50-mph winds possible in Bay Area this weekend

(KRON) — The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the Bay Area as 15 to 25-mph winds and 50-mph gusts are forecast to hit the region Friday and Saturday.

The advisory will last from 1 p.m. Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday. The southerly winds are forecast to affect San Francisco, the East Bay hills, the North Bay mountains and coast, including Point Reyes National Seashore, the Peninsula coast, the Marin hills, the Western Sonoma County hills and the Santa Cruz Mountains.

“Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects,” the NWS advisory states. “Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”

Rainy weather is forecast to continue into early next week…

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