...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY...
* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* WINDS...WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST
AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS. WINDS
WILL THEN BECOME NORTHWEST DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING...
INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH.
* IMPACTS...BE CERTAIN THAT ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH
WINDS ARE SECURED. WINDS MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS.
THE WIND SHIFT AND INCREASE IN SPEEDS WILL OCCUR WITH THE
ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC AIR MASS THAT WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE
REGION. TEMPERATURES BY MIDNIGHT WILL HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MID
AND LOWER 20S WITH WINDS CHILLS IN THE ZERO TO 10 ABOVE RANGE.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. BY THE TIME DAWN APPROACHES AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE DOWN
INTO THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO MID TEENS. WHILE WINDS WILL
START TO DIMINISH DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS WIND CHILLS DURING
THIS TIME WILL BE IN THE ZERO TO AROUND 10 BELOW RANGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR
GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH...ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE UNLESS PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN. DRIVING
MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE ALERT AND USE CAUTION.
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