Wind Chill Advisory for Tonight

Winter Morning - Photo by S. Vardatira

For weeks we've been warned about cold temperatures coming during the second half of January, but it's no longer something off in the distance future. A wind chill advisory has been issued for tonight (10 pm Tuesday to 10 am Wednesday) across our entire area, with the lowest wind chill temperatures between midnight and mid-morning Wednesday. (Oh joy, that happens to be right in the "garbage pick up" window on our street.) Winds will be gusting from 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, and add that to temperatures between 2 below and 10 above zero, and you've got wind chills as low as 20 below. The air temperature (not including windchill) may actually go below zero Wednesday into Thursday (1/23-1/24). The coldest blast will let up by the weekend, and by Tuesday temperatures will actually go into the 40s. But that's then. At the moment, we have extreme COLD. You live in New England, so you should know this by now, but when temperatures get that low, dress in layers and wear a hat and gloves - by which we also mean facemask or scarf, long underwear, double layer of socks, and hand and foot warmers if you have them, which of course you do. Bring the pets inside (aren't your pets already inside, come to think of it?), and take steps to prevent pipes from freezing. Remember, frostbite can develop in just 30 minutes with a wind chill index of -20. Stay warm!