WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 706 PM MST MON DEC 07 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...DEVELOPING
BY 9 PM AND CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST 3 AM TONIGHT.
* WINDS...EXPECT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...INCLUDING
INTERSTATES EIGHT AND TEN...WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING
CONDITIONS DUE TO THE WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND 58 MPH. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT
IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN
BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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