Wind Advisory in effect until 9 PM EDT this evening...
Tonight
Cloudy until early morning...then becoming partly cloudy. Showers likely early this evening...then a chance of showers late this evening and overnight. Windy with lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 45 mph until midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Tuesday
Partly sunny. A chance of showers early in the morning. Windy with highs in the upper 60s. North winds 20 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
... Wind Advisory now in effect from 3 PM this afternoon to 4 am EDT Tuesday...
The Wind Advisory is now in effect from 3 PM this afternoon to 4 am EDT Tuesday.
Ow pressure moves off the Delmarva coast this afternoon and strengthens as it slowly shifts northeast of the area. As a result... then northerly winds will increase to 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph late this afternoon and tonight.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds are forecast to be 31 to 39 mph or gusts will range between 46 and 57 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... and may cause minor property damage without extra precautions.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 4:15 PM EDT on May 12, 2008
... Technical implementation notice...
To: family of services /fos/ subscribers... NOAA weather wire service /nwws/ subscribers... emergency managers weather information network /emwin/ subscribers... noaaport subscribers... National Weather Service /NWS/ partners and other users... and NWS employees
From: Keith Lynch senior service hydrologist National Weather Service Wakefield Virginia
subject: new drought information statements to be issued by NWS weather forecast offices beginning June 10 2008.
On June 10 2008... the National Weather Service in Wakefield VA will begin issuing... on an as needed basis... drought information statements /dgt/ for the following counties...
In Virginia the counties of...
Accomack... Amelia... Brunswick... Caroline... Charles City... Chesterfield... Cumberland... Dinwiddie... Essex... Fluvanna... Gloucester... Goochland... Greensville... Hanover... Henrico... Isle of Wight... James City... King William... King And Queen ... Lancaster... Louisa... Lunenburg... Mathews... Mecklenburg... Middlesex... Northampton... Northumberland... Nottoway... New Kent... Powhatan... Prince Edward... Prince George... Surry ... Richmond... Sussex... Southampton... Westmoreland... York
The drought information statement /dgt/ will provide a unified summary of current drought severity... indicies... data... impacts... forecasts... products and other pertinent information to enhance the ability of the users to focus drought mitigation efforts on areas of the greatest need. The dgt will result in discontinuance of using the hydrologic outlook /esfakq/ for this product. The dgt establishes a new identifier to be used specifically for this product. The generic WMO heading and AWIPS identifier for the dgt at WFO Wakefield is
WMO heading
Node ID AWIPS ID WMO header ------- --------- ----------- wbc dgtakq axus71 kakq
For additional information on AWIPS ID and WMO headings for dgts from other National Weather Service offices... go to...
http://www.NWS.NOAA.Gov/dm-cgi-bin/chgshow.Pl?Fn=dm03-08.10.Txt /lower case except dm in dm03-08.10 is upper case/
Important note... users of NWS products must update their communication system directories to receive the new dgt products.
The drought information statement will include the same drought intensities... as indicated in the U.S. Drought monitor...
The U.S. Drought monitor will be the primary... but not necessarily the only... criteria used in determining when an initial dgt is issued. An initial dgt will be issued when...
1. The U.S. Drought monitor indicates a drought intensity at the level of d2 or worse in any portion of the WFO County warning and forecast area... or
2. A less severe criterion is reached... if this is more appropriate for local partners and other users. Alternate criteria for issuance of initial drought information statements may be specified in certain regions of the country. Once an initial drought information statement has been issued a follow up drought information statement will be issued at least once a month. More frequent issuances of the drought information statement will occur when drought conditions change for when a local or regional criterion has been met requiring an update.
Local drought information for the National Weather Service Wakefield can be found at the following web site...
