WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 825 PM MST MON DEC 14 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST TUESDAY...
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MST TUESDAY.
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 MPH ALONG WITH CONTINUED BELOW AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS THIS EVENING.
* WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TO 40 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO.
* TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. THE WINDS WILL THEN DIE DOWN TO LESS THEN 7 MPH BY 4 AM.
HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY COLD THROUGH THE
REST OF THE MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND MODERATE TO
STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 40 BELOW CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE
WITHIN 30 MINUTES.
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