An Extreme Cold Warning is issued when extremely dangerous cold conditions or wind chill values are expected or occurring. If you are in an area with an Extreme Cold Warning, avoid going outside.

These changes seek to clarify that cold can be dangerous with or without wind, addressing a common misconception that extreme cold is only tied to colder temperatures when there is wind.

Extremely cold air comes every winter into at least part of the country and affects millions of people across the United States. The arctic air can be dangerous.

Exposure to cold can cause frostbite or hypothermia and become life-threatening. Infants and elderly people are most susceptible. What constitutes extreme cold varies in different parts of the country. In …

If your temperature is 95°F or less, you feel cold and sluggish, or you are having trouble thinking clearly, see a doctor immediately or go to the nearest emergency room.

Watches: 50% confidence of meeting Warning criteria (generally within 36-48+ hours). Advisories and Warnings: 80% confidence in the event occurrence (generally within 24-36 hours).

Extreme Cold Warning: Issued when it is likely that temperatures will drop to -35 or -40 without any wind, or if there is wind, wind chill values will drop to -35 or -40. If a warning is issued for your area, you …

• The new NWS Cold Product Suite will allow NWS to communicate that cold is dangerous with or without wind. Wind chill will not go away although emphasis will be placed on “cold is cold” for public …

An Extreme Cold Warning would be issue when Temperatures OR Wind Chills are expected to fall below 15 degrees F. A Freeze Warning will be issued every time the temperature is 32 or below.

9 AM EST Monday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 25 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS …