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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
535 PM EDT SAT NOV 3 2007

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
A COLD FRONT CROSSED THE AREA LATE ON THURSDAY ALLOWING FOR A
STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION
FROM THE NORTHWEST. MEANWHILE...HURRICANE NOEL TRACKED NORTH-NORTHEAST 
WELL OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE U.S. AND BECAME EXTRATROPICAL
OVER COOLER WATERS FRIDAY EVENING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS
DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS AND INCREASED YESTERDAY INTO
TODAY OVER THE REGION AS EXTRATROPICAL STORM NOEL TRACKED FARTHER
NORTH-NORTHEAST UP THE COAST.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE PEAK WIND GUSTS THAT OCCURRED OVER THE PAST
48 HRS ACROSS THE REGION.


STATION                  STRONGEST WINDS (GUSTS)

DUCK NC 		 	  54 MPH 
BUOY CHVL2 VA  			  53 MPH 
BOUY 40009 VA 		 	  50 MPH
CAPE HENRY VA 			  49 MPH
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL VA   46 MPH 
RAPPAHANNOCK LIGHT VA  		  46 MPH
ELIZABETH CITY NC (ECG) 	  43 MPH 
YORK RIVER EAST RR LIGHT VA 	  43 MPH 
NORFOLK NAVAL VA (NGU) VA  	  41 MPH 
VIRGINIA BEACH VA (NTU) 	  40 MPH
OCEAN CITY MD (OXB)  		  40 MPH 
NORFOLK VA (ORF)  		  40 MPH 
WALLOPS ISLAND VA (WAL) 	  39 MPH 
CURRITUCK NC (ONX) 		  39 MPH 
YORKTOWN USCG TRAINING CENTER VA  35 MPH
CHESAPEAKE VA (CPK)		  35 MPH 
NEWPORT NEWS VA (PHF)  		  33 MPH 
SUFFOLK VA (SFQ)  		  32 MPH 
RICHMOND VA (RIC)  		  29 MPH 
WAKEFIELD VA (AKQ) 		  26 MPH