WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 410 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS
MORNING...WILL TAPER OFF TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A
COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WIND
CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. BY AFTERNOON THESE
WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY...TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO.
IN ADDITION TO THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS...SOME AREAS OF DRIFTING
SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE
PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE
THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.
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