WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 255 PM MST WED DEC 09 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
MST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM MST
THURSDAY.
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ALONG WITH CONTINUED BELOW
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT
AND THURSDAY MORNING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES: 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO 30 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO.
* TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN TO DROP EARLY IN THE EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. WARMING
TEMPERATURES BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING WILL BRING WIND CHILLS
ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA.
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.
WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 40 BELOW CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE WITHIN
30 MINUTES.
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