WEATHER FOR BATES COUNTY:
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * THIS ADVISORY COVERS AREAS WEST OF A UNIONVILLE TO MARSHALL TO CLINTON LINE INTO ADJACENT KANSAS...NEBRASKA AND IOWA. * TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED BY MID TO LATE EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WESTERN MISSOURI...AS WELL AS ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS WHERE SKIES ARE AT LEAST PARTLY SUNNY. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS...PARTICULARLY OVER EXPOSED AND OPEN TERRAIN...WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN ALSO PICK UP TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
