Wind Advisory Today for North Texas

[TexasStooge]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
308 AM CST MON JAN 26 2004

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ALL OF NORTH TEXAS BY MIDDAY.
THIS AFTERNOON...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN BETWEEN
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

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...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST...

NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND
30 MPH...WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS...FROM LATE MORNING ON. THIS WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS...AND FOR SMALL WATER CRAFT
ON THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS COULD CAUSE THE LOSS
OF VEHICLE CONTROL...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH FROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO
WEST FACING HIGHWAYS. BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHOPPY LAKE
CONDITIONS...WHICH MAY SWAMP OR TIP SMALL CRAFT. ALSO...PEOPLE SHOULD
SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE...WHICH
MAY BLOW AROUND IN THE GUSTY WINDS.

WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING TO 15 TO 25 MPH...BEFORE FALLING TO
5 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.