It’s a cold blustery day across most of the island and Labrador today as the latest storm system hits the region.

The system is bringing high winds and cold temperatures to much of the island as well as snow to the west coast, southern Labrador and central Labrador.

Peak wind gusts of 90 km/h have been recorded in the St. John’s metro area and as high as 100 km/h in Port aux Basques.

As Environment Canada meteorologist David Neil says, those winds are only going to intensify this evening and remain strong overnight before dissipating somewhat tomorrow.

He says the winds will persist as the storm slowly pulls away from the island with winds expected to peak early this evening.

In the meantime, temperatures have taken a plunge with wind chills in the -20 range. Temperatures will remain

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