January 28, 20197 yr I'm issuing my first Brass Monkey Watch of this winter season for all day Wednesday. Temps will be in the single digits Wednesday morning for those around the Ohio River. The rest of the state will see temps from the low teens to 20. These will be the high temperatures for Wednesday. As the Arctic air mass moves across Kentucky temps will fall into the single digits across the entire state by 11 pm EST. Parts of the Cincinnati/NKY area could even be around 0 or a couple of degrees below. The wind chill index will be from the single digits in southern Kentucky to the mid to upper teens north of I-64. I will also post an update about this pending weather condition in the morning.
January 28, 20197 yr I looked up the etymology of the term. Interesting........it is said that cold weather could "freeze the balls off a brass monkey"........the "monkey" being a stand on which cannon balls on a ship were stored. When the weather got cold the brass stand would contract and the balls would fall .......or so the story goes.
January 28, 20197 yr Author Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Fayette OH-Butler-Warren-Clinton- Hamilton- Including the cities of Brookville, Batesville, Milan, Versailles, Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Washington Court House, Hamilton, Middletown, Fairfield, Oxford, Mason, Lebanon, Springboro, Wilmington, Blanchester, and Cincinnati 215 AM EST Mon Jan 28 2019 ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills possible. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero possible. * WHERE...Portions of Southeast Indiana and Central and Southwest Ohio. * WHEN...From Tuesday evening through Wednesday evening. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Watch means there is the potential for a combination of very cold air and the wind to create dangerously low wind chill values. Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this situation.
January 30, 20197 yr Louisville temps dropped from 10° to 6° in the last hour. Wind chill here currently has it feeling like -11°. Edited January 30, 20197 yr by Colonels_Wear_Blue
January 30, 20197 yr It honestly didn't feel as bad outside this morning as I was expecting. Just came in from taking the dog out. When the wind isn’t blowing, it’s not bad. When it is, it’s brutal. Wind chill is -18 here.
January 31, 20197 yr I just want to know one thing @nWo. If it is this cold and you label it a "Brass Monkey Watch", how bad does it have to get to become a "Brass Monkey Warning"?
January 31, 20197 yr Author I just want to know one thing @nWo. If it is this cold and you label it a "Brass Monkey Watch", how bad does it have to get to become a "Brass Monkey Warning"? I've been swamped at work and home and haven't been on much. My plan was to change it to a warning the morning of the 28th.
February 1, 20197 yr I've been swamped at work and home and haven't been on much. My plan was to change it to a warning the morning of the 28th. In my mind, it was "a barrel full of brass monkeys" cold!:lol2:
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