NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshires will be in the Chill Zone on Saturday night as temperatures are expected to dip as low as 15 degrees below zero.

 

The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., has issued a wind chill advisory beginning at 10 p.m. Saturday through 10 a.m. Sunday. 

 

The areas affected include all of Berkshire County, parts of the eastern New York Catskills in western Greene and Ulster counties.

 

Temperatures Saturday will be in the teens; the breezy frigid conditions will be dangerously cold. 

 

Cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken, according to NWS, plushe the combination of cold temperatures and gusty winds will lead to dangerously cold wind chills into early Sunday morning. The coldest wind chills will occur in

the higher terrain areas.

 

Anyone going outside should dress accordingly and don't leave pets outside.