The weather forecast of a wind chill warning through noon Thursday is not a wind chill advisory that is expected to last through at least noon Friday.
The wind chill is now expected to keep the “real feel” temperature below zero most of Thursday, dropping back to below zero around 4 p.m. Thursday and stay keep dropping through the night.
Floyd County Schools, which were expected to open Thursday, are cancelled.
The official warning from the Blacksburg office of NWS:
… WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY… … WIND CHILL WATCH IS CANCELLED… * WHAT… VERY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED. THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH, WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * WHERE… PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA, NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. * WHEN… UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS… THE STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN WEAK OR DEAD TREES WHICH COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
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… BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS AND STRONG WINDS THROUGH FRIDAY… .EXPECT BLUSTERY TO STRONG WINDS TO PUSH ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. BITTER AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA, WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. STRONG WINDS WILL GUST AT TIMES BETWEEN 30 TO 50 MPH, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
Consider this a cold shoulder from Mama Nature, who is turning into a frigid you know what.