Jan 8, 2024 at 7:06 PM Update: 24 minutes ago
The KNMI warns of a low perceived temperature on Tuesday morning in the east of the country. Due to moderate frost and a cold wind, the perceived temperature there is around -15 degrees. That is why the KNMI has issued code yellow for Gelderland and Overijssel.
Due to the low perceived temperature, there is a risk of hypothermia and cold injuries, according to the weather service. “At a perceived temperature below -10 degrees, hypothermia can occur in vulnerable people after a few hours in the open air,” writes the KMNI.
At a perceived temperature of below -15 degrees, which according to the service occurs on average three days a year, “cold injuries can occur after an hour.”
The warning applies between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. At the end of the morning, the perceived temperature will rise again, according to the KNMI.
With a feeling temperature in the east of around -15 degrees, no record will be broken. For example, on February 7, 2012, there was a perceived temperature of -28.6 degrees in Lelystad.
The lowest temperature ever measured in the Netherlands is -27.4 degrees recorded in Winterswijk in the winter of 1942.
This means code yellow
The KNMI issues four different weather codes: green, yellow, orange and red. The weather institute describes code yellow as follows:
“There may be a risk of dangerous weather. These are weather situations that often occur in the Netherlands where it is advisable to pay attention, especially when you are on the road. Code yellow can be issued 48 hours before the weather phenomenon occurs. The certainty is at least 60 percent .”
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2024-01-08 19:09:35
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