WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 258 PM MST THU DEC 31 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
MST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
MST FRIDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES: VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COMBINED WITH
EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WIND
CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND
MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL LATE MORNING WHEN WARMING
TEMPERATURES REDUCE WIND CHILLS TO AROUND 5 TO 15 BELOW.
* OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT
TIMES. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A HALF INCH TO AN
INCH.
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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