HIGH WIND WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 455 PM AST THU DEC 03 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
AN INTENSE NORTH PACIFIC LOW IS MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE CENTRAL
ALEUTIANS...AND ITS ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM FRIDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 45 TO
60 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 75 MPH ALONG THE WESTERN CAPES
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN ALONG THE
ALEUTIAN RANGE FRIDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN WEAKEN BELOW
WARNING CRITERIA ALONG THE WESTERN CAPES LATE SATURDAY
MORNING...BUT REMAIN AT OR ABOVE WARNING CRITERIA THROUGH
CHANNELED TERRAIN ALONG THE ALEUTIAN RANGE THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH BELOW WARNING CRITERIA
BY SATURDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW.
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