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... A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... NEW JERSEY... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MARYLAND... AND NORTHERN DELAWARE.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME WEST... THEN NORTHWEST... AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH LATER THIS MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM MID MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. A STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK SOUTH TO CAPE MAY.

MAKE SURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS ARE EITHER BROUGHT INSIDE OR ARE TIED DOWN SECURELY. IF DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE... USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TODAY AND THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY WHEN CROSSING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE TREES AND TREE LIMBS TO FALL... LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. IF POSSIBLE... DO NOT PARK VEHICLES OR CONGREGATE UNDERNEATH TREES.

GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AS WELL... ALTHOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS TODAY. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND....