High Wind Watch---Gust to 60mph possible once again
Posted by Fred on 2/24/2011, 7:32 am
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
340 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011

...STRONG WINDS LIKELY FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY
EVENING...ACROSS THE NEW YORK CITY METRO...LONG ISLAND...NORTHEAST
NEW JERSEY...AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING.


* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY METRO...LONG ISLAND...NORTHEAST NEW
 JERSEY...SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...COASTAL
 CONNECTICUT...AND ALL OF NEW LONDON COUNTY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55
 MPH...AND POSSIBLY UP TO 60 MPH DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF
 A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TRI-STATE
 FRIDAY. WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST TO NORTHWEST BEHIND ITS
 TRAILING COLD FRONT LATE FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AND
 POSSIBLY UP TO 60 MPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE MOST LIKELY JUST AHEAD OF
 THE FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND IN ITS IMMEDIATE WAKE LATE
 FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS LIKELY WILL BRING TREES AND
 POWER LINES DOWN. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY
 OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
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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MALOIT  

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