WARNING: Wind Chills Could Hit -40 This Weekend
Wind Chills could reach dangerous levels this weekend. Here is the latest from the National Weather Service in Binghamton:
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * TIMING...SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY, WITH THE LOWEST VALUES FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. THE EXTREME COLD MAY ALSO LEAD TO POTENTIAL FROZEN PIPES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY AND AS LOW AS 25 TO 40 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...STARTING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS SATURDAY MORNING, FALLING BELOW ZERO BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE BETWEEN 10 AND 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.