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Virginia – The sky hangs low over the coast this morning, and flags snap sharply in the rising breeze as a powerful December wind pattern strengthens across Virginia Beach. Pavement looks damp from passing showers, and wind-driven mist pushes across open parking lots, hinting at the difficult travel expected by afternoon.
A Wind Advisory begins at 1 p.m., with northwest winds increasing to 25–35 mph and gusts reaching 50 mph. These gusts may blow unsecured objects across yards, rock high-profile vehicles on bridges, and shake tree limbs still weakened from fall storms. Meteorologists now expect the strongest push between mid-afternoon and early evening, when visibility may drop quickly during brief rain and sleet transitions…