Lethbridge to see cold temperatures after warm stretch [Video]

LETHBRIDGE –

Plenty of people have been outside over the past several days, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather.

But that will soon change, with temperatures plunging Tuesday to below 0 C overnight and getting close to -20 C into early next week.

“We’re expecting that frontal structure to sweep through most of the Prairies. So you should see a change in your weather as early as tomorrow. The temperatures will not be nearly as warm,” said Natalie Hasell, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.

The quick change between hot and cold won’t do any favours for the city’s roads — freeze-thaw cycles are a major cause of potholes.

“It has a significant impact, especially when there’s already small cracks in the road. It could become worse from that water infiltrating and creating that push off the asphalt that creates those potholes,” said Juliane Ruck, transportation manager for the …