A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /10 PM EST/
THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST /NOON EST/ FRIDAY.

* TIMING...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND
WILL PERSIST THROUGH DAYBREAK FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING...AND WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW ZERO BY
THE PREDAWN HOURS OF FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN 20 AND 29 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILL VALUES AT THIS LEVEL WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE
TO EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

BRING PETS INDOORS. PETS CAN SUFFER FROM FROST AND HYPOTHERMIA
SIMILAR TO THEIR HUMAN CAREGIVERS.