WWUS71 KBGM 070628 NPWBGM URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 228 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2009 ..STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES AND BY MID MORNING OVER THE CATSKILLS AND POCONOS. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EVENING. NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-071430- /O.NEW.KBGM.WI.Y.0003.091007T1200Z-091008T0000Z/ NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD- SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE- SOUTHERN WAYNE- 228 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2009 ..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AFTER DAYBREAK ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES AND BY MID MORNING ACROSS THE CATSKILLS AND POCONOS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN TREES AS SIGNIFICANT FOLIAGE REMAINS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSSWINDS WHEN DRIVING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. && $$ PN