LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 344 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST
FRIDAY.
LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL US WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE AREA MIDDAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT THIS EVENING AND INCREASE WINDS OVERNIGHT ON AREA LAKES
TO AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. THE WINDS WILL
REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WILL BE
ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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