The Winter Storm Warning for The WRBI Listening Area will be in effect Sunday (1-5) at 5 AM and extended to Monday (1-6) at 4 PM.
A Wind Chill Warning is now in effect for The WRBI Listening Area Monday (1-6) at 4 AM through Tuesday (1-7) at 5 PM.
Further details from www.noaa.gov
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ALSO POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE FRIGID CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE VENTURING OUTSIDE. PROLONGED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE FROSTBITE. * WINDS...WINDS FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE WESTERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO ON MONDAY...REACHING VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ON MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL BE NEAR ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL READINGS...WIND CHILLS WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 15 BELOW ZERO ON MONDAY MORNING...FALLING TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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.
