WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 224 PM MST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY.
WIND CHILLS WILL REACH 20 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXPECT THE LOWEST WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE...AS WINDS WILL BE CLOSE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
TEMPERATURES STILL BELOW ZERO IN MOST AREAS. ANYONE WALKING TO
SCHOOL OR TO THEIR WORKPLACE WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL WANT TO BE
VERY WELL PROTECTED FROM THE COLD. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY WEST OF BILLINGS. EXPECT
SLIGHTLY BETTER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS
INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING ADDITIONAL BITTER WIND
CHILLS AND 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.
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