Region's second cold snap will be brrrrrrrrrrrrrutal!

It's important to bundle up in the cold, because exposed skin can suffer frostbite in a matter of minutes. (Courtesy image)

Check your car batteries, make sure your longjohns are clean and get ready to dig out some more dough for the oilman, because the second prolonged cold snap of the winter is predicted to begin tonight and extend through the week till Friday.

The coldest wind chills are expected to infiltrate the area Tuesday morning with a temperature of -1, with a wind chill of -20, followed by a -7 on Wednesday and a -9 on Thursday.

Diminishing winds will account for ever-so-slowly-moderating wind chills over the four-day work week, with Friday morning’s real feel temperature a balmy -12.

Meanwhile, next weekend’s forecast calls for temps in the mid-20 with some snow.

Speaking of snow, the region may get a dusting Tuesday night from an Alberta Clipper that grazes us to the south.