WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 215 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM EST THIS EVENING.
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS
NORTH OF THE AREA AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50
MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE VERY WET GROUND MAY BLOW
DOWN SOME TREES.
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