Hiker Fred Mui of San Jose climbs a built-in staircase up from a cavern and past moss covered rocks at the Pinnacles National Monument.

The following is a wind advisory put out for mountainous areas
of San Benito County, as published on the National Weather Service
Web site:
The following is a wind advisory put out for mountainous areas of San Benito County until 4 p.m., as published on the National Weather Service Web site:

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

452 AM PST MON JAN 18 2010

…STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO AND MONTEREY BAY

AREAS TODAY…

.A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ONTO THE COAST TODAY. SOUTHERLY

WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK AROUND

MIDDAY AND THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST

WINDS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE COAST…PARTICULARLY COASTAL AREAS SOUTH

OF SAN FRANCISCO.

CAZ006-505-507-508-511>513-516>518-528-190000-

/O.CON.KMTR.WI.Y.0001.100118T1500Z-100119T0000Z/

SAN FRANCISCO-

COASTAL NORTH BAY…INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-

NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-

EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-

SANTA CLARA VALLEY…INCLUDING SAN JOSE-

SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY…ARROYO SECO…AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-

SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-

MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY INCLUDING

PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-

NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY…HOLLISTER VALLEY…AND CARMEL VALLEY-

452 AM PST MON JAN 18 2010

…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS

AFTERNOON…

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS MORNING.

THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS MORNING AND THROUGH

THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 35

MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS: THESE WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY

FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THERE COULD ALSO BE BROKEN TREE

LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE

EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…

ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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