Windchill Statements issued for the Northern half of Maine

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
844 PM EST SUN JAN 8 2017

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MAINE TONIGHT...

.COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND
RESULT IN WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO -20 TO -30 DEGREES INTO THE
MORNING HOURS.

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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK...
CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...
EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...
SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD
844 PM EST SUN JAN 8 2017

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO BETWEEN 30 TO 34 BELOW
  ZERO BY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 34 BELOW ZERO DUE TO TEMPERATURES RANGING
  FROM 10 BELOW TO 17 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ...AND NORTHWEST WINDS 10
  MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 30 TO 34 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MAY QUICKLY PRODUCE FROSTBITE
  ON EXPOSED SKIN.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...10 BELOW TO 17 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
313 PM EST SUN JAN 8 2017

...WIND CHILL WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...

.VERY COLD ARCTIC TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS REACHING AS LOW AS -35
DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN SOME EXPOSED AREAS.

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NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-
SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...ANDOVER...
BYRON...MIDDLE DAM...ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...COBURN GORE...DAVIS...
OQUOSSOC...RANGELEY...AVON...KINGFIELD...PHILLIPS...
NEW PORTLAND...BRASSUA...LONG POND...MOOSEHEAD...PITTSTON FARM...
SEBOOMOOK...BINGHAM...JACKMAN...ERROL...MILLSFIELD...COLEBROOK...
BERLIN...DUMMER...MILAN...YORK POND...LANCASTER...BETHLEHEM...
LINCOLN...LITTLETON...SUGAR HILL...THORNTON...WATERVILLE VALLEY...
WOODSTOCK
313 PM EST SUN JAN 8 2017

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
MONDAY.

* HAZARD TYPES...WIND CHILLS OF AT LEAST -30F.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 12
  BELOW TO ZERO...AND WINDS NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...EXPOSURE COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE OR EVEN
  HYPOTHERMIA.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...12 BELOW TO ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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