Dangerous Wind Chill Values in Greater Gardner Now Through the Weekend.
The National Weather Service is warning residents of Greater Gardner MA of dangerously low wind chill values through the weekend. Tonight, January 29th, wind chill values will be as low as 22 degrees below zero. Friday wind chill values will be as low as 23 degrees below zero. Saturday, still minus 20. with Sunday air temperatures currently forecast at 20 above. Be careful as the chance of frostbite is great.
There is a chance of snow on Sunday. Weather forecasters have shown widely different storm tracks and only Mother Nature knows what the eventual weather will be. In the next week, it looks now that temperatures will remain no higher than the 20s.
Wind Chill is dangerous!: Wind chill is dangerous because the wind strips away the thin layer of warm air on your skin, causing your body to lose heat much faster, dramatically increasing the risk of frostbite (freezing of skin/tissue) and hypothermia (dangerously low body temperature) in exposed areas like fingers, toes, nose, and ears, even when the actual temperature seems tolerable. Strong winds accelerate heat loss, making severe conditions develop rapidly, sometimes in under 30 minutes.