Chey Hogan walks in downtown Brandon on a Friday morning during a mix of rain and snow.
The west experienced record-breaking cold this week, while those in the east sweltered under a heat dome. ECCC meteorologist Ken Dosanjh says such disparity in temperatures across the country isn't unusual, but the extremes are.Downtown Brandon, Man., pictured, experiences a mix of rain and snow on Friday morning, while eastern Canada swelters under a heat wave.
Kerri Lang, a warning preparedness meteorologist for ECCC, pointed out that Canada is a huge country and said it's common to have this "seesaw" pattern of ridge, trough, ridge, trough — which, in the summer, translates to alternating warm and cool temperatures — created by a wavy jet stream. The jet stream is high up in the atmosphere and separates the colder air to the north and warmer air to the south. It typically moves like a river, flowing west to east in a relatively straight line.
Ridges are often associated with nicer weather, but can also bring thunderstorms as well — like the ones Toronto saw earlier this week.
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