Tuesday, March 25, 2014

WIND ADVISORY ISSUED

For New Haven and Middlesex:

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA.

* HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS.

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AS WEAK TREES
  AND TREE LIMBS GET KNOCKED DOWN. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE
  TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...
OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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For Hartford & Tolland:

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATION...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND
  RHODE ISLAND. ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS IS INCLUDED IN THE WIND
  ADVISORY...EXPECT FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY
  ALONG WITH THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WHICH ARE UNDER A HIGH WIND
  WARNING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55
  MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS FROM MID MORNING WEDNESDAY INTO THE
  EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES
  ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS
THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.  DRIVING CAN
ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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