The National Weather Service has updated its advisory system to better reflect dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills. This new ‘Cold Weather Advisory’ replaces the previous ‘Wind Chill Advisory.

Another new change is the Wind Chill Advisory will be renamed to "Cold Weather Advisory" as shown below with the explanation. The hard freeze watches and warnings will be renamed and consolidated to "Freeze Watch" and "Freeze Warning" as shown below with the explanation.

A winter weather advisory has been issued for parts of Connecticut with freezing rain expected Friday morning, NWS says.