Wisconsin is Cold!

This is the advisory today from the Weather Channel:

... WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY.

AN ARCTIC HIGH WILL PUSH INTO THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT... SENDING VERY COLD AIR SOUTH INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THIS COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. AIR TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ARE THE COLDEST OBSERVED OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IN 13 YEARS.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOW 20S BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AROUND 18 BELOW OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AND AROUND 13 BELOW NEAR THE LAKE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 35 TO 45 BELOW.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL STRUGGLE TO EVEN REACH 5 BELOW... DESPITE SUNSHINE. CONTINUED GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND 30 BELOW THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SINK SOUTH INTO MISSOURI FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE 20S BELOW MOST PLACES... EXCEPT TEENS BELOW NEAR THE LAKE. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WISCONSIN RIVER VALLEY MAY REACH 30 BELOW. WIND CHILLS WILL AGAIN RANGE FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW.

AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY RISE ABOVE ZERO LATE FRIDAY MORNING AS WARMER AIR SURGES NORTH... ENDING THE DANGEROUS COLD WAVE.

A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR 3 HOURS OR LONGER.

THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE... AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH... IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS... WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. IF CLOTHES BECOME WET... THEY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BE CHANGED FOR DRY ONES.