Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Wind Chill Advisory Wind Chill Advisory in effect from 1:00 AM EST until 10:00 AM EST. Source: U.S. National Weather Service

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AFTER
SUNSET THIS EVENING BRINGING A COLD AIRMASS INTO EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA. THESE WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
TO UPPER 30S WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW 35 DEGREES
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID THURSDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST
WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING
WITH READINGS IN THE MID 20S IN LAKE AND NORTHWEST VOLUSIA
COUNTIES...AND IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 4 CORRIDOR AND ORLANDO METRO SOUTH TO OKEECHOBEE
COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S WILL
OCCUR NEAR LAKE GEORGE AND OVER NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES. NORMALLY
SHELTERED LOCATIONS MAY BRIEFLY DROP BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE
OUTDOORS...DRESS WARMLY IN LAYERS AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT
AND GLOVES.

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