NEW: Wind Chill Watch in Effect Wednesday Evening into Thursday

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Wednesday, January 07, 2015

GoLocal Worcester News Team

The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Chill Watch for Worcester County, and much of Western Massachusetts and Southern New England.

DANGEROUS TEMPERATURE DROP WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY: Winter Weather Advisory

The advisory is in effect from Wednesday, January 7 at 6 PM until Thursday, January 8 at 10 AM.

Wind chills are expected to drop to as low as 25 to 30 degrees below zero. The drop in temperature should begin around rush hour on Wednesday evening and will continue to drop overnight. By Thursday at noon, wind chills will still only be at 15 below zero.

Temperatures will be anywhere between 6 below to 19 above zero.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
435 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2015

...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...

HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...
MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD
 

435 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2015

...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE
 ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS NORTH AND WEST OF 495.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS DROP BELOW 15 BELOW ZERO AROUND RUSH HOUR
 WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND BELOW 25 BELOW ZERO BY LATE WEDNESDAY
 NIGHT. WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE ABOVE 15 BELOW ZERO BY NOON ON
 THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE OR
 HYPOTHERMIA.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...6 BELOW TO 19 ABOVE ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND
CHILLS TO FALL TO -25 DEGREES OR COLDER FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS.  A
WIND CHILL INDEX BELOW -30 CAN BRING ON FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS
10 MINUTES.  OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE LIMITED IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

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