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Bitter cold wind chills coming this weekend

Feb 12, 2016 12:04 am
The National Weather Service warns of bitter cold temperatures and extreme wind chills this weekend. The Albany NWS office has issued a "Special Weather Statement" and a "Wind Chill Warning" is in effect from 1 p.m. Sat., Feb. 13 through 1 p.m., Sun., Feb. 14, for the entire WGXC listening area, for a, "potentially life-threatening situation with extreme cold." Temperatures will fall into the single digits Jan. 12-Jan. 14, with wind chills between 20 and 45 degrees below zero, especially at higher terrains. "These values will result in frostbite to occur in 10 minutes or less on exposed skin," according to the National Weather Service.