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Dry Prairie? Not this week in the West
REGINA -- The land of the wind chill has become the home of humidity.
Humidex advisories issued Tuesday warned it could feel like 40 C or higher in many parts of central and southern Saskatchewan. Parts of east-central Alberta were also sweating it out during sultry summer days not much seen in recent years.
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Dave Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment Canada, said humidex advisories aren't common in a region better known for its skin-cracking dryness.
"Western Saskatchewan and also in Alberta, it's unheard of. It's very foreign," said Phillips.
"It's not something that they even worry about.
"You pride yourself in (saying), 'Our cold is dry; our heat is dry.' Sometimes I think you think your precipitation is dry and that's not the case."
Phillips noted Edmonton had an "unbelievable" humidex value of 39 on Monday.
Even Yellowknife was a sultry 30 C with a humidex value of 32. Phillips said the Northwest Territories capital usually has one day above 30 C every two years. They've had two so far this week, says Environment Canada's website.
Humidex combines temperature and humidity -- the amount of water vapour in the air -- to reflect the perceived temperature. For example, the temperature in Regina at 1 p.m. Tuesday was 31 C, but with the humidity it felt like 40.
Humidex advisories are part of the lazy, hazy days of summer in Central Canada. It is an "odd thing" for the West.
"It's sort of something that is so Torontonian and that probably irritates westerners more than anything, to think that they're associated with Toronto. I guess about the only thing they don't have is the haze," said Phillips.
-- The Canadian Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 11, 2012 B1
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