BUFFALO, N.Y. — This cold season there are some changes going in effect for weather alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS).
Under the NWS's Hazards Simplification ("Haz Simp") Project there will be some adjustments to some of the weather alerts covering wind chill.
Starting this month, (October 2024), according to the NWS, it is "simplifying its suite of cold weather products to improve messaging of these hazards and provide better decision-making services. The Wind Chill Watch/Warning/Advisory will be consolidated into the Extreme Cold Watch/Warning and Cold Weather Advisory. Hard Freeze Watch and Warning will be consolidated into the Freeze Watch/Warning."
Learn more at weather.gov/hazsimp
The NWS reportedly collected feedback during the course of this project, and found some users find some of the alerts to be confusing and therefore made these adjustments.
