WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 347 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST
SUNDAY FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT...THE BERKSHIRES...AND NORTHWEST
CONNECTICUT.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL
OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WIND
GUSTS WILL RESULT FROM A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EAST OF THE
GULF OF MAINE. THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SET UP A
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NEW ENGLAND...AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS EASTWARD FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST AND ONTARIO.
THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY...AS
THE STORM BEGINS TO WEAKEN...AND DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA.
WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND
POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
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.
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TAW/IAA
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