WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 814 PM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY.
* WIND CHILLS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED AGAIN
TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT WILL
COMBINE WITH WINDS FROM 3 TO 9 MPH TO PRODUCE THE COLD WIND
CHILLS.
* COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR FROM THE PROCTOR...CLOQUET AND
DULUTH AREA OVER THE HILL...NORTHEAST ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF THE NORTH SHORE.
* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 15 TO 25 MINUTES WITH THESE WIND CHILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC
AIR AND WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. IF
YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED FLESH AS
ANY EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN 15 TO 25 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILL
VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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MELDE
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