Say Goodbye To “Wind Chill Warnings” and “Hard Freezes” In Texas This Winter

Say goodbye to the terms "Wind Chill Watch" and "Wind Chill Warning". Texans will no longer get these alerts from the National Weather Service beginning this Winter. Is it because it is no longer going to get cold enough in Texas to have those alerts?

No, it is still going to get cold. So what exactly is going on here and why is the wind chill on the way out?

To be fair, the term "wind chill" will still be around, but the advisories around it are changing. According to Big Country Homepage, the National Weather Service is retiring the phrases we have commonly heard in the past such as "Wind Chill Advisory", "Wind Chill Watch", and "Wind Chill Warning", and they are going to be replaced with phrases that are easier to understand.

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Here are the phrases that are out, and what will replace them according to the National Weather Service.

• Wind Chill Watches will be renamed to Extreme Cold Watch
• Wind Chill Warnings will be renamed to Extreme Cold Warning
• Wind Chill Advisory will be renamed a Cold Weather Advisory
• Hard Freeze Watches will be renamed to Freeze Watch
• Hard Freeze Warnings will be consolidated into a Freeze Warning

According to the National Weather Service, the changes are to make sure people know that the cold can be dangerous whether there is wind or not. As the National Weather Service points out on their site, cold weather can be extremely dangerous. By simplifying the language and the warnings, the National Weather Service hopes that more lives can be saved.