WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 708 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR HERKIMER COUNTY...THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...TACONICS...MID
HUDSON VALLEY...EXTREME SOUTHEAST VERMONT AND THE LITCHFIELD HILLS
IN CONNECTICUT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST
SATURDAY.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY
AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST PASSING EAST OF CAPE COD TODAY...MOVING
INTO THE GULF OF MAINE THIS EVENING...AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES
LATE TONIGHT. A VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
OUR REGION THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY PRODUCING
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE
STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING AS COLDER AIR FUNNELS INTO THE REGION. THE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR
WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
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