Strong winds forecast for West End coast, Admiralty Inlet areas
Published 12:01 am Saturday, November 26, 2011
The National Weather Service has issued the following wind warning for areas that include the Pacific coast of the Olympic Peninsula and the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca/Admiralty Inlet areas:
…STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING…
.A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL BEGIN
MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH TONIGHT…THEN CROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON ON
SUNDAY. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE.
…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST
SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST
SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* WIND…SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
POSSIBLE … BECOMING SOUTHWEST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* TIMING…PEAK WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES OR BREAK LIMBS AND
CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
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.
