By Brendan Wagner

Wind chill warning from Battlefords area south to Cypress Hills

Feb 25, 2011 | 5:57 AM

It doesn't take much to get dangerous wind chill values when it's this cold.

Environment Canada has issued wind chill warnings for the western edge of Saskatchewan. Cold temperatures and winds hovering around 15 km/h will produce local wind chill values of -40 tonight.

The warning, issued 10:30 p.m. Thursday covers these regions:

Kindersley-Rosetown-Biggar-Wilkie-Macklin
Battlefords-Unity-Maidstone-St. Walburg
Swift Current-Herbert-Cabri-Kyle-Lucky Lake
Leader-Gull Lake
Shaunavon-Maple Creek-Val Marie-Cypress Hills

The extreme wind chills are expected to last until morning before temperatures moderate. At this level, frostbite on exposed skin can occur in less than 10 minutes.

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