High wind warning

Wilma, Alpha join forces

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
415 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2005

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT...

.THE COMBINATION OF THE REMNANTS OF WILMA MOVING SOUTHEAST OF NOVA SCOTIA AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TO THE GULF OF MAINE WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY NOON WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. THE RECENT BOUT OF WET WEATHER HAS MADE MANY TREES VULNERABLE TO STRONG WINDS AND DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

And I'll be out driving this afternoon. Joy. The good thing is they seem to have dialed down the rainfall forecast for us. However, an accompanying flood watch says ``the east facing mountains of Penobscot and Piscataquis Counties'' can expect more than two inches.