Wind? In Las Vegas???

Yes, I’m being facetious here   Kath emailed me a short while ago asking what severe weather we were expecting (she saw the alert in the sidebar) and questioned if it might be a sunscreen reminder

No, it’s just the desert in the fall

Wind Advisory for Las Vegas Valley, NV

from 10 pm PST, Wed., Nov. 11, 2009 until 2 pm PST, Thu., Nov. 12, 2009
Local Wind Speed Map

Issued by The National Weather Service
Las Vegas, NV
10:22 am PST, Wed., Nov. 11, 2009

… WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PST THURSDAY WEST OF BUFFALO DRIVE…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WEST OF BUFFALO DRIVE… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PST THURSDAY.

GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE EAST AND NORTHEAST SLOPES OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. THESE WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD DOWNWARD INTO THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY CAUSING GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ISOLATED GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR CANYON OPENINGS AND ESPECIALLY IN AREAS CLOSEST TO THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED INCLUDE AREAS FROM MOUNTAINS EDGE TO SUMMERLIN AND NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE LONE MOUNTAIN AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTSIDE SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. SMALL TREES… ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE NEWLY PLANTED AND NOT SECURED… MAY BE UPROOTED. SUDDEN CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT ON THE 215 BELTWAY AT TIMES… ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND… OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT… ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

No doubt you’ve seen her post.  I’ll take the wind out here in Vegas – the people just can’t drive in the rain