Edmonton weather for Nov. 19: Chilly [Video]

Some arctic air has started to spill into Alberta from the northwest and it’s going to get “trapped” over Alberta in the coming days.

There’s a strong are of low pressure in southeast Manitoba that’s producing heavy snow in Saskatchewan and a storm system off the west coast.

It’s between those two systems that the cold air is being drawn down over Alberta and since that low-pressure system off to the east is so “beefy,” instead of the cold just glancing off us and moving further east…it’s going to settle in over us.

Once it does, it’s not going anywhere any time soon. We’ll likely be in the arctic airmass AT LEAST until the end of next week.

Now, if you’re saying to yourself, “it doesn’t feel that cold out there,” that’s likely because the cold spell hasn’t really arrived yet; it’s just beginning.

The coldest air is still ahead …