Wind Advisory Issued for the Coast

Bay City News Service

With blustery conditions in the forecast, the National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the Bay Area Monday.

The advisory was set to take effect at 11 a.m. and will be in effect through 9 p.m. The weather service has also issued a gale warning for boaters beginning at 1 p.m., forecaster Austin Cross said.

The strongest winds are expected along the immediate Coast. Mariners are advised to take to the water only if they are experienced and have properly equipped vessels.

By 8 p.m. Monday, 208 Moss Beach residents were without power, according to PG&E's electrical outage map.

Cross said northwest winds will be blowing through the Bay Area at 20 to 30 mph, with gusts of up to 45 mph expected in some spots. Tuesday the windy conditions are expected to continue with winds from the NW at 15 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 mph.

The winds have blown sand onto Highway 1 from Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica and San Francisco's Great Highway, prompting the extended closure of the road, which runs along Ocean Beach.

Great Highway was closed in both directions between Sloat Boulevard and Lincoln Way beginning Saturday evening, Department of Public Works spokeswoman Rachel Gordon said.

Sand on the roadway also prompted the closure of the northbound lanes of Great Highway farther south between Sloat and Skyline boulevards shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday, Gordon said.

There is no estimate yet for when the roadway will reopen, she said. "When the winds are still blowing hard, we're not going to rush to get it open," Gordon said. "We need the winds to subside."

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