Windy, wet weather coming to North Olympic Peninsula — Weather Service advisories
Published 3:51 pm Monday, January 11, 2010
Foul weather in the form of rains and winds are in the forecast for the North Olympic Peninsula. Here are the latest advisories from the National Weather Service for our area:
FLOOD WATCH
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON PST TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON…
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES… GRAYS HARBOR…CLALLAM…JEFFERSON…WHATCOM … MASON.
* FROM NOON PST TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* THIS IS A STRONG WET FRONTAL SYSTEM. LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY WINDS
40 TO 65 KNOTS WILL PRODUCE STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE
OLYMPICS. BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL IN THE OLYMPIC
MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY DRIVE THE
SKOKOMISH RIVER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER TODAY AND POTENTIALLY
PUSH THE BOGACHIEL RIVER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT OR
TUESDAY MORNING. OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS DRAINING OFF OF THE
OLYMPICS MAY ALSO REACH FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT OR TUESDAY
MORNING.
* HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE FAR NORTH CASCADES AROUND
THE MOUNT BAKER AREA. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON THE NOOKSACK RIVER
SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING…BUT IT IS NOT YET
CERTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
THE CURRENT FORECASTS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
HIGH WIND WARNING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THE NORTH WASHINGTON COAST…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7
PM PST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AROUND 230 PM PST SOUTH WINDS GUSTED TO 54 MPH AT THE QUILLAYUTE
AIRPORT. DESTRUCTION ISLAND ALONG THE COAST HAD SUSTAINED WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH WITH A PEAK WIND NEAR 65 MPH.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING: STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT WITH THE PEAK WINDS THROUGH 6 PM. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
GRADUALLY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS: DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES…WITH POWER OUTAGES
WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACT. THERE COULD ALSO BE DAMAGE TO LIGHT
STRUCTURES AND SHINGLES TAKEN OFF OF ROOFS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT
OR ALREADY OCCURRING.
WIND WARNING, ADMIRALTY INLET AREAS
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY.
* LOCALIZED WINDY CONDITIONS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED WITH
SOUTHEAST WINDS 35 MPH GUSTING TO 47 MPH AT WHIDBEY ISLAND
NAVAL AIR STATION.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD. THE PERIOD OF
STRONGEST WINDS MOSTLY LIKELY BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. WINDS
WILL DECREASE GRADUALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACTS: THE MAIN EFFECTS WILL MOSTLY LIKELY BE POWER OUTAGES
AND SMALL BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF OF TREES.
