Wind Advisory Extended until 10pm | News

The Wind Advisory has been extended until 10pm Saturday.  It was supposed to expire at 7pm.  Since winds continue to blow at advisory levels and above, the advisory will continue.  Our peak wind gust today was 41mph.  Winds will continue to blow in from the NW at 20-30mph with some higher gusts.

The wind is making the cold air feel even colder.  Wind chills this evening are in the teens.  It will feel like it is in the single digits Sunday morning.  The actual air temp will be around 19 degrees.

It will be dry on Sunday.  Temperatures will be slow to warm with mostly sunny skies.  Highs will get up to 41.

Here's the text on the extension of the wind advisory from the NWS:

DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
633 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...UNTIL 100 PM.

* IMPACTS...HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY BE IN WIDE OPEN AREAS
  SUCH AS AIRPORTS OR ALONG THE RIDGELINES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
  WEAK TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED BY THE HIGH WINDS.
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.