Caution: Wind Chill Advisories & Warnings Issued For Tonight

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.A REINFORCING SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TODAY. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW ZERO TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TOWARD MORNING WHILE TEMPERATURES STILL FALL. THE EXTREME WIND CHILL READINGS WILL
COME TO AN END BY MID MORNING THURSDAY...BUT THE COLD WILL
CONTINUE.

INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-

INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-
KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-
INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...NORTH WINDHAM...
GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...
WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO...
OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...
WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...
WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...
LINCOLNVILLE...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...
ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...BITTER COLD WIND CHILL VALUES.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 33 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 14 BELOW
  TO 17 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROST BITE
  VERY QUICKLY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* AIR TEMPERATURES...14 BELOW TO 16 ABOVE ZERO.

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

.ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT PRODUCING VERY
COLD TEMPERATURES. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.

CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...
EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...
MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...
BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...
DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 11 AM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...EAST CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...WIND CHILL.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW.

* TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FROST BITE ON EXPOSED SKIN. HYPOTHERMIA.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...14 BELOW TO 11 ABOVE ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-
SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...
WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...
LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...
PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...
CHARLESTOWN

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 50 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 25 BELOW
  TO 9 ABOVE ZERO...AND WINDS NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROST BITE
  VERY QUICKLY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* AIR TEMPERATURES...29 BELOW TO 8 ABOVE ZERO.

NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK...
CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...
EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...
SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 11 AM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MAINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...WIND CHILL.

* TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FROST BITE ON EXPOSED SKIN. HYPOTHERMIA.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...1 BELOW TO 23 BELOW ZERO.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 43 BELOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.