Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning in Chatham-Kent, as a period of very cold wind chills is expected.
Forecasters say a cold airmass will produce overnight low temperatures near minus 20 degrees.
Combined with a moderate west wind these cold temperatures will give wind chill values near minus 30 overnight and Wednesday morning.
15:34 EnvCanada issued warning #ExtremeCold #ChathamKent #ONStorm https://t.co/lXAMsG2Lab
— ChathamKent (@ECAlertON11) 26 December 2017
The exceptions will be the areas near the lake shore with temperatures slightly warmer there.
“Extreme cold puts everyone at risk, Environment Canada officials stated.
“Cover up. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, especially with wind chill. Check on older family, friends and neighbours.”
Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia, forecasters say.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.cpio-tempetes-ospc-storms.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
