White Plains CitizeNetReporter - White Plains' Siberian Winter Continues.

WPCNR WEATHER SCOOP. From National Weather Service. January 23, 2003: The Jet Stream continues to feed us cold air from Siberia in the Russian Steppes, and swooping it down over Canada and right on White Plains. The meat locker temperatures will continue, significantly chilled by the prevailing West Northwest winds. The complete National Weather Service Forecastwith Frostbite Warnings sustained:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
401 AM EST THU JAN 23 2003
...FRIGID COLD TO CONTINUE TO GRIP TRI-STATE AREA...

VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH BRISK NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BELOW ZERO WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS OF THURSDAY.

DURING THURSDAY NIGHT THE MERCURY IS EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO IN NEW YORK CITY...WHILE THE SUBURBS WILL EXPERIENCE LOW TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...TO 5 TO 10 ABOVE ACROSS LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

THIS IS CONJUNCTION WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO TO 5 BELOW IN NEW YORK CITY AND 5 TO 10 BELOW IN THE SUBURBS.

Frostbite Inhibitors Recommended

WHEN VENTURING OUTSIDE...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN SEVERAL WARM DRY LAYERS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR HEAD...HANDS...AND FEET COVERED TO AVOID FROSTBITE. FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WHEN FLESH IS EXPOSED TO THESE WIND CHILL VALUES FOR A TIME.

THE FIRST SIGN OF FROSTBITE IS A NUMBNESS OF THE FLESH. THEN...WATCH FOR BRIGHT RED PATCHES THAT TURN WHITE OR GREY.


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