WIND CHILL WARNING: Yorkton-Melville-EsterhazyIssued at 12:27 PM CST SUNDAY 4 JANUARY 2009
EXTREME WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 45 THIS AFTERNOON.
AN ARCTIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE HAS BROUGHT BITTERLY COLD AIR INTO SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN WITH AIR TEMPERATURES OF MINUS 30 TO MINUS 35 BEING REPORTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS AROUND 15 KM/H ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS NEAR MINUS 45. AT THESE VALUES FROSTBITE IS POSSIBLE IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES. CONDITIONS SHOULD EASE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND TEMPERATURES MODERATE SOMEWHAT.