WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 209 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM
EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
* WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK...FOLLOWING
THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT EARLY THIS MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THIS
MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WILL CREATE LOW WIND CHILL READINGS AND ALSO CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW.
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.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
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