from the U.S. Weather Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1117 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...STRONG WINDS TO BUFFET THE AREA TONIGHT...
.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA LATE TODAY...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WEST WINDS. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL USHER MUCH COLDER WEATHER INTO THE AREA TONIGHT.
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
1117 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...CROSSING THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA LATE IN THE DAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT AS MUCH COLDER AIR SURGES INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS BY LATE TONIGHT WILL BE DOWN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
SUSTAINED...WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. A THIN COATING OF ICE MAY REMAIN ON TREES AND POWER LINES OVER THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS... LEADING TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES IN THAT AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1117 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...STRONG WINDS TO BUFFET THE AREA TONIGHT...
.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA LATE TODAY...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WEST WINDS. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL USHER MUCH COLDER WEATHER INTO THE AREA TONIGHT.
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
1117 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...CROSSING THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA LATE IN THE DAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT AS MUCH COLDER AIR SURGES INTO THE REGION. WIND CHILLS BY LATE TONIGHT WILL BE DOWN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
SUSTAINED...WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. A THIN COATING OF ICE MAY REMAIN ON TREES AND POWER LINES OVER THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS... LEADING TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES IN THAT AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
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