WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 448 AM AST TUE DEC 15 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM AKST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM AKST WEDNESDAY.
COLD TEMPERATURES AND NORTH WIND WILL BRING 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW
WIND CHILLS TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THESE WIND
CHILLS WILL PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY BEFORE
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM.
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
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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