A cold front has moved into the Central Plains bringing north winds that will bring us below-normal temperatures.

Environment and Climate Change Canada's Natalie Hasell says that it will be quite cold tonight.

"We're not talking about warning criteria, but we're going to come pretty close, as the wind from the north continues to bring cold air from the arctic, giving us wind chill valuies around minus 36," says Hasell. "We're not very far from warning criteria."

An extreme cold warning gets issued when wind chills hit minus 40. Hasell says we likely won't get that cold, but people should still dress appropriately if they plan to be outdoors tonight or tomorrow morning.

"We see these below-normal conditions continue into Friday, again, under sunny skies, but improving," says Hasell.

By Saturday, Hasell is anticipating single-digit highs ranging from minus 5 to minus 9. Hasell says we may even see a low of around minus 9 on Sunday.

"Things definitely moderate by the weekend, as the ridge of cold air that we're under, will have moved off," says Hasell. "A quick turnaround in terms of these ridges of cold air, these arctic domes that we tend to describe at this time of year."

Looking back at snowfall for earlier today, we do not have official numbers from Environment Canada yet, but local weather specialist Henry Romance says he measured 3 centimetres between midnight and 6 a.m.