WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 357 AM MST SAT DEC 12 2009
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...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY.
*ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE STATE TODAY. THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURES FOR THE DAY ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND BY SUNDAY
MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 25 BELOW ALONG THE
CANADIAN BORDER TO AROUND 7 BELOW ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.
* SUBZERO TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WILL
DROP THE WIND CHILL INDEX TO 25 TO 40 BELOW BY MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
DAY SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. BE SURE
TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF TRAVELING AND LET OTHERS KNOW
YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE. IF VENTURING OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO KEEP EXPOSED
SKIN TO A MINIMUM AND DRESS WARMLY.
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