Urgent: Strong winds expected in Port Townsend, Forks-Neah Bay areas through Wednesday afternoon

Published 6:38 pm Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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

ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-

332 PM PST TUE JAN 3 2012

…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY…

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…WHIDBEY ISLAND…BELLINGHAM…THE

SAN JUAN ISLANDS…AND HOQUIAM.

* TIMING…THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TUE EVENING AND THEN

AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA.

* WIND…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.