1.   Strong, gusty winds blowing across the Plains Thursday prompted advisories for motorists driving high-profile vehicles.

2.   The concurrent advisories were prompted by a potent Pacific low pressure system advancing toward the Great Basin.

3.   The fires were so intense in late May that smoke drifted into the United States, prompting health advisories in Texas and spreading haze across several southern states.

4.   The rain prompted flood advisories for metropolitan areas of Broward and Miami-Dade Counties.

5.   They also trap pollutants, prompting health advisories and firewood bans.