WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 431 AM MST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES FROM 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL COMBINE WITH A
SLIGHT BREEZE TO PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND THE DENVER
AREA THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORST IN THE EASTERN SUBURBS
WHERE IT IS COLDEST AND THE WIND IS BLOWING AT 10 TO 15 MPH. WIND
CHILLS WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW RANGE IN THAT AREA...WITH 10
TO 20 BELOW ELSEWHERE. AT THE COLDER TEMPERATURES FROSTBITE CAN
OCCUR ON EXPOSED SKIN IN UNDER 30 MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND 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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GIMMESTAD
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