Wind Chill Warning til Noon Tuesday!
..WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...10 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 13 BELOW TO 23 BELOW ZERO WITH HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON AROUND ZERO. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW. * WIND CHILL READINGS...WIND CHILLS AROUND -30 THIS MORNING. THIS AFTEROON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM MINUS 20 TO MINUS 25. * IMPACTS...THE WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILL VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.