Expires:200812251800;Remove:200812251800;379818 WWUS71 KGYX 250823 NPWGYX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 323 AM EST THU DEC 25 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS... .THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE WINTRY WEATHER TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY WILL HEAD INTO THE MARITIMES THIS MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW HAS CROSSED MUCH OF THE REGION THIS MORNING...EXITING EASTERN AREAS BEFORE SUNRISE. WINDS HAVE GUSTED BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH THIS MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. BEHIND THE FRONT...WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-251800- /O.EXT.KGYX.WI.Y.0012.081225T0819Z-081225T1800Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK- INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO- COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...BYRON...MIDDLE DAM... ROXBURY...SOUTH ARM...UPTON...WILSONS MILLS...AVON... CARRABASSETT VALLEY...COBURN GORE...DALLAS...DAVIS...EUSTIS... KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...RUMFORD...NORWAY...SOUTH PARIS...MEXICO... FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...WILTON...SKOWHEGAN... PITTSFIELD...MADISON...FAIRFIELD...NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM... BRIDGTON...LEWISTON...AUBURN...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINSLOW... GARDINER...UNITY...BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH... PORTLAND...SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM... WALDOBORO...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...WISCASSET...ROCKLAND...CAMDEN... THOMASTON...BELFAST...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...CONWAY... LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CONCORD...LACONIA...TILTON-NORTHFIELD...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER... DOVER...DURHAM...DERRY...LONDONDERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH... HAMPTON 323 AM EST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$