Missing Winter? It's Back with a Vengeance Monday Night/Tuesday

The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory, saying the combo of subzero temps and blowing wind can cause frostbite in 30 minutes.

It may have been cold Sunday night, but it's going to be seriously freezing tonight and will continue to be so through Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service based in Romeoville. A wind chill advisory and hazardous weather alert has been issued, with a low temperature tonight of 2 below zero that's going to feel much more like 18 below when the wind blows, the advisory for the Joliet/Romeoville area issued at 8:40 p.m. said. In the simplest terms, any longtime skin exposure's going to lead to hypothermia, the forecast said. "With wind chill values this low, frostbite to exposed skin can occurr in 30 minutes," the advisory said. The warning stays in effect until 10 a.m. Tuesday, but don't expect any big increase in the …

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