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  2. What Is Wind Chill And What Makes It So Dangerous? - AOL

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    The simple interpretation of the wind chill is how cold the air feels when the wind is factored in. This is the winter counterpart to the "heat index" when it comes to "feels-like" temperatures.

  3. Warnings of 'fast-moving fire' after Los Angeles gets brief ...

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    Red Flag Warnings with the rare "particularly dangerous situation" designation issued for those counties will now be in effect from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. local time on Wednesday.

  4. Holiday forecast: Dreaming of a white Christmas is better ...

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    The "Alberta Clipper" sweeping across the Great Lakes and into the Northeast will provide snow, blustery wind, AccuWeather said. Holiday forecast: Dreaming of a white Christmas is better than ...

  5. Cold weather advisory - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Severe weather terminology (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Wind advisory NPW – Strong sustained winds of 31 to 39 miles per hour (50 to 63 km/h) for one hour or longer and/or wind gusts of 46 to 57 miles per hour (74 to 92 km/h) for any duration are expected within the next 12 to 24 hours. Wind speeds may pose a hazard to pedestrian and vehicular travel, topple and/or create flying debris from ...

  7. Wind gust - Wikipedia

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    Wind gust speeds during Storm Abigail in November 2015 Sound of wind blowing in a pine forest at around 25 m/sec, with gust alterations. A wind gust or just gust is a brief, sudden increase in the wind speed. It usually lasts for less than 20 seconds, briefer than a squall, which lasts minutes. A gust is followed by a lull (or slackening) in ...

  8. What makes the Santa Ana winds so destructive? - AOL

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    The Santa Ana winds become particularly dangerous when combined with other climate conditions such as drought, which increases the risk of wildfires like the ones currently raging in the Los ...

  9. Particularly dangerous situation - Wikipedia

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    a wind chill warning remains in effect until noon cst tuesday. * this is a particularly dangerous situation! * wind chill values: 35 to 65 below...with the coldest readings tonight and monday morning. * impacts: exposed flesh will freeze in 10 minutes with wind chills of 35 below...and in 5 minutes with wind chills of 50 below or colder.