Strong winds on West End, Admiralty Inlet areas continue [Updated]

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, January 4, 2012

SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-

ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH AND WEST COASTAL AREAS

356 AM PST WED JAN 4 2012

…WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING…

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…WHIDBEY ISLAND…BELLINGHAM…THE

SAN JUAN ISLANDS…AND HOQUIAM.

* TIMING…WINDS WILL STAY STRONG THROUGHOUT TODAY.

* WIND…SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50

MPH.

* IMPACTS…LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SMALL TREE

BRANCHES CAN SNAP WITH WINDS THIS STRONG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.