Wind Advisory
Wake (North Carolina)

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
348 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-161700-
/O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0003.071216T1400Z-071217T0900Z/
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON...
WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...
HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...
NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...
RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...
SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...
ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON
348 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM
EST MONDAY...
WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 48 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY THROUGH
EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
TODAY AND IN ITS WAKE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL USHER COLDER
DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. VIGOROUS MIXING OF COLDER
AIR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS TO AROUND 48 MPH LIKELY
BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
THE STRONG WINDS AND COLD AIR WILL ALSO SEND WIND CHILL READINGS
DOWN INTO THE TEENS TO AROUND 20 DEGREES TONIGHT. EXTRA LAYERS OF
CLOTHING ARE ADVISED FOR ANYBODY VENTURING OUTDOORS THIS EVENING.
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
TAKE ACTION TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...
LAWN FURNITURE AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. FALLING TREE LIMBS MAY
CAUSE TEMPORARY POWER INTERRUPTIONS.
$$
RFG

12/16/2007 11:30:34 AM

My trees are barely moving right now, but I have a feeling that there's going to be some power outages tonight.

12/16/2007 11:32:32 AM

12/16/2007 11:32:56 AM

CRAZY DELICIOUS

12/16/2007 11:37:07 AM