Wind Chills As Low As 35 Below Zero Possible in RI Starting Thursday Night
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
The National Weather Service is predicting wind chills as low as 35 degrees below zero in Rhode Island.
The wind chill watch -- issued on Wednesday afternoon -- also warns frostbite will be possible after 30 minutes during the adverse weather event.
Wind Chill Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
318 PM EST Wed Feb 1 2023
CTZ002>004-MAZ003-005>007-010>022-RIZ001>007-020930-/O.CON.KBOX.WC.A.0001.230203T0900Z-230204T1800Z/
Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Eastern Franklin MA- Central Middlesex MA-Western Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA-Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA-Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable MA-Northwest Providence RI-Southeast Providence RI-
Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-Washington RI-Newport RI-
Including the cities of Hartford, Windsor Locks, Union, Vernon,Putnam, Willimantic, Greenfield, Orange, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Gloucester, Amherst, Northampton, Springfield, Milford, Worcester, Foxborough, Norwood, Cambridge, Boston, Quincy, Taunton, Brockton, Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Chatham, Falmouth, Provincetown, Foster, Smithfield, Providence, Coventry, West Greenwich, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Bristol, Narragansett, Westerly, and Newport
318 PM EST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills possible. Wind chills as low as 35 below zero.
* WHERE...Portions of northern Connecticut, central, eastern, northeastern, southeastern and western Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island.
* WHEN...From late Thursday night through Saturday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
