kicking Off Winter Weather Preparedness Week With Exposure To Cold And Wind Chill!!

Hey bloggers! Well, today is the first day of Winter weather preparedness week. Are you ready? Today's winter weather preparedness is about exposure to cold and wind chill. But before we start talking about lets go ahead and take a quick look at today's forecast below.



Today we will start out with Partly cloudy skies however as the day continues we will see clouds on the increase. Becoming mostly cloudy by afternoon and evening hours. Highs today will be in the middle 50s around 55* degrees. Lows tonight in the low 30s around 34* degrees. Winds will be between 15 and 20 mph.
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Now lets get started with the Winter Cold And Wind Chill Talk! Here's the Winter Weather Preparedness Week Memo from the National weather service!

THE GOAL OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND OUR PARTNERS IN GOVERNMENT AND THE RED CROSS IS TO INCREASE YOUR PREPAREDNESS FOR WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE.

SOME COLD WEATHER HAS COME AND MORE CAN BE EXPECTED. IN MID-WINTER ACROSS INDIANA...HIGH TEMPERATURES AVERAGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 WHILE LOWS AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 AND 25. RECORDS ARE BELOW ZERO.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OUTLOOK FOR THIS WINTER IS FOR MILDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS. BUT YOU CAN EXPECT THE WEATHER TO BE QUITE VARIABLE WITH SOME MILD AND COLD SPELLS. FREQUENT WEATHER SYSTEMS MAY BE COMMON...OCCASIONALLY WITH HEAVY RAIN. MINOR SNOW AND ICE EVENTS ARE LIKELY. A BIG SNOW STORM...BIG ICE STORM OR MAJOR FLOOD IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

IN ADDITION TO COLD TEMPERATURES BEING THE NORM...WIND CHILL IS
ALMOST ALWAYS PRESENT...AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. WIND CHILL IS THE
TEMPERATURE IT FEELS LIKE OUTSIDE DUE TO THE WIND CARRYING HEAT AWAY FROM YOUR BODY. AIR TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO AND WINDS TO 20 MPH CREATE WIND CHILLS TO 20 BELOW ZERO LEADING TO FROSTBITE IN 30 MINUTES.

FROSTBITE OCCURS WHEN SKIN FREEZES RESULTING IN NUMBNESS AND A PALE WHITE APPEARANCE TO THE AFFECTED AREA. SLOWLY RE-WARM THE AFFECTED SKIN.

HYPOTHERMIA IS IDENTIFIED BY UNCONTROLLABLE SHIVERING...SLURRED
SPEECH...DROWSINESS OR DISORIENTATION. IF MEDICAL CARE IS NOT
AVAILABLE...WARM THE PERSON WITH A BLANKET AND WARM LIQUIDS. DO NOT TRY TO WARM THE ARMS OR LEGS FIRST...IT DRIVES COLD BLOOD TO THE
HEART AND MAY LEAD TO HEART FAILURE.

THE RED CROSS ADVISES YOU TO BE PREPARED BY DRESSING APPROPRIATELY
THIS WINTER. OUR RADIO BROADCASTS AND WEB SITE ARE A GREAT SOURCE
FOR WEATHER INFORMATION.

ON TUESDAY...WE WILL DISCUSS TRAVEL SAFETY.

See you then! ;)