WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 645 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY.
NARROW BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS SHIFTED
SOUTH AND WEST OF THE AREA. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH MOST OF THE
MORNING BEFORE RISING INTO THE TEENS BY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS
BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THESE COLD TEMPERATURES PRODUCE
WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 15 DEGREES THROUGH NOON TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE
WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE FROSTBITE IN
ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR LESS...AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS
SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.
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