Full Notification

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FRONT PASSES. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH READINGS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW FREEZING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30.

* IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IN THE HIGHEST GUSTS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

REMEMBER, A FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.