Temperatures Plummet While Winds Increase; JRWeather Wind Chill Advisory In Effect

Local Update...
   Dangerously Cold Wind Chills For Tonight; JRWeathwer Wind Chill Advisory In Effect Until 12PM Wednesday...


JRWeather WIND CHILL ADVISORY
     JRWeather continues a Wind Chill Advisory for all of Vermont, and all Of Northern New York From Midnight Until 12PM Wednesday.

     Strong winds, and plummeting temperatures behind a cold front will result in Wind Chill concerns into Wednesday. A sharp arctic cold front will bring falling temperatures into the 0 to 5F below range, with winds in the 15-25MPH range with gusts up to 40MPH for the overnight hours. This will result in wind chills in the 20F to 30F below zero. Occasionally in the strong wind gusts overnight, wind chills will fall to as low 35F to 40F below zero, however this will not be a constant Wind Chill reading so no Wind Chill Warning is needed.

     Winds should abate enough to allow the Wind Chill Advisory to expire at noon on Wednesday, although winds chills will still be very cold, in the 10 below to 5 above range. Once again make sure to dress warmly in layers, and wear a heavy duty winter coat, along with a good pair of gloves, and a hat. If you do not do this and are outside, frostbite can occur on exposed skin in about 30 minutes, and hypothermia can set in with much less time. A Wind Chill Advisory is issued for wind chills in the 15 below to 30 below zero range. Stay tuned.


DISCUSSION
     The cold front has moved through Northern New York, and Western Vermont. Its in the process of pushing through Eastern Vermont right now. Snow squalls weren't really existent in the Champlain Valley, but across Northern New York, and the Western Slopes of the Green mountains, the snow did fall very heavy for a short period of time. Right now snow showers of light to moderate intensity are along and just east of the spine of the Green mountains. This is pretty much where the cold front is located as well. The front will clear Vermont by around 3AM. But the snow squall activity has diminished greatly. There was no need to extend the Winter Weather Advisory for Eastern Vermont, as the intensity of the snow showers were diminishing. A couple things that will remain of concern is the rapidly falling temperatures. Here in Swanton Village temperatures plummeted 15 degrees in 1 hour. The temperature currently is 14.7 which will likely change by the time this is posted. (Look at the upper right hand corner of the blog site, and you will see the live Swanton Village weather conditions.) Now of additional concern, with these rapidly falling temps is the fact that roads are going to turn to a sheet of ice. Temperatures did rise to the freezing mark in many places or even slightly higher, which allowed roads to become wet instead of frozen. This flash freeze will cause significant black ice, on almost all roadways. Winds will also help blow the snow around, and create whiteout conditions in some areas. The final concern that follows with the falling temperatures and strong winds, will be the Wind Chill factor. Temperatures will fall in the 0 to 5F below range. With winds of 15-25MPH and gusts up to 40MPH, this will result in wind chills in the 20F to 30F below range. In fact in some of the stronger wind gusts, the Wind Chill Will feel as low as 35F to 40F below zero. Luckily though these much lower wind chills will only be felt in gusts, and not constantly. Never-the-less Wind Chills of 20F to 30F below zero can cause frostbite in about 30 minutes or less, and hypothermia can set in much sooner. Make sure to dress very warmly, and in layers. Do as the above Wind Chill Advisory says to do. A good way to remember this is, my aunt would always say "Brush only the teeth you want to keep" well in cold temperatures like this, I will switch this little saying around... So Cover only the skin you want to keep. Believe me, you don't want frostbite! Stay tuned for further updates!!!


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