...BITTER COLD HAS ARRIVED ONCE AGAIN ... ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS SURGED THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT ...EXTREMELY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN SHARPLY BEHIND THE FRONT ...AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH AROUND 9 AM. BY THAT TIME READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 8 OR 9 DEGREES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 ...TO 19 OR 20 ALONG THE ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE BORDERS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM JUST A FEW DEGREES ...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS RANGING FROM NEAR 10 ALONG INTERSTATE 64 ...TO THE LOWER 20S IN THE FAR SOUTH. FACTOR IN SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ...AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA ALL DAY. IT WILL NOT FEEL MUCH BETTER OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA ...WHERE IT WILL FEEL LIKE THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SUBSTANTIALLY TONIGHT ...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET AS A RESULT. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM NEAR ZERO ALONG INTERSTATE 64 ...TO NEAR 10 OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. FACTOR IN SOME MODEST WINDS ...AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL ONLY CLIMB INTO THE TEENS ...AND SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO ARE THE BEST THAT CAN BE EXPECTED FOR WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE DAY. WITH LIGHT OR CALM WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT ...TEMPERATURES OVER MOST OF THE AREA WILL DROP WELL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ONCE AGAIN. EXTREME COLD IS DANGEROUS FOR ANY EXPOSED SKIN ...AS FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR QUICKLY. HYPOTHERMIA CAN DEVELOP AS WELL IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. LEAVING PETS UNATTENDED TO IN THE COLD PUTS THEM IN DANGER AS WELL. THESE COLD CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN WILL INCREASE THE CONCERN FOR FREEZING AND BURSTING OF WATER PIPES. UNLIKE CONDITIONS ON CALM ...VERY COLD NIGHTS ...THIS BITTER COLD WILL BE WIND DRIVEN. THIS CAN CAUSE THE VERY COLD AIR TO INFILTRATE POORLY INSULATED AREAS MORE EFFICIENTLY. PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS PERIOD OF EXTREME COLD. LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTDOORS ...AND BUNDLE UP WHEN YOU DO HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:12:40 +0000
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