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WEATHER UPDATE: Wind Chill Advisory for Wayland

It's only going to get colder over the next several hours.

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Better buy another coat to add to the other six you’re already wearing. The Weather Channel is predicting wind chills well below zero on Monday night and Tuesday morning.

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A statewide Wind Chill Advisory, by the National Weather Service, is in place as of 2:27 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23. The Weather Channel issued a similar warning with a start time of 6 p.m. lasting until 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

Before delving into the hour-by-hour forecast from The Weather Channel here are some snow numbers to further memorialize this historic Boston winter:

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  • According to the research firm IHS, Massachusetts’ economic loss clocks in $265 million every time state roads are shut because of weather.
  • Boston has spent $30 million on cleaning snowy roads since January 25.
  • TIME magazine reported that 237,863 miles have been plowed by Boston snow-removal crews, as of February 11.
  • 430 tons of snow melted every hour at Boston’s two municipal snow farms. The city dumps excess snow there.

And here is the hour-by-hour forecast from The Weather Channel:

Monday

3 p.m. -- Partly cloudy, 19 degrees, feels like 5 degree

4 p.m. -- Partly cloudy, 18 degrees, feels like 4 degrees

5 p.m. -- Partly cloudy, 13 degrees, feels like -2 degrees

6 p.m. -- Partly cloudy, 10 degrees, feels like -5 degrees

7 p.m. -- Clear, 8 degrees, feels like -6 degrees

8 p.m. -- Clear, 7 degrees, feels like -8 degrees

9 p.m. -- Clear, 6 degrees, feels like -10 degrees

10 p.m. -- Clear, 4 degrees, feels like -13 degrees

11 p.m. -- Clear -- 1 degree, feels like -14 degrees

Tuesday

Midnight -- Clear, 0 degrees, feels like -15 degrees

1 a.m. -- Clear, -1 degrees, feels like -16 degrees

2 a.m. -- Clear, -1 degrees, feels like -16 degrees

3 a.m. -- Clear, -2 degrees, feels like -17 degrees

4 a.m. -- Clear, -3 degrees, feels like -17 degrees

5 a.m. -- Clear, -3 degrees, feels like -17 degrees

6 a.m. -- Clear, -4 degrees, feels like -16 degrees

7 a.m. -- Sunny, -3 degrees, feels like -15 degrees

8 a.m. -- Sunny, 0 degrees, feels like -11 degrees

9 a.m. -- Sunny, 3 degrees, feels like -9 degrees

10 a.m. -- Sunny, 7 degrees, feels like -4 degrees

11 a.m. -- Mostly sunny, 10 degrees, feels like 0 degrees

Noon -- Partly cloudy, 12 degrees, feels like 2 degrees


The National Weather Service said snow showers will roll into the area on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, but they should only bring a light accumulation. Highs on Wednesday may reach the 30s, but the rest of the week is expected to see highs only in the 20s.

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