Another night of winds in Port Townsend, Forks areas; more snow in Olympics
Published 12:01 am Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The National Weather Service issues these bulletins this afternoon for windy weather around Admiralty Inlet and on the Pacific coast, and more snowy conditions in the Olympics.
Further discussion by our news partner, KOMO in Seattle, courtesy of Port Angeles native and KOMO meteorologist Scott Sistek: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Third-storm-this-week-set-to-bring-more-wind-rain-and-snow-184030591.html
In the style of the Weather Service’s all capital letters and dot-dot-dot bulletin format, here are the warnings:
HIGH WIND WARNING
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
200 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012
…A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE COAST
AND NORTH INTERIOR LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
WAZ001-503-506-510-190600-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0010.121219T0600Z-121220T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0012.121219T0600Z-121220T0300Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
200 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012
WAZ516-517-190600-
/O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0010.121219T0600Z-121220T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0012.121219T0600Z-121220T0000Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
200 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012
…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
PST WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST
WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…PORT TOWNSEND…WHIDBEY ISLAND…
FRIDAY HARBOR…BELLINGHAM…HOQUIAM…WESTPORT… ABERDEEN…
QUILLAYUTE…LA PUSH..
* TIMING…WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
AND AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
* WIND…SOUTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
* IMPACTS…WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER
LINES…AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING.
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OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
200 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012
.A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING WIND AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A
PERIOD OF SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE HOOD CANAL AREA BEFORE
WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA.
WAZ513-190600-
/O.UPG.KSEW.WS.A.0020.121219T1400Z-121220T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.WS.W.0024.121219T1200Z-121220T1200Z/
OLYMPICS-
200 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT ABOVE 2000 FEET FROM 4 AM
WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM
PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…HURRICANE RIDGE.
* TIMING…STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY MORNING…
BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…12 TO 18 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT…HURRICANE RIDGE ROAD CLOSED TODAY.
* SNOW LEVEL…NEAR 500 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING RISING TO BETWEEN
2000 AND 2500 FEET WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS…WINTER CONDITIONS.
