WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 253 PM MST WED DEC 09 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
MST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST
THURSDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN
30 MINUTES WITH THESE WIND CHILLS.
* TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE AS COLD TONIGHT BUT WINDS WILL BE
STRONGER. THIS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO BE DECEPTIVELY LOWER
THAN READINGS ON THERMOMETERS.
* WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH FROM MELVILLE TO BIG TIMBER TO
LIVINGSTON WILL CREATE LOCAL BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.
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
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
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