Gusty winds in Port Townsend, Forks areas

  • Monday, February 14, 2011 11:24am
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The National Weather Service has issued this wind advisory for the Quimper Peninsula/Port Townsend and West End coast.

A SERIES OF SMALL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL

WATERS AND INTO VANCOUVER ISLAND WILL BRING BRING STRONG AND

POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR THROUGH

THIS EVENING. TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THE FIRST

PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND IS OCCURRING NOW AND WILL

CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS A FIRST LOW MOVES

WEST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. WINDS WILL WEAKEN FOR A FEW HOURS MID

AFTERNOON THEN WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS

EVENING AS A SECOND LOW MOVES THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS INTO

CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND.

A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST

REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…WESTPORT…OCEAN SHORES… HOQUIAM…

ABERDEEN…COPALIS BEACH…PACIFIC BEACH… KALALOCH AND

FORKS.

—- also ——-

A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF WESTERN

WASHINGTON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS…WESTERN WHATCOM

AND SKAGIT COUNTIES…WHIDBEY ISLAND…CAMANO ISLAND…THE

ADMIRALTY INLET AREA.

* INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FRIDAY HARBOR…BELLINGHAM…

BURLINGTON…ANACORTES…OAK HARBOR…COUPEVILLE AND PORT

TOWNSEND.

* WINDS…AREAS OF SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL

GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING…STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY

AFTERNOON HOURS. AFTER A SHORT WEAKENING OF THE WINDS DURING THE

MID AFTERNOON HOURS…ANOTHER PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH TO

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE

THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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.

* WINDS…SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60

MPH.

* TIMING…AFTER A FEW HOUR RELATIVE LULL IN THE WINDS DURING THE

EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS…EXPECT STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST

WINDS TO REDEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE

THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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.

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