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JUST A LITTLE BIT. BEN. ALL RIGHT. ANNE. THANKS. SO MUCH. DURING THE BREAK, YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE’RE NOT READY FOR THE COLD AND FOR THE SNOW. WE DO KNOW, THOUGH, TEMPS ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO DROP. AND WHEN THEY DO, YOU WON’T BE HEARING THE TERM WIND CHILL WARNING ANYMORE. YES, THIS IS NEW. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS A NEW TERM FOR IT. ZANE SATRE JOINS US NOW AND ZANE, IT’S GOING TO BE CALLED AN EXTREME COLD WATCH OR WARNING. YEAH, IT’S GOING TO BE 80 DEGREES TOMORROW. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT EXTREME COLD INSTEAD HERE. YES, WE DO WANT TO EVENTUALLY GET YOU PREPARED FOR WINTER. SO OVER THE YEARS WE’VE BEEN USED TO SEEING WIND CHILL WATCHES, WARNINGS, ADVISORIES. WELL THAT’S GOING TO CHANGE HERE. THE WEATHER SERVICE FOR YEARS HAS BEEN TRYING TO KIND OF CONDENSE DOWN THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THEY ISSUE IN THE PAST, THERE HAS BEEN EXTREME COLD WATCHES AND WARNINGS, NOT NECESSARILY HERE IN IOWA, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE’RE USED TO HAVING COLD WITH AT LEAST SOME WIND TOO, BUT NOT ANYMORE. THIS IS GOING TO COVER ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF COLD SITUATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM HERE ON OUT. SO IN THE PAST WE’VE HAD WIND CHILL WATCHES AND WARNINGS OR WIND CHILL ADVISORIES. NOW WHAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE IS EITHER COLD WEATHER ADVISORIES OR EXTREME COLD WATCHES OR WARNINGS. NOW IS THE MEANING GOING TO CHANGE? NOT NECESSARILY. NOT FOR US, NOT HERE IN IOWA. IT’S GOING TO BE BASICALLY THE SAME SORT OF THRESHOLDS. SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO SEE WIND CHILLS OR JUST TEMPERATURES WHATEVER AT NEGATIVE 20 TO -29, THAT’S GOING TO NOW BE A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY. IF WE’RE GOING TO BE COLDER THAN NEGATIVE 30, THAT’S GOING TO BE AN EXTREME COLD WATCH OR WARNING, WHICH IS THE SAME CRITERIA WE HAD PREVIOUSLY FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT JUST WAS LABELED BY WIND CHILL. WE’RE NOT CHANGING ANY OF THAT. THE WEATHER SERVICE ISN’T CHANGING ANY OF THAT UNLESS YOU’RE UP IN FAR NORTHERN IOWA COUNTIES, NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. BASICALLY, THE THRESHOLD IS JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT COLDER, ABOUT FIVE DEGREES COLDER TO GET TO THOSE ADVISORIES OR WATCHES OR WARNINGS. SO IF YOU’RE A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, YOU RUN SOME SORT OF BUSINESS GROUP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THESE THINGS FOR CLOSURES OR SOMETHING DURING THE WINTER, THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE. AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEW SEASON. ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU, ZANE. AND IF YOU HAVE TO SAY IT ON AIR, LIKE WE DO, WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO REMEMBE