Wind chill warning for Hamilton, cold alert continues

Environment Canada has issued a wind chill warning for Hamilton Tuesday morning. The city's extreme cold alert remains in effect.

It's -22 C as of 7 a.m. with the wind chill making it feel like -33 C. Bundle up. The wind chill low today is expected to be a staggering 38 C.

Environment Canada says Hamiltonians should expect a cloudy day wit blowing snow. The wind is coming in from the southwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 km/h. The high for Tuesday is expected to be -17 C with a wind chill of -31 C. The low tonight will be -21 with a wind chill of -34 C.

A cold alert is issued when current or anticipated weather conditions are at or below -15 C or -20 C with the wind chill.

Environment Canadas forecast for the city calls for a low of 24C Tuesday.The previous extreme cold temperature for Jan. 28at Hamilton International Airports weather station, which began collecting climate data in 1959, is 24.2C, registered on that day in 2005.