New York City ball drop -5 degrees
December 31, 2008
Tonight for all you ad agency nutjobs willing to watch the ball drop at Times Square enjoy the weather.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
826 AM EST WED DEC 31 2008
…STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT…
.LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS EAST…JUST SOUTH
OF LONG ISLAND…TODAY. THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ITS WAKE
WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT.
…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT.
EASTERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING
LOW PRESSURE PASSES EAST OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE
WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON…THEY WILL QUICKLY
INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH…CONTINUING INTO
TONIGHT. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM….LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING…A 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD OF 30 TO 40 MPH
WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IS LIKELY.
THESE TYPE OF WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES…TREE
LIMBS AND WIRES…AS WELL AS DESTROYING LOOSE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND
OTHER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS.
DRIVING WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT IN THE HIGH WINDS…ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. NOT TO
MENTION…BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW WILL MAKE
FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS AS WELL.
IN ADDITION…THESE WINDS WILL BE USHERING AN ARCTIC AIRMASS INTO
THE REGION…WHICH WILL HAVE WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING TO FIVE TO
FIVE BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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