Cold is cold, and new terminology from the National Weather Service will make that easier for you to understand.

The National Weather Service is eliminating the old warning system that used wind chill as the deciding factor to adopt a more simplified approach to preparing people for cold weather. Meteorologist Mike Karow from Weatherology says the terms cold weather advisory, extreme cold watch, and extreme cold warning should make it easier to let everybody know when they will have to bundle up this winter.

While the terminology is in place, how much it will be used this winter is anyone's guess. Wisconsin is coming off its warmest winter on record, but the Farmer's Almanac is predicting the season's coldest outbreak of frigid Arctic air to take place during the last week of January and the beginning of February.