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WWCN19 CWVR 171208
YELLOW WARNING - COLD
FOR YUKON
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:08 A.M. MST WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER 2025.
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YELLOW LEVEL WARNING - COLD - FOR:
PELLY - CARMACKS
FARO - ROSS RIVER
BEAVER CREEK
MAYO
DAWSON.
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IMPACT LEVEL: MODERATE
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH
==DISCUSSION==
A MULTI-DAY EPISODE OF VERY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUES.
WHAT: WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM MINUS 50 TO MINUS 55.
WHEN: NOW THROUGH TO THE WEEKEND.
WHERE: DAWSON, MAYO, FARO-ROSS RIVER, PELLY - CARMACKS AND BEAVER
CREEK.
REMARKS: AN ARCTIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS BRINGING MAINLY CLEAR
SKIES AND VERY COLD CONDITIONS. LIGHT WINDS COMBINED WITH FRIGID
TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN EXTREME WINDCHILL.
FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY PERSIST
THROUGH TO THE WEEKEND.
EXTREME COLD PUTS EVERYONE AT RISK.
WATCH FOR COLD RELATED SYMPTOMS: SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST PAIN,
MUSCLE PAIN AND WEAKNESS, NUMBNESS AND COLOUR CHANGE IN FINGERS AND
TOES.
COVER UP. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP WITHIN MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN,
ESPECIALLY WITH WIND CHILL.
COLD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES OR WIND CHILL
CREATES AN ELEVATED RISK TO HEALTH SUCH AS FROST BITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
YTSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)YTSTORM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALERTING PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT:
HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/EN/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENT/WEATHER/SEVEREWEATHER/WEATHER-ALERTS/COLOUR-CODED-ALERTS.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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