An extreme cold weather alert has been issued by Environment Canada for Windsor and Essex County, where the temperature is expected to hit -20C Wednesday night with strong northwesterly winds producing a wind chill of -30C.
“Little improvement is expected through the day on Thursday, with daytime highs only a few degrees higher than the overnight low temperatures, and winds forecast to become increasingly gusty,” said Environment Canada.
The temperature will warm up slightly Friday with a high of -13 C and even more Saturday with a high of -3C.
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