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Wind chill index values for a range of temperatures and wind speeds, from the standard wind chill formula for Environment Canada. Wind chill (popularly wind chill factor) is the sensation of cold produced by the wind for a given ambient air temperature on exposed skin as the air motion accelerates the rate of heat transfer from the body to the surrounding atmosphere.
FOX6 News invites you to click and print off a copy of the National Weather Service wind chill chart.
If the temperature is 0 degrees and the wind is blowing at 15 mph, the wind chill is 19 degrees below zero. Low wind chill numbers are a sign you need to dress for colder conditions. For example ...
A wind chill warning was a hazardous weather statement previously issued by both local forecast offices of the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States and by the Meteorological Service of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) when wind chills were forecast to reach values low enough for residents and travelers to be susceptible to life-threatening medical conditions (such as ...
You can also approximate the wind chill with a little mental math: If the temperature is minus 13 degrees and the wind speed is 15 mph, the wind chill will be somewhere between minus 32 and minus 39.
A cold weather advisory (formerly known as a wind chill advisory until October 2024) [1] is a hazardous weather statement issued by Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) of the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States to alert the public that temperatures or wind chills are forecast to reach values low enough that it poses a threat to human health and life if adequate protection is not ...
The combination of high speed winds and freezing temperatures can be deadly. What to know about staying warm as cold fronts move through Tennessee. What is wind chill?
For instance, it may be a tolerable 0 degrees outside, but if the wind is blowing at 15 mph, the wind chill makes it feel more like-19 degrees (see the NWS wind chill chart below). The National ...