Weather Forecasts

     Different strokes for different folks so they say.  A blog reader sent this forecast to me and I couldn’t quit laughing.

..WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM  EST WEDNESDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY.  THE COLDEST AIRMASS SO FAR THIS WINTER SEASON WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT…IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON TODAY.  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S OVER MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA WITH LOW TO MID 40S IN COASTAL AREAS. WHEN COUPLED WITH NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE, THESE TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 25 AND 35 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE HOURS OVER MOST OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA, BEGINNING AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE COASTAL BROWARD, COASTAL MIAMI-DADE AND EXTREME SOUTH MIAMI-DADE WHERE, EVEN THOUGH WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER AROUND 35 DEGREES, IT COULD BE ONLY FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…  A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

 IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.