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WEATHER BULLETIN FOR 5 CDSB GAGETOWN AND RANGE PREPARED BY THE JOINT
METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE AT 10:26 AM AST MONDAY 20 JANUARY 2025.
LOCATION: 5 CDSB GAGETOWN AND RANGE (CYCX)
TYPE: WINTER STORM WARNING ENDED
TYPE: WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT
DESCRIPTION: SURFACE WIND (MEAN OR GUST) GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 25
KNOTS
VALID: UNTIL 21/0500Z (UNTIL 21/0100 AST)
TYPE: WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT
DESCRIPTION: WIND CHILL INDEX OF MINUS 25 OR COLDER
VALID: 21/0400Z TO 21/1400Z (21/0000 AST TO 21/1000 AST)
COMMENTS: SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. SNOW HAS NOW
TAPERED INTO FLURRIES AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED OFF TO
THE NORTHEAST.
STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS NEAR 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING LOW. THESE WINDS HAVE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW, ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS
THE SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER NORTH.
IN ADDITION, STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
GIVE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR MINUS 30 BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT AND
ENDING TUESDAY MORNING.
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WIND CHILL INDEX
-25 TO -39: INCREASING RISK OF FROSTBITE.
EXPOSED SKIN AREAS CAN FREEZE IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES.
-40 TO -47: HIGH RISK OF FROSTBITE.
EXPOSED SKIN AREAS CAN FREEZE IN 5 TO 10 MINUTES.
-48 TO -54: VERY HIGH RISK OF FROSTBITE.
EXPOSED SKIN AREAS CAN FREEZE IN 2 TO 5 MINUTES.
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