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WINTER IS APPROACHING AND YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE 
TO SHARE THIS WINTER INFORMATION WITH YOU.
WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE WHAT THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURES IT FEELS 
LIKE WHEN COMBINED WITH WIND.  FOR EXAMPLE, A TEMPERATURE OF 15 
DEGREES COMBINED WITH A 15 MPH WIND WILL MAKE IT SEEM MORE LIKE 
ZERO.  IF YOU DROP THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE TO ZERO AND KEEP THE WIND 
AT 15 MPH THE WIND CHILLS DROP TO MINUS 19 AND FROST BITE WILL OCCUR 
WITHIN A HALF HOUR.
THE NWS ISSUES WIND CHILL WARNINGS WHEN THE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES 
ARE FORECAST TO BE -25 DEGREES OR LOWER.  WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE 
ISSUED FOR WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -10 AND -24 DEGREES.   FROST BITE IS 
A CERTAINTY, SO BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN.
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT SNOW IS, BUT DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.  SLEET OR ICE PELLETS ARE FROZEN RAIN DROPS 
OR REFROZEN SNOWFLAKES WHICH BOUNCE WHEN HITTING A HARD SURFACE.  
THEY HAVE A TRANSPARENT APPEARANCE AND A DIAMETER OF ABOUT TWO 
TENTHS OF AN INCH.   SLEET DOES NOT STICK TO TREES OR POWER LINES.
ICE THAT FORM ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND CAN MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS IS THE RESULT OF FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE.   THE 
PRECIPITATION FALLS IN LIQUID FORM BUT FREEZES UPON IMPACT WHEN 
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING, RESULTING IN A COATING OF ICE ON 
ALL EXPOSED SURFACES. THE THICKNESS OF ICE GENERALLY RANGES FROM A 
THIN GLAZE TO A COATING ABOUT 1 INCH THICK.  THIS EXTRA WEIGHT CAN 
RESULT IN DOWNING OF TREES AND POWER LINES AND WIDESPREAD POWER LOSS.