WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 419 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
SUNDAY.
THIS WIND ADVISORY IS FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
TONIGHT TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 45
AND 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE
ALSO IS A LOW PROBABILITY THAT WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 55 MPH ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS
THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN
ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
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