Moderate

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, widespread blowing dust with visibility down to a half of a mile. For the Wind Advisory, west winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Eastern McLean, Grant, Oliver, and Western Morton Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ this evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Objects left unsecured outside will be blown around.

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Warning, widespread blowing dust with visibility down to a quarter mile. For the Wind Advisory, west winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * WHERE...Mercer and Western McLean Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Warning, until 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ this evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Severely limited visibilities are expected. Travel will be dangerous and possibly life-threatening. Objects left unsecured outside will be blown around.

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, widespread blowing dust with visibility down to a half of a mile. For the Wind Advisory, west winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Eastern McLean, Grant, Oliver, and Western Morton Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ this evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Objects left unsecured outside will be blown around.

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, widespread blowing dust with visibility down to half of a mile. For the Wind Advisory, west winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE...Billings, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope, and Stark Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 8 PM MDT this evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 6 PM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Things left unsecured outside will be blown around.

* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, widespread blowing dust with visibility down to half of a mile. For the Wind Advisory, west winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE...Billings, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope, and Stark Counties. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 8 PM MDT this evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 6 PM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Things left unsecured outside will be blown around.

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Much of southwest North Dakota. * WHEN...Until 6 PM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Things left unsecured outside will be blown around. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

South winds with sustained at 20 to 30 mph and gusts up to 40 mph. The wind may cause areas of localized blowing dust and reduced visibilities. Travelers should proceed with caution. In addition, elevated fire weather conditions may occur due to these winds and dry conditions. Relative humidity values will be in the 25 to 35 percent range

* WHAT...Strong northerly winds will generate very rough conditions at area beaches along with strong rip and long shore currents. * WHERE...Greatest impacts will be along west facing beaches of the Pacific coastline. * WHEN...From Friday afternoon through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Dangerous wind and wave conditions will impact beaches and water activities such as swimming, surfing, boating, and tide pooling. Rough seas can sweep up the beach and over rocks

* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Western Mojave Desert. * WHEN...From 11 AM Saturday to 11 PM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high-profile vehicles on north-south oriented roads. Use extra caution.

At 119 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong shower producing gusty outflow winds near House, or 26 miles northeast of Fort Sumner, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... House and Mcalister. Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.