From the National Weather Service:
...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THE REGION FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
.A VERY POWERFUL...IF NOT HISTORIC...STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATER TODAY AND THEN MOVE WESTWARD INTO THE
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM PUSHES
WEST...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE.
INZ077>079-090>092-KYZ025-028>043-045>049-053>057-063>067-076>078-
081-082-292000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0007.121029T2000Z-121031T0000Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-
MEADE KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-
HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-
ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-
NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-
MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...BRANDENBURG...
ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...
LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...
FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...
WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...
RICHMOND...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...
STANFORD...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
139 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 /1239 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012/
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT /3 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT /3 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY.
* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECT AND
LEAVES AND WILL BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME
DIFFICULT ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
WEAKENED TREES MAY ALSO BE BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR
OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
While the main threat is just difficulting driving and items being blown around the is a small possibility of minor power outages with this system. You can see that from the Weather Channel's map:
While I dont think that it will be anything wide spread or long term, the threat of brief power outages combined with the cold weather may make turning up your thermostat a good idea just in case you were to go a small period without power.
If anything changes I'll be back to update it.
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