Winter is finally coming to Hamilton on Monday, and Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch.

The forecast for Monday calls for sun and cloud with a high of -4 C. Winds will gust up to 60 km/h in the morning.

But on Monday night, a low from Texas will bring serious winter weather. Starting in the early evening, snow will become heavy at times and mixed with ice pellets. Expect around 10 centimetres of snow and ice fall. Travel conditions will "rapidly deteriorate Monday evening," the forecaster says. Visibility will "drop to near zero" and roads will be covered by snow and ice.

"Significant disruption to travel may persist into Tuesday," the storm watch says.

Winds will gust to 80 km/h and temperatures will rise to the freezing mark by morning.

The storm comes after the warmest Christmas Eve temperatures recorded in Hamilton since 1964. Thermometers hit 15 C on Thursday.