High winds expected Thursday in Port Townsend area; also, Forks and West End coast
Published 1:44 pm Wednesday, March 9, 2011
High winds in the San Juans and Whidbey Island, spilling over to Port Townsend and the Quimper Peninsula, as well as the West End coast on the other side of the Olympic Peninsula are coming. There’s a possibility of power outages as well as falling trees and limbs.
Here are the official National Weather Service bulletins:
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA
…HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON…
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…OAK HARBOR…BELLINGHAM…FRIDAY
HARBOR…AND MOUNT VERNON.
* WINDS…SOUTHERLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH THIS
MORNING…EXCEPT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ACROSS
WHIDBEY ISLAND. EXPECT THE WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN ON THURSDAY INTO THE
25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.
* TIMING…WINDS WILL PEAK LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN SUBSIDE.
HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY…WITH THE STRONGEST
SPEEDS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON TIME FRAME.
* IMPACTS…THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME
POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING
WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…AND
DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES.
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP
SMALL TREE BRANCHES…TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES…AND
CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.
FORKS, WEST END
A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…HOQUIAM AND FORKS.
* WINDS…EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ON THURSDAY.
* TIMING…THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE
LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TIME FRAME.
* IMPACTS…THE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT
IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING
WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…AND
DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES.
