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Wanna get back to Hilda now talking more about temperatures when we have bitter blast. We know they're not looking too good, Hilda. No, that's right. And then we add also on to the factor of those active winds kind of influences that wind chill and over like feels currently not too bad as we're waking up, kind of getting into the teens in places like white plains, Newburg and up also into Kingston. But we could notice that as we progress throughout the afternoon hours, that's also when we'll notice a shift in wind out of the northwest and adding on to that cooling factor that will also descend even further. Our feels like for tomorrow morning in the meantime, as we're heading out the door and getting ready for the school bus of 32 degrees, but it definitely feels like the twenties. We have to dress for this specific um range of temperatures this morning. We'll notice though that the icons, although they're windy, we'll notice a mixture of sun and clouds today and it will still continue to feel chilly and of course, that chilled wind will also be here for this afternoon. Now notice what's a good component when we're talking about winter weather as well as how cold it is. Those little white spots that you could, you guessed it. We're talking about snow. Well, not too much of as far as accumulations go, but some lake effect snow across the Great Lakes is kind of he heading our way with that westerly wind and that means that those snow bands could eventually mean some of festive flurries and snow flakes for us. Now, the cold will stay persistent for today as well as tomorrow. And we could notice with brisk conditions today, winds gusts upwards to 25 mile per hour range and it will feel relatively frigid. I would like to describe for tomorrow. Now, we are also monitoring the po potential for some rain by Friday and possibly impacting weekend plans over the next 12 hours. We'll notice some sunshine, then it becomes a little bit more limited with more clouds. The winds will become a bit more gusty also into the afternoon time frame and we will stay pretty consistent into those twenties. So we definitely need to be mindful of how bundled up we are today as well as tomorrow. We are highlighting the potential for another day of concern for your Wednesday with these cold temperatures overnight, lows into the twenties and teens and we feel a little bit better when it comes to the temperatures for both Thursday and Friday heading into the weekend with a potential for some rain showers. Also in their forecast. We have more details and our exclusive 10 day in minutes.

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LIVE ZOOM: Central Hudson Utilities

Back to our storm watch coverage as we continue to keep a close eye on conditions. We know we're not alone. Utility companies also eyeing the forecast and working hard to make sure you are in the light all during the storm. Don't want anyone out there in the dark and it looks like at this moment not too many people are, let's check in now with joe Jenkins from central Hudson gas and electric, we thank you for the time and you're saying so far so good. That's right. And thanks for having me so far this morning. We only have about two minor outages on our system within the central Hudson service area, but we still do have a full contingent of internal crews contractors that are on site. We're monitoring those conditions. We know that there could be a little more weather coming. So we'll be keeping an eye on this throughout the day. Is the makeup of this snow. Any concern to joe, you know, it's not the light, fluffy stuff. This is kind of that heavier consistency out there. We know that can sometimes put a little bit of strain on the lines. What do you do in that situation? Yeah, and that's really what we are keeping an eye on right now is because of the weight of that snow. The accumulations aren't terribly significant in terms of power outage, but the weight of that snow does still have the potential to maybe bring down tree limbs that could fall on lines and cause outages. So that's really what we're going to keep an eye on today and of course, we haven't had too much of this this winter. Hopefully it's been an opportunity for your crews to regroup a little bit because we know that some winters are very active. Can you just remind customers out there if they lose power? Best way to go about getting in contact with you guys? Yeah, and thank you for asking. The best way really is to either buy on our website Central Hudson dot com. You can report your outage on our outage map. You can also use our app on your smartphone as well. If you if you are without power or you can call us the old fashioned way on our phone line which is 84545 to 2700. Alright, Easy ways to get in touch. We hope those numbers stay where they are and those people, the few that are out right now, get back online very soon. Big thanks to all that your crews do and wishing you a safe, easy storm out there and hopefully the first and the last. Thanks joe. Thank you

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