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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
318 AM PDT THU MAY 23 2013

...GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE WEST COAST WILL MAINTAIN
STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
DESERTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

CAZ056-058-061-062-232100-
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0049.130523T2200Z-130524T1000Z/
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
318 AM PDT THU MAY 23 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM
PDT FRIDAY.

* WINDS...AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
  ISOLATED GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* LOCATION...NEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND ALONG DESERT MOUNTAIN
  SLOPES EXTENDING INTO ADJACENT DESERT AREAS. STRONGEST WINDS IN
  THE NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY AND NEAR THE RIDGE TOPS OF THE SAN
  DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
  THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TOWARDS FRIDAY MORNING.

* VISIBILITY...IN THE DESERTS LOCALLY REDUCED IN BLOWING SAND AND
  BLOWING DUST.

* IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

* OUTLOOK...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE EACH LATE AFTERNOON
  THROUGH LATE EVENING THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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