LOT: A little extreme, don'tcha think?

[David Draun]

Ok, I just checked out my NWS local forecast for Dekalb, IL, and I have NEVER seen this level of wind chill with temperatures in the 50's! Maybe someone didn't do their homework?

Today: Cloudy, with a high near 52. Wind chill values as low as zero. Breezy, with a northwest wind between 15 and 20 mph.

Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a north northwest wind around 20 mph.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Wind chill values as low as zero. Breezy, with a north northwest wind between 15 and 20 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Wind chill values as low as zero. North wind between 10 and 15 mph.

Ok, so somebody at LOT wasn't calculating this,or looking at the chart, or something. It really isn't going to be super windy either. When I hear of near-zero wind chills, I think of temperatures of at least 25 or lower, with some pretty nasty winds. Geez, it is only mid-October, and we were near 90 the other day.

 

[cedwards]

That sounds like something of of Saturday Night Live back in the 90s. I remember a weather segment on there where they were talking about temperatures were a warm 98 degrees with a strong wind, creating a wind chill value of -20 degrees.

 

[Adam Lucio]

Maybe they fired the intern and made the mistake of letting them finish the week...dont be suprised if the tornado sirens go off later

Although I just checked the site and I didnt see the wind chills mentioned. Still though, gotta love a good NWS typo.

As far as comedic weather goes, I always liked the black weather guy on Family Guy:

"ITS RAININ SIDEWAYZ!!!"

 

[David Draun]

Yeah, I was walking to class shortly after I posted here, and yes I was cold. I wore my hooded sweatshirt. However, I did not at any time feel in danger of frostbite. Obviously a typo, but, hey it did fit. Some non weather-savvy people sensitive to temperature change may have believed it. It is after all almost 40 degrees colder than it was on Sunday.

 

[Tyler_Costantini]

Sounds to me like someone didn't proof read the computers automatic output.

I have noticed most of the things they issue are from templates.

 

[Joel Wright]

I wonder if they meant absolute zero.

 

[Alex Lamers]

I would be almost positive that's a product generation issue...with the graphic-to-text generator spitting out something odd.

 

[Chris Geelhart]

The gridded forecasts on the NWS end recently combined the separate grids "wind chill" and "heat index" into a single one called "apparent temperature". It's possible there was a problem with these new grids at the time, or that they did not get populated, or the web pages that display the text equivalent of the grids had a problem with this (the worded forecast issued by NWS typically would not come out saying something like "high near 52", but rather "high in the lower 50's").

 

[Terry Tyler]

yeah, if the temp was at 40 degrees...not 55...it would take well over 80MPH to bring the temps down to 0...