WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 456 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE WEST OF ALABAMA WILL
CAUSE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THIS TIGHT GRADIENT WILL CREATE SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN
10 AND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40
MPH...AND LASTING THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
HIGH VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC ARE EXPECTED ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS TODAY.
THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND BRIDGES COULD
ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD TAKE
EXTRA CAUTION.
OTHER CONCERNS INCLUDE ANY LOOSE YARD FURNITURE...TRASH CANS AND
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS THAT WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT
PROPERLY SECURED...AS WELL AS THE CHANCE OF POWER OUTAGES IF
DOWNED TREES HAPPEN TO FALL ON POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 17 MPH AND HIGHER...
OR WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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