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A wind gap (or air gap) [1] is a gap through which a waterway once flowed that is now dry as a result of stream capture. [2] A water gap is a similar feature, but one in which a waterway still flows. Water gaps and wind gaps often provide routes which, due to their gently inclined profile, are suitable for trails, roads, and railroads through ...
Wind chill will also cause temperatures to feel like minus 55 degrees in some parts of the Rockies, the northern Plains and the Upper Midwest, and possible cold records could be set in Missouri ...
In the United States an extreme cold warning was an experimental weather warning issued by the National Weather Service in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. [5] The warning was issued if the temperature fell to −35 °F (−37 °C) or colder with a wind of less than 5 mph (8 km/h; 2 m/s). [6]
An intense blast of cold air has taken up shop in the central United States this week with temperatures up to 50 degrees below average and over 200 daily cold records at risk of being broken.
Find the value closest to the temperature at the top of the chart and the wind speed to the left. ... If the temperature is minus 13 degrees and the wind speed is 15 mph, the wind chill will be ...
A cold weather advisory (formerly known as a wind chill advisory until October 2024) [1] is a hazardous weather statement issued by Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) of the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States to alert the public that temperatures or wind chills are forecast to reach values low enough that it poses a threat to human health and life if adequate protection is not ...
On weather maps, the surface position of the cold front is marked by a blue line with triangles pointing in the direction where cold air travels and it is placed at the leading edge of the cooler air mass. [2] Cold fronts often bring rain, and sometimes heavy thunderstorms as well. Cold fronts can produce sharper and more intense changes in ...
During extreme cold events, you may hear a loud boom and feel like you have experienced an earthquake. However, this event was more likely a cryoseism, also known as an ice quake or a frost quake ...