Dangerous Winter weather to settle in

Dangerous wind chills across Wisconsin mean you’ll want to be safe if you must spend any extended time outdoors over the next couple of days. The National Weather Service in Duluth has Cold Weather Advisories are in effect through mid-day Monday with wind chills as low as to -25 to -40°F in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.

It won’t be appreciably warmer elsewhere in Wisconsin with bitterly cold windchills persisting statewide.

We can expect midday windchills on Tuesday in the teens to twenty below in locations from La Crosse to Madison, Milwaukee, Wausau and Green Bay.

SOUTHWEST WIS OUTLOOK

COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY (Monday Jan 19)

WHAT…Very cold wind chills as low as 30 below.

• WHERE…Portions of north central and northeast Iowa, southeast
  Minnesota, and central, north central, southwest, and west central
  Wisconsin.
• WHEN…Until noon CST today (Monday Jan 19).
• IMPACTS…The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 30 below zero
  could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves.

Latest forecast.

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