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...WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT INTO THIS EVENING...
.A VERY STRONG SURFACE TROUGH HAS MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST OF KANSAS
AND MISSOURI TODAY. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE BACKSIDE OF
THE LOW HAS PRODUCED STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS
AND MISSOURI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO
INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE REGION BEHIND THE EXITING LOW INTO THE MID
TO LATE EVENING HOURS WITH WIND SPEEDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH
RANGE...PERHAPS GUSTING ABOVE 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST OF THE WINDS MAY
QUICKLY DISSIPATE AS THE SUNSETS THIS EVENING...SO THE ADVISORY MAY
BE CANCELED EARLY.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* TIMING: AREAS OF NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI HAVE EXPERIENCED
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING
HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING LATER TONIGHT.
* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
PERHAPS REACHING AROUND 45 MPH.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT AS STRONG CROSS WINDS
WILL MAKE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TOUGH TO CONTROL. SMALL OBJECTS
SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS COULD BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE
STRONG WINDS.