WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 606 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW
ENGLAND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.
NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN WAKE OF AN ARCTIC
COLD FRONT PASSAGE. AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES TO
STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE MOST PERSISTENT FROM
THE CAPITAL REGION SOUTHWARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR
WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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