Experts warn about cold-related illnesses during this wind chill
In this cold snap, the wind chill can make the already frigid temperatures feel even more unbearable and extremely dangerous.
The cold truth about wind chills that’ll blow you away
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.
The wind chill will feel like it's below zero on Friday morning
Temperatures will be very cold from Thursday night into Friday morning. Lows will drop into the single digits for much of the region, but the wind chill will feel below zero.
What is wind chill and how can it hurt you?
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.
Dangerously cold weather with below zero wind chill settles across northern Michigan
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.
Weather IQ: Diving into what Wind Chill means
Wind chill can also affect inanimate objects as well, but an object outside can only cool down to what the air temperature is, and will never go below that. As an example, if the temperature outside is -5F, and the wind chill is -31F, an object outside can only cool down to -5 but will cool down at the same rate as if it were -31 outside.
Cold weather alert issued for Hamilton as -22 wind chill expected Tuesday night
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.
How cold is it today across Louisiana? See low temps, wind chill for your city.
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 wind chill? Why does it feel so cold? What to know about extreme cold
What is the difference between wind chill and the actual temperature? What to know about staying warm in the extreme cold.
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How cold did we get Thursday morning?
It was a frigid morning with many places below freezing for hours overnight, but the wind chill was the story.