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PHOTOS: sa国际传媒榃aterspoutsa国际传媒 above Okanagan Lake as extreme cold hits Penticton

Temperatures with the windchill reaching marks of below -30 C

With temperatures feeling as cold as -35 C in the South Okanagan, some have taken the chance to capture unique wintertime images.

Okanagan Lake was the site of most of those on Friday, Jan. 12. Social media user Courtney Robinson by Munson Mountain photographed a sa国际传媒渨inter waterspout,sa国际传媒 a phenomenon that can last for up to 10 minutes and forms above lakes during periods of cool, unsettled weather, according to Environment Canada.

Remember the days when lakes in Penticton would freeze?

The Western Newssa国际传媒 Brennan Phillips captured frozen sections of Okanagan Lake, in some sections as far as 30 feet out from shore.

Phillipssa国际传媒 photos on Friday also include a look at Penticton seagulls bracing against the -25 C chill.

And then theresa国际传媒檚 what could be described, in the simplest of terms, as sa国际传媒渋cy mountainssa国际传媒 on Okanagan Lake.

Such wintertime images come after an sa国际传媒渁rctic blastsa国际传媒 swept through B.C.sa国际传媒檚 Interior on Thursday, Jan. 11.

Temperatures in Penticton this morning dipped as low as -35 C, with the wind chill.

Daytime marks are expected to reach lows of -25 C, before overnight temperatures into Saturday return to the neighbourhood of -30 C when factoring in the windchill.

Environment Canada is warning about the risk of frostbite.



Logan Lockhart

About the Author: Logan Lockhart

I joined Black Press Media in 2021 after graduating from a pair of Toronto post-secondary institutions and working as a sports reporter for several different outlets.
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