Anchor Hair
To parapharse Hanibal Smith from the A Team, " I love it when a forecast comes together." No snow or even mixed precipitation, just clouds and very cold east winds from the gorge. What moisture we have is staying in the sky as clouds.
Speaking of the winds no amount of goo or spray will keep your hair in place today. Trust me I know some folks around here who know all the secrets of keeping hair looking like well, TV anchorman's hair in all sorts of weather. The winds will continue, gusts have reached near 40mph in the Troutdale, Gresham & Corbett area. Combined with very cold air it's producing some bone chilling windchill temperatures.
Windchill is what the air feels like as it moves across exposed flesh. Windchill temperatures today have been in the 20's. Temperatures that low can cause hypothermia to begin to set in on a person in little more than half an hour.
Before you send the kids out to the bus stop or you go out for some christmas shopping, bundle up! I've included a chart that should help you compute the windchill temperature.
Warm Regards,
Dave Salesky
dsalesky@kgw.com
