January 5th, 2018 by WCBC Radio
Wind chills made it feel as cold as 10 degrees below zero around Baltimore early Friday morning, and the extreme cold is forecast to continue through Saturday.
Air temperatures fell to 10 degrees for several hours early Friday, but with steady 10-15 mph winds and 20-30 mph gusts, it felt as much as 20 degrees colder, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures were slow to climb during the day, reaching 16 degrees at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport by noon. With 25 mph winds and 36 mph gusts, it still felt like 3 degrees below zero.
A wind chill advisory is in effect across all of Maryland — except for Garrett County and western Allegany County, where a wind chill warning cautions that it could feel as cold as 35 degrees below zero there.
At the Garrett County Airport, temperatures were at 6 degrees below zero with a wind chill of 28 degrees below zero at 10 a.m
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