Bitter cold

February 3, 2007

Decorah is currently under a Wind Chill Advisory as issued by the National Weather Service:

A wind chill advisory means that very cold air and brisk winds will combine to generate bitter cold wind chills. This will result in frost bite and lead to hypothermia if precautions are not taken. If you must venture outdoors... Be sure to dress warmly and wear a hat and gloves.

The forecasted low for the next two nights is -14º and -15º, respectively. According to this wind chill/frostbite chart, that means that during the next two evenings frostbite could set in during a 10-minute walk across campus.

Brrrr.

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Tom February 6, 2007 at 1:58 am

My sense of humor got frostbite on an eleven minute walk across campus.

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Molly February 7, 2007 at 6:08 pm

deerfield = -22 windchill. don’t worry though, the actual temperature raised to a warm zero degrees by noon. i’m ready for summer (minus the part that i won’t be spending it interning with you….)

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