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Detroit, Michigan – As Arctic air entrenches itself across Michigan through late January and into early February, the cold residents feel will be driven as much by wind as by temperature. Persistent gusts sweeping off the Great Lakes and across open terrain are rapidly accelerating heat loss, creating dangerous wind chill conditions statewide.
According to the National Weather Service, wind chill explains how quickly exposed skin loses heat when wind strips away the thin layer of warmth the body naturally produces. In Michigan, where cold air is rarely calm, that process becomes especially dangerous as steady winds keep skin temperatures dropping even when the thermometer appears to level off…