind chills nearing –22 C are making the morning commute feel especially harsh, though winds are expected to ease slightly by noon.

The cold trend continues tonight with a steady –13 C and a wind chill of –20 C early in the evening. Conditions moderate slightly into Tuesday, but only by winter standards, temperatures rise to –7 C, with an early wind chill of –18 C before cloud cover increases.

Snow will settle in mid-week, beginning Tuesday night with a 60 per cent chance of flurries and continuing through Wednesday and Thursday, when daytime highs hover between –5 C and –2 C. More flurries are expected Thursday night as temperatures d

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