URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
920 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008
...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY...
.COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR INTO THE REGION ON STRONG AND GUSTY
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD CAUSE TREE LIMBS...LADEN WITH THE WEIGHT
OF SNOW...TO BE DOWNED. THIS IN TURN MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES.
THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY
FALLEN SNOW. ALSO ANY SLUSH OR WATER ON ROADS...PARKING LOTS AND
SIDEWALKS WILL FREEZE UP AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS TONIGHT.
I can hear it. The wind is really howling now. Benny wanted to go outside and as I opened the storm door, a big bunch of "scattered powder" blew right in the door. And it was C O L D ! !
