HIGH WIND WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 427 AM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.
AS DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY
TONIGHT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE. THE LOW WILL PASS WEST OF
THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...WHICH IS WHEN THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL OCCUR.
HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT COASTAL SECTIONS...AS
WELL AS HIGHER ELEVATIONS INLAND. ALSO...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP COULD HELP BRING MUCH STRONGER WINDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
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