WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 452 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST SUNDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS 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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