Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 5, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Feb 3, 2006, 3:40 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 3, 2006, 2:21 PM PST. It was in force for 26 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2006, 3:40 AM PST (11:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2006, 2:21 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2006, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
County San Juan County, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KSEW 031140 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 340 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HIGH WINDS TO PARTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM 750 MILES WEST OF THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. THE LEADING WARM FROM WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON LATER TONIGHT. THE LATEST COMPUTER MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT IN TRACKING THE STORM CENTER TOWARD SOUTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND WITH LAND FALL EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING. THE SURFACE LOW WILL THEN CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST WHILE WEAKENING. WAZ015-016-032000- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0001.060204T0400Z-060205T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0005.060204T0300Z-060205T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 340 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS UPGRADED THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THE COAST EFFECTIVE THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. LOCAL SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AS THE MAIN LOW MOVES INLAND. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. THESE FORECAST WIND CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. WITH THE SOIL STILL WET AROUND WESTERN WASHINGTON...TREES WILL BE EASIER TO TOPPLE...POSSIBLY CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ WAZ001-002-005-009-011-012-017-018-032000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.060204T1000Z-060205T0400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-NORTHWEST INTERIOR- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-OLYMPICS- WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 340 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... OVER THE NORTH INTERIOR...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS COULD POSSIBLY REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON. THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING AS THE MAIN LOW MOVES INLAND OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...LOCALIZED SOUTH WINDS COULD POSSIBLY REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INLAND. THE AREA THAT APPEARS TO BE MOST PRONE TO STRONG WINDS IS THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA SOUTH OF YELM. HIGH WINDS COULD POSSIBLY CONTINUE AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN LOW MOVES INLAND OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. OVER THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES...SOUTH WINDS OVER EXPOSED LOCATIONS...INCLUDING RIDGES...COULD POSSIBLY REACH 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. THESE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. WITH THE SOIL STILL WET AROUND WESTERN WASHINGTON...TREES WILL BE EASIER TO TOPPLE...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ WAZ003-004-006>008-010-013-014-032000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.060204T1800Z-060205T0400Z/ NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 340 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... SOUTH WINDS OVER THE GREATER PUGET SOUND REGION AND THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS COULD POSSIBLY REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THIS WILL BE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN THE MAIN SURFACE LOW IS MOVING INLAND OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. ALONG THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...WEST WINDS COULD POSSIBLY REACH 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES INLAND OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. THESE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. WITH THE SOIL STILL WET AROUND WESTERN WASHINGTON...TREES WILL BE EASIER TO TOPPLE...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ CERNIGLIA WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KSEW 032005 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1205 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 WAZ015-016-040415- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.060204T0300Z-060205T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1205 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 7 PM PST SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT THIS EVENING...WITH THE WINDS BECOMING STRONGER AND MORE WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AS THE MAIN LOW MOVES INLAND. WINDS OF 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SECURE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES... AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ WAZ001-002-005-009-011-012-017-018-040415- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.060204T1000Z-060205T0400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-NORTHWEST INTERIOR- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-OLYMPICS- WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 1205 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH INTERIOR... SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...AND CASCADES FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. OVER THE NORTH INTERIOR...SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON. THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING AS THE MAIN LOW MOVES INLAND OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...LOCALIZED SOUTH WINDS COULD REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INLAND. THE AREA THAT APPEARS TO BE MOST PRONE TO HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE LAKE LAWRENCE AREA...SOUTH OF YELM. HIGH WINDS COULD CONTINUE AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN LOW MOVES INLAND OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. IN THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES...THOSE AREAS WITH A SOUTH EXPOSURE COULD HAVE WINDS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SECURE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES... AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ WAZ003-004-006>008-010-013-014-040415- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.060204T1800Z-060205T0400Z/ NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 1205 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PUGET SOUND...KITSAP PENINSULA...CASCADE FOOTHILLS...AND STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OVER THE PUGET SOUND REGION AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS COULD REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THIS WILL BE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN THE MAIN SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE INLAND OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. ALONG THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...WEST WINDS COULD POSSIBLY REACH 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES INLAND OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. NOTE THAT THE SOIL REMAINS SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL... AND THIS MAKES IT EASIER FOR TREES TO TOPPLE ONTO NEARBY STRUCTURES. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SECURE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES... AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$
000 WWUS76 KSEW 032221 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 221 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO HEAD TOWARD THE WASHINGTON COAST... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUED TO DEEPEN OFFSHORE...WITH THE CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 970 MB AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THIS PRESSURE WAS LOWER THAN WHAT THE NUMERICAL WEATHER MODELS PREDICTED. THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS WAS INCREASING FOR THE AREA. LOOK FOR A RAPID INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS ON THE COAST EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS ELSEWHERE INCREASING OVERNIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO START SUBSIDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WAZ012-040630- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0001.060204T1000Z-060205T0400Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0005.060204T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ OLYMPICS- 221 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE OLYMPICS...IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. HIGH WINDS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 75 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THOSE AREAS WITH A SOUTHERLY EXPOSURE. THE HIGH WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST INTO SATURDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY... OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ WAZ001-002-005-009-011-040630- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0001.060204T1000Z-060205T0400Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0005.060204T0600Z-060205T0000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-NORTHWEST INTERIOR- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- 221 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTHWEST INTERIORS...IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. AREAS OF HIGH WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALES MAY NOT EXPERIENCE WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES WILL BE HIGH DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. EXPECT THE WINDS TO BEGIN SUBSIDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SECURE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY... OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ WAZ015-016-040630- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0005.060204T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 221 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE THIS EVENING...WITH SPEEDS REACHING 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 70 MPH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY DROP OFF BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SATURDAY MORNING BUT WILL PICK UP AGAIN BY NOON BEFORE FINALLY DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SECURE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY... OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ WAZ003-004-006>008-010-013-014-017-018-040630- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.A.0001.060204T1200Z-060205T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 221 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE PUGET SOUND...KITSAP PENINSULA...STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...CASCADE FOOTHILLS...AND THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES FROM 4 AM PST THROUGH 4 PM PST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS OF WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PUGET SOUND...KITSAP PENINSULA...AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS EARLY SATURDAY. AREAS OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME PLACES MAY NOT EXPERIENCE WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES WILL BE HIGH DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. IN THE CASCADES...THOSE AREAS WITH A SOUTHERLY EXPOSURE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH DURING THE DAY. ALONG THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...WEST WINDS COULD REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SINCE SOIL CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED...IT WOULD TAKE LESS WIND TO TOPPLE TREES. THUS... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE STRAIT FOR ALL DAY SATURDAY. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SECURE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY... OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
000 WWUS76 KSEW 040536 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 936 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO HEAD TOWARD THE WASHINGTON COAST... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUED TO DEEPEN OFFSHORE...WITH THE CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 967 MB AT 9 PM PST FRIDAY EVENING. THE LOW WILL TRACK INTO CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE COAST FRIDAY EVENING. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO INCREASE RAPIDLY ELSEWHERE SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN MOST LOCATIONS. WAZ017-018-040645- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.A.0001.060204T1200Z-060205T0000Z/ WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 936 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE CASCADES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE CASCADES FOR THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW SATURDAY. $$ WAZ003-004-006>008-010-013-014-041345- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0001.060204T1200Z-060205T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0005.060204T1600Z-060205T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 936 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS OF WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PUGET SOUND...KITSAP PENINSULA...AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS EARLY SATURDAY. AREAS OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME PLACES MAY NOT EXPERIENCE WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...EVEN WINDS LESS THAN THE FORECASTED SPEEDS COULD CAUSE TREES TO COME DOWN DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. IN THE CASCADES...THOSE AREAS WITH A SOUTHERLY EXPOSURE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH DURING THE DAY. ALONG THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...WEST WINDS COULD REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY IN THE STRAIT IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ WAZ012-015-016-041345- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ OLYMPICS-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 936 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. HIGH WINDS OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 75 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THOSE AREAS WITH A SOUTHERLY EXPOSURE. THE HIGH WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST INTO SATURDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY... OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ WAZ001-002-009-011-041345- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.060204T0600Z-060205T0000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- 936 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. AREAS OF HIGH WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALES MAY NOT EXPERIENCE WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES WILL BE HIGH DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. EXPECT THE WINDS TO BEGIN SUBSIDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY... OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ WAZ005-041345- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.060204T0600Z-060205T0000Z/ NORTHWEST INTERIOR- 936 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. AREAS OF HIGH WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALES MAY NOT EXPERIENCE WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES WILL BE HIGH DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. EXPECT THE WINDS TO BEGIN SUBSIDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY... OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ FELTON WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
000 WWUS76 KSEW 041106 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 306 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ONTO VANCOUVER ISLAND WILL GIVE DAMAGING WIND TO MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY... .A DEEP 970 MB LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONTO NORTHWEST VANCOUVER ISLAND EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON AS A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA. WAZ003-004-006>008-010-013-014-041915- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0005.060204T1106Z-060205T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 306 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PUGET SOUND...KITSAP PENINSULA...AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS AROUND 6 AM THIS MORNING. WITH SATURATED SOILS IN THE AREA...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE MANY TREES TO TOPPLE. ALONG THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ WAZ005-041915- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ NORTHWEST INTERIOR- 306 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST LATER THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES WILL BE HIGH DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY... OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ WAZ012-015-016-041915- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ OLYMPICS-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 306 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE WEST DURING THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY... OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ WAZ001-002-009-011-041915- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- 306 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES WILL BE HIGH DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY... OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ ALBRECHT WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
000 WWUS76 KSEW 041925 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1125 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 WAZ012-042030- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ OLYMPICS- 1125 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE OLYMPICS. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. LAST NIGHT...A WIND GUST OF 78 MPH WAS RECORDED AT HURRICANE RIDGE. $$ WAZ003>008-010-013-014-050000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS- NORTHWEST INTERIOR-EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA- TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 1125 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PUGET SOUND...KITSAP PENINSULA...STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. ALTHOUGH MOST LOCATIONS HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED WINDS ABOVE 50 MPH...THE SATURATED SOIL MADE IT EASIER FOR TREES TO TOPPLE. IN OTHER WORDS...IT TAKES LESS WIND TO DOWN TREES WHEN SOIL CONDITIONS ARE WET. THE RESULT IS THAT THE DAMAGE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURS WHEN THERE IS WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. EARLIER THIS MORNING....WEST POINT HAD A PEAK WIND GUST OF 66 MPH. ALSO...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER IN BRINNON RECORDED A WIND GUST TO 67 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ WAZ015-016-050000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1125 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE COAST LATE THIS MORNING. ANTICIPATE THESE WINDS TO SUBSIDE LATER TODAY AS THE POTENT STORM SYSTEM BEHIND THE DAMAGING WINDS MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING...THE HIGH WINDS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ALSO A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED POWER OUTAGES DURING THIS WIND EVENT. WINDS WERE GUSTING BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH LAST NIGHT AT FORKS AND HOQUIAM... BEFORE THE HIGHS WINDS KNOCKED OUT THE POWER TO THE WEATHER STATIONS. EXPECT THE HIGH WINDS TO SUBSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE FOLLOWING ARE WIND REPORTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTERS. OCEAN SHORES...60 MPH ABERDEEN....67 MPH PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ WAZ001-002-009-011-050000- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- 1125 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTHWEST INTERIORS UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE BEFORE DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WIND SPEEDS WERE DOWN FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING. OVERNIGHT AND EARLIER THIS MORNING...WINDS GUSTED IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. THE HIGH WINDS RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT THE WINDS TO TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME WESTERLY OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THE WHIDBEY ISLAND AND ADMIRALTY INLET AREA OR THOSE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE EAST ENTRANCE TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA. STORM FORCE WESTERLIES THROUGH THE STRAIT WILL RESULT IN A 2 OR 3 HOUR PERIOD OF DAMAGING WEST WINDS ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME WIND REPORTS FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. SEDRO-WOOLEY...78 MPH ANACORTES...61 MPH PORT TOWNSEND...58 MPH NEAR FREDRICKSON...58 MPH PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
000 WWUS76 KSEW 050011 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 411 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 WAZ001>011-013>016-050115- /O.EXP.KSEW.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060205T0000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHWEST INTERIOR-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 411 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN WASHINGTON IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH MOST SPEEDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THE EXCEPTION WAS THOSE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE EAST ENTRANCE TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA. HERE...WINDS WERE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. EXPECT THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA LATER THIS EVENING. EARLIER...DAMAGING WINDS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING POWER OUTAGES. A NUMBER OF LARGE TREES TOPPLED ONTO HIGHWAY 101 NEAR FORKS. THE FOLLOWING ARE WIND REPORTS FROM THE POWERFUL STORM THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA. SEDRO-WOOLEY...........78 MPH BRINNON AND ABERDEEN...67 MPH WEST POINT.............66 MPH ANACORTES..............61 MPH OCEAN SHORES...........60 MPH GOLD BAR...PORT TOWNSEND...AND NEAR FREDRICKSON...58 MPH $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Feb 3, 3:30 AM PST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 3:30 AM PST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
330 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2006
.SYNOPSIS...A POWERFUL STORM RAPIDLY DEEPENING OVER THE NORTHEAST
PACIFIC WILL MOVE TOWARD VANCOUVER ISLAND LATE TONIGHT...BRINGING
WET WEATHER AND STRONG WINDS TO WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY. A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRUSH THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
WASHINGTON SUNDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY AND MILD
WEATHER.
&&
.SHORT TERM...ME THINKS ITSA GONNA GET WINDY. PROBLEM OF THE DAY IS
THE RAPIDLY DEEPENING STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY NEAR 40N 140W. WILL NOT
BE A BIG ISSUE TODAY...AS THE RIDGING AHEAD OF THE STORM WILL
SUPPRESS PRECIP FOR MUCH OF THE FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THE DAY WITH
PEEK-A-BOO SUNSHINE...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE THE
HIGH CLOUDS THICKEN UP.
TONIGHT THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TOWARD THE NE...WITH THE
WARM FRONT ROLLING N UP THE COAST DURING THE EVENING. THIS SHOULD
MARK THE START OF STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST PLAIN. COLD FRONT
EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH
STRONG PRE-FRONTAL WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE NW INTERIOR.
OF COURSE WILL ALSO HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAIN...BUT THAT IS NOT THE
BIG ISSUE THIS TIME.
MOVING INTO SATURDAY...MODELS ARE IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH
THE TRACK OF THE STORM...JUST SUBTLE DIFFERENCES WHICH IS EXCELLENT.
TIMING IS ALSO CLOSE WITH THE LOW HITTING SOUTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND
SAT MORNING WITHIN ABOUT 3 HOURS OF EACH OTHER. ALSO...WITHIN A FEW
MILLIBARS OF EACH OTHER AT LAND FALL AS WELL. THE COAST WILL
CONTINUE TO BE VERY WINDY WITH THE DIRECTION GOING FROM SLY TO WLY.
THE NW INTERIOR WILL HAVE STRONG SE WINDS EARLY SAT.
FOR THE INTERIOR OF WRN WA...THE ACTION BEGINS MID TO LATE SAT
MORNING AFT THE LOW MOVES TO BE STRAIT NORTH. THEN SLY GRADIENTS
INCREASES RAPIDLY WITH STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE RISES MOVING IN.
THIS WILL BE THE STRONG S-SW FLOW UP THE SOUND...POTENTIALLY HIGH
WIND CRITERIA. BUT EVEN IF IT DOES NOT REACH CRITERIA...THERE WILL
LIKELY BE TREE RELATED DAMAGE AS THE SOILS ARE SATURATED AND LOOSE.
BE PREPARED FOR POWER ISSUES SAT AFTERNOON ONWARD.
THIS STRONG GRADIENT HANGS IN UNTIL THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE
RELAXING. BY SUNDAY MORNING...WIND WILL BE LESS THAN 15 TO 20 MPH. A
WEAK WARM FRONT WILL BRUSH THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES AND A CHANCE OF A BIT OF RAIN. NOTHING SIGNIFICANT...BUT THIS
IS THE BEARER OF GOOD TIDINGS AS IT SIGNIFIES THE BEGINNING OF THE
BUILDING OF THE RIDGE. CERNIGLIA
.LONG RANGE...NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT HERE...WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
STRONG UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WEST COAST WELL INTO CANADA WHICH
WILL BRING ABOUT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER AND MILD
AFTERNOON HIGHS AFTER COOL MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES. CERNIGLIA
&&
.AVIATION...WE HAVE A MIX OF MVFR AND VFR CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...
WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND EVEN A WEAK PUGET SOUND CONVERGENCE ZONE.
THE SHOWER ACTIIVITY SHOULD END BY AROUND 15Z THOUGH...WITH LOW
LEVEL FLOW SWITCHING TO OFFSHORE AND VFR CONDITIONS BECOMING
WIDESPREAD WITH CEILINGS MOSTLY ABOVE 7000 FT. THE VIGOROUS FRONTAL
SYSTEM OFFSHORE WILL SPREAD PCPN TO THE COAST THIS EVENING...WITH
MVFR AND LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THERE. MUCH OF THE INTERIOR
OF WRN WA WILL REMAIN VFR THOUGH. MANY AREAS OF WRN WA WILL HAVE
SUSTAINED WIND 25 KT TONIGHT. MCDONNAL
&&
.WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.HIGH WIND WARNING COAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
.HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINDER OF AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVE.
.STORM WARNING COAST AND WEST ENTRANCE STRAIT.
.GALE WARNING CENTRAL STRAIT...EAST ENTRANCE STRAIT...NORTHERN
INLAND WATERS.
.SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ADMIRALTY INLET...PUGET SOUND AND HOOD
CANAL.
.SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS GRAYS HARBOR BAR.
.COASTAL FLOOD WATCH COASTAL ZONES SAT AND SAT NIGHT.
&&
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLENearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.