Why you'll no longer see 'Wind Chill Warnings' this winter
By: Jeriann Ritter and Alix Martichoux (NewsNation)
Adding complexity simplifies understanding. A great example of how bureaucrats justify their existence.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (WHO) — Starting this year, the weather alerts used to express the danger of cold air will change.
The terms “Wind Chill Watch” and “Wind Chill Warning” will not be used anymore, the National Weather Service said. Starting with the 2024-2025 winter season, the agency will be replaced with different ways to describe dangerous cold conditions.
Cold weather spells that pose serious risks can now trigger three possible advisories: a Cold Weather Advisory, an Extreme Cold Watch, or an Extreme Cold Warning. The new language will allow the NWS to communicate that cold is dangerous with or without wind.
The types of weather that would trigger these warnings depends on the location and timeframe. In northern Iowa, an Extreme Cold Watch will be issued when it feels like -35 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. It would turn into an Extreme Cold Watch Warning if the threat is imminent, within the next 12 to 36 hours.
Further south, where it’s a bit warmer, the threshold is lower. The rest of the state will need to show signs of it feeling like -30 degrees or colder to go under an Extreme Cold Watch/Warning.
Extreme cold is dangerous, the National Weather Service says, because it can quickly cause frostbite and hypothermia. Hypothermia occurs when your body temperature drops below 95 degrees and requires immediate attention.
It doesn’t even need to be below freezing for hypothermia to set in. It can happen when it’s 60 degrees outside if you’re not dressed properly.
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It's rather disheartening to realize that society has progressed to the point where people need to be told what will kill them. Why isn't there an app for that?
Yes but I am most comforted by the fact that they are now naming winter storms like they do hurricanes.
Man, we are too cool for school in the north now.
Yep, in the view of many on the left, any weather condition that is a tad away from average or normal is now considered to be extreme.
And on the right extremes are presented as the new average.