Cold blast continues today

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 14 February 2016 at 12:00 am

ALBION – The wintry blast continues today with temperatures below freezing in the morning. It is forecast to reach a high of 10 degrees with another half inch of snow.

Saturday the area was gripped in a deep freeze with temperatures at about 0 degrees most of the day. These photos were taken on Saturday. The top photo shows a car heading south on Route 98 in the Town of Gaines, south of Route 104.

This picture shows the Ingersoll Street lift bridge in Albion.

One of the canal vessels has icicles hanging on it after the deep freeze hit the area.

Icicles hang from the top of the big boat on the canal between the two lift bridges in Albion.

It will warm up on Monday with a high of 32, followed by a high of 36 on Tuesday and 33 on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo.