A wind chill advisory is in effect from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday across Western Kentucky.
“The cold wind chills tonight could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken,” the National Weather Service said in its advisory.
The overnight low will be around 6 degrees, but the wind chill will be as low as minus 10, according to the forecast. The overnight low Saturday will be around 2 degrees, but warmer weather is coming Monday with a high around 43 degrees.
The Salvation Army’s Extreme Weather Shelter, 313 E. Seventh St., will open at 7 p.m. Friday for anyone needing a warm place through the night.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
