National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for Northwest and North Central Pinal County which included the City of Maricopa from Tuesday (3/6) at 1pm through Midnight.
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Here is the advisory from the National Weather Service:
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST TUESDAY NIGHT.
* AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...INCLUDING LA PAZ...YUMA...MARICOPA...NORTHERN PINAL...AND SOUTHERN GILA COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF WENDEN...DATELAND...WICKENBURG...GILA BEND...CASA GRANDE...GLOBE...AND THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA.
* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...PEAKING DURING THE WORK RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC...AND CONTINUE TO BLOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... ISOLATED HIGHER TERRAIN AND MOUNTAIN SITES MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST ACROSS THE LOWER DESERT ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG SECTIONS OF
INTERSTATE 8 AND 10 NEAR MAINLY NEAR GILA BEND...TONOPAH AND CASA GRANDE SOUTH OF PHOENIX. RECREATIONAL USE OF LOCAL WATERWAYS AND LAKES MAY BE HAMPERED BY THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND 58 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT
AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
