In this cold snap, the wind chill can make the already frigid temperatures feel even more unbearable and extremely dangerous.

The wind breaks up the heat our bodies naturally radiate, making us lose heat quickly. In Houston, It rarely gets cold and windy enough for our body temperature to fall to 95 degrees, that’s when hypothermia sets in. But a handful of days it is cold enough in Houston to mess with our plans.

Wind chill increases your risk of developing frostbite or hypothermia. Frostbite is the death of tissue in your extremities – fingers, toes, nose, earlobes – that happens when those body parts are exposed to freezing temperatures for a period of time.

Dangerous weather is moving into northern Michigan with the wind chill below zero for much of the area. There is a Weather Warn Day in effect for Wednesday. Wind chill values will be in the double digits below zero in the Eastern Upper Peninsula for the majority of the day.

The City of Hamilton issued a cold weather alert for overnight Monday as temperatures are expected to drop. The region could see a low of -12 C on Monday night with a wind chill of near -20. A high of -5 C was expected during the day.

Another cold and blustery day is on tap Thursday with highs only in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Wind gusts to 35 mph will add an extra chill to the area.

As of 7 a.m. the National Weather Service of New Orleans and Baton Rouge forecast the following lows and wind chills: In Shreveport, the low is forecast at 27 degrees. Lake Charles’ low is forecast at 29 degrees. Monday going into Tuesday saw 40-degree drops from Sunday highs in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

What is the difference between wind chill and the actual temperature? What to know about staying warm in the extreme cold.

Wind chill, feels like, and heat index, are all ways to measure how the conditions outside affect our bodies. The wind chill is the calculated temperature our bodies would lose heat if the air temperature was at that value.