WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 407 PM AST WED DEC 16 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST
THURSDAY...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THURSDAY.
A VERY CHILLY AIR MASS CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE KUSKOKWIM
DELTA...WITH NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH INLAND AND 30 TO 45 MPH
ALONG THE COAST YIELDING WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 50 BELOW. WINDS WILL
REMAIN STRONG THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON WHILE TEMPERATURES
WILL SLOWLY FALL THROUGH TONIGHT. THEREFORE...DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS ARE LIKELY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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