AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS COUNTIES: WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING… WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY.

CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-MADISON-UNION-TAYLOR & RINGGOLD COUNTIES:  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9-P.M. (12/17). WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 9-P.M. (12/17) UNTIL NOON SUNDAY (12.18).

HARRISON-SHELBY COUNTIES: WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY.

POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT AND PAGE COUNTIES: WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11-A.M. SUNDAY.

Wind Chill Advisory (light blue); Wind Chill Warning (slate gray blue); Winter Weather Advisory (purple).

* SHORT TERM TRENDS…OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE AND VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS DURING MORE INTENSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW.

* WINDS…WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITY…VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM MIDDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES…THE WIND CHILL WILL REACH THE TEENS BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON.

* IMPACTS….VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL ALL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS… ESPECIALLY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS PLUMMET INTO SUNDAY…FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR IN 10 TO 30 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS, ICE-COVERED SURFACES, AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES DUE THE STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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.