Fasten your weather seatbelts for this arctic front! Temps. drop by 15 to 20 degrees by early this evening as we drop down to below freezing along with strong wind gusts 70-80 km/h and add to that ...

Northwesterly winds gusting 70 to 80 km/h accompanied the arrival of the cold front on Wednesday afternoon. Strong winds caused scattered outages across the city, leaving thousands without power.

The cold front is sweeping across the southeastern coast of Australia, with heavy rain, destructive winds, snow and hail threatening to smash South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and parts of NSW.

Calgary is expecting to see a 20-degree drop in a mere 12 hours. Rain, and even snow flurries will follow along the cold front into Sunday, slumping down the QE2 and the foothills.