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The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for Northern & Southern Westchester from 10pm this evening to 6pm Saturday...

• LOCATIONS...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... INTERIOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.
• HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS.
• WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
• TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
• IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN WEAKER TREES AND SMALL BRANCHES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS CAN ALSO BE EASILY BLOWN ABOUT.

• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

National Weather Service Forecast for White Plains:
• Late Afternoon: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 41. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then isolated showers between 11pm and 1am. Low around 33. Breezy, with a north wind 8 to 11 mph increasing to between 17 and 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 46. Windy, with a west wind between 20 and 30 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.
Saturday Night: Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind between 17 and 24 mph, with gusts as high as 46 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind between 9 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.

• Link to White Plains, NY Weather Forecast: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=White+Plains&state=NY&site=OKX&textField1=41.0209&textField2=-73.7574

• Link to hourly weather graph: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=White+Plains&state=NY&site=OKX&textField1=41.0209&textField2=-73.7574&FcstType=graphical

Other links you may find useful for monitoring this event:
• National Weather Service New York Emergency Manager’s Page: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/em2_winter.php
• To sign up for NY-Alert weather, road and other notifications: www.nyalert.gov
• ConEdison: http://apps.coned.com/stormcenter_external/default.html
• NYS E&G: http://www.nyseg.com/Outages/outageinformation.html