Mobile Weather Watcher Tracking Gusty Winds, Frigid Wind Chills

Matt Petrillo reports.

MATT, HOW IS IT OUT THERE?WELL, THANK, LLARISA.AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IT IS GUSTYOUT HERE.OF COURSE MY HAIR FLYINGEVERYWHERE.NOT JUST THAT, THE FLAGS OUTHERE ON THE PARKWAY FLYINGEVERYWHERE AS WELL.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK ATTHEM AS I KIND OF STEP OUT OFTHE WAY, YOU CAN SEE ACROSSTHE PARKWAY JUST WHIPPINGWINDS FOR US HERE IN CENTERCITY.AND THIS IS THE THEME THATWE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITHTHROUGH NOT JUST HERE THISMORNING BUT INTO THE EARLYAFTERNOON HOURS AS WELL.CURRENT GUSTS RIGHT NOW ACROSSTHE REGION, WHAT WE'RE TALKINGABOUT OF COURSE YOU WERESAYING GUSTS THIS MORNING ASHIGH AS 60 MILES AN HOUR INSOME SPOTS BUT RIGHT NOW WESIT UPWARDS OF 30 TO 40 MILESAN HOUR WITH OUR WIND GUSTS ASWE HEAD THROUGH THE NOONTIMEHOUR.THE BIGGEST THING WITH THESEWIND WE'RE ALWAYS CONCERNEDWITH CERTAIN IMPACTS THATCOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'REWATCHING WHEN WE HAVE THESESTRONG WINDS.IN.SITUATION OF COURSE WITHTHE WIND ADVISORY SEEINGIMPACTS LIKE THE POTENTIAL FORMAYBE A DROWNED TREE LIMB HEREOR THERE OR A DOWNED POWERLINE, A DOWNED POWER POLE.WE DID HAVE THAT RAIN LASTNIGHT SOFTENS UP THE GROUND ALITTLE BIT AND THEN STRONGWIND GUSTS COULD MEAN THOSEPOWER POLES COULD FALL DOWN.ONE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FORPOWER OUTAGES.WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE OUTFOR THAT WITH OUR WINDADVISORY THAT THAT CONTINUESTHROUGH THE REST OF THEAFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENINGAND FINALLY OUR WINDS ALL DAYTHEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING ITFEEL A WHOLE LOT COLDER ANDTHAT WHAT OUR ACTUALTEMPERATURES ARE.RIGHT NOW AS WE HEAD INTOLUNCHTIME AND EARLY AFTERNOONWIND GUSTS ARE MAKING IT FEELLIKE WE'RE IN THE 20'S, MAYBEEVEN THE TEENS IN A COUPLE OFSPOTS.SO WHILE OUR TEMPERATURESMIGHT FEEL A LITTLE BIT ON THECOLD TEMPERATURE OUR AIRTEMPERATURES IN THE 40'SFEELING LIKE WE'RE IN THE 20'SSO THAT'S WHY YOU NEED THEGLOVES, THE HAT.YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUNDLING UPHERE IN CENTER CITY.NOT JUST HERE IN THE EARLYAFTERNOON BUT THROUGHOUT THEREST OF THE DAYTIME HOURS ASWELL AND PROBABLY TONIGHT AND