Sentence:  Risk is everywhere....For each one there is a frighteningly precise <WSD>measurement</WSD> of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”...aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Magnitude (or extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.