Monday, December 3, 2012

Special Weather Statement - National Weather Service, Seattle



SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
401 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012

  • Southwest Interior
  • Hood Canal Area
  • Seattle/Bremerton Area
  • Tacoma Area
  • San Juan County
  • Western Whatcom County
  • East Puget Sound Lowlands
  • Western Skagit County
  • Everett & Vicinity
  • Admiralty Inlet Area
  • Lower Chehalis Valley Area
  • Western Strait of Juan de Fuca
  • North Coast
  • Central Coast

401 AM PST MON DEC 3 2012

WINDY IN MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SWING THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE NORTH INTERIOR.

SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE NORTH INTERIOR FROM WHIDBEY ISLAND NORTHWARD.

AFTER THIS SYSTEM MOVES INLAND, WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR WILL EASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH.

WINDS FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WESTERN WASHINGTON INTERIOR SHOULD PICK UP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE TUESDAY INCLUDING THE PUGET SOUND REGION AND SOUTH INTO OLYMPIA AND CENTRALIA.

THE STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE A FEW DOWNED TREES AND LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PREPARE NOW FOR THESE STRONG WINDS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.