Extreme Cold Watch

ONTONAGON COUNTY - The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Cold Watch for Thursday night heading into Friday.

Here’s the report from meteorologists:

Weather Event Onset

10:00 PM (EST), January 22

Description

* WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 32 below possible.

* WHERE...Baraga, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, Menominee, Gogebic, Keweenaw, Northern Houghton, Ontonagon, and Southern Houghton Counties.

* WHEN...From Thursday evening through Saturday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 30 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes.