Winds are gusting in the 30 mph and 40 mph range in the Port Townsend-Diamond Point areas today.
A peak gust of 52 mph was logged at 9:18 a.m. in Port Townsend, and winds in the mid- and high 40 mph range are blowing across Point Wilson.
No strong winds are forecast elsewhere on North Olympic Peninsula lowlands, and the highest gust reported at Sequim Airport was 13 mph. The air is still in Port Angeles.
The winds appear to be concentrated in the San Juan Islands-Bellingham-Admiralty Inlet areas:
848 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011
WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR
THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS IN THE
NORTHWEST INTERIOR WILL LIKELY INCLUDE WHIDBEY ISLAND…SPOTS
IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS…AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN SKAGIT AND
WHATCOM COUNTIES ALONG THE WATER.
* WINDS…LOCAL WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
* TIMING…THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LATE THIS
MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS…LOCALLY SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AND GUSTS
EXCEEDING 45 MPH COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE OR EVEN POWER
OUTAGES.
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.
