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.
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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.
