Gusty winds in Port Townsend, Forks areas
Published 11:20 am Monday, February 14, 2011
The National Weather Service has issued this wind advisory for the Quimper Peninsula/Port Townsend and West End coast.
A SERIES OF SMALL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL
WATERS AND INTO VANCOUVER ISLAND WILL BRING BRING STRONG AND
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR THROUGH
THIS EVENING. TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THE FIRST
PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND IS OCCURRING NOW AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS A FIRST LOW MOVES
WEST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. WINDS WILL WEAKEN FOR A FEW HOURS MID
AFTERNOON THEN WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING AS A SECOND LOW MOVES THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS INTO
CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND.
A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…WESTPORT…OCEAN SHORES… HOQUIAM…
ABERDEEN…COPALIS BEACH…PACIFIC BEACH… KALALOCH AND
FORKS.
—- also ——-
A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS…WESTERN WHATCOM
AND SKAGIT COUNTIES…WHIDBEY ISLAND…CAMANO ISLAND…THE
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA.
* INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FRIDAY HARBOR…BELLINGHAM…
BURLINGTON…ANACORTES…OAK HARBOR…COUPEVILLE AND PORT
TOWNSEND.
* WINDS…AREAS OF SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL
GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
* TIMING…STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS. AFTER A SHORT WEAKENING OF THE WINDS DURING THE
MID AFTERNOON HOURS…ANOTHER PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…
AND DESTROY PROPERTY.
* WINDS…SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
MPH.
* TIMING…AFTER A FEW HOUR RELATIVE LULL IN THE WINDS DURING THE
EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS…EXPECT STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS TO REDEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…
AND DESTROY PROPERTY.
