Temperatures are freezing right now in New Westminster and getting even colder.
Some families are taking advantage of the situation.
“My dad made an ice rink in their backyard in Queen’s Park in New West,” said Katie Orford. “He did it 25 years ago when we were kids and just re-did it during the cold spell for his grandkids and neighbour friends.”
You can see the photo attached of the local outdoor ice rink.
It should be able to last a while due to the incoming weather system.
An Arctic ridge of high pressure over the B.C. interior is bringing strong and bitterly cold outflow winds to Metro Vancouver Environment Canada stated in a recent weather alert. The alert applies to the City of Vancouver, Burnaby, New West, the North Shore including West Vancouver and North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Surrey, Langley, Richmond and Delta.
“Arctic outflow winds and low temperatures will combine to produce wind chill values near or below minus 20,” the alert reads. “Mainland inlets and areas that are exposed to outflow winds are more likely to experience these very cold wind chill values.”
“Public Safety Canada encourages everyone to make an emergency plan and get an emergency kit with drinking water, food, medicine, a first-aid kit and a flashlight,” the alert continues.
The arctic flow is forecasted to last from Dec. 28-29.
