The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for Thursday morning through the evening across the northeastern half of the state (Advisory begins in the morning across the west and early afternoon across the east). The counties included are, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Washington, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Jasper, Kossuth, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Polk, Poweshiek, Story, Tama, Wapello, Webster, Winnebago, Worth and Wright.

A cold front is expected to move into the state very late tonight and early tomorrow morning. Behind the front winds will be gusting from the northwest over 45mph, with sustained winds between 20-30mph. This may cause some difficulty for high profile vehicles on north south roads during the daylight hours tomorrow. Make sure you tie down anything that isn’t secured so it won’t blow around. The winds will begin to die down by mid to late evening.