Wind Chill Warning and Special Statement update

Wind Chill Warning statement as of 12:12 PM EST on February 12, 2016

Wind chill warning remains in effect from midnight Saturday

night to 10 am EST Sunday.

* hazard types... dangerous wind chill readings.

* Wind chill... as low as 35 below zero.

* Timing... late Saturday night and Sunday morning.

* Impacts... frostbite and hypothermia if unprotected from the

 cold.

* Winds... northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* Temperatures... 16 below to zero.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A wind chill warning means the combination of very cold air and

strong winds will create dangerously low wind chill values. This

will result in frost bite and lead to hypothermia or death if

precautions are not taken.

 

Special Statement as of 1:56 PM EST on February 12, 2016

Extremely dangerous wind chills expected in the mountains.

Anyone considering climbing or hiking in the White Mountains of

Maine or New Hampshire this weekend should consider cancelling or

postponing their trip. Extremely dangerous wind chill temperatures

will affect the region especially above tree line. The

combination of the cold and wind will create life-threatening

conditions for anyone caught outside and unable to reach safety.

Wind chill temperatures Saturday will range from about -30 in the

lower elevations to about -60 in exposed areas near the peaks.

Wind chill values Saturday night will drop to -40 in the lower

elevations to near -70 near the peaks. Wind chill temperatures

will climb only to the -20 to -50 by Sunday evening.

A wind chill temperature of -35 can freeze exposed skin in 10

minutes. Wind chill temperatures below -50 can freeze exposed skin

in less than 5 minutes.

Be safe... don't take chances.

Jensenius

Gray... Maine