Wind Advisory 1, NWS Seattle, WA

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1110 AM PST TUE JAN 1 2008

...VERY WINDY NEAR THE CASCADES TODAY..

.A VERY STRONG EASTERLY SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE
TO CAUSE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS
REGION FROM SNOHOMISH COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH LEWIS COUNTY.

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EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
1110 AM PST TUE JAN 1 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SUSTAINED EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING NEAR THE CASCADES. TOWNS SUCH AS NORTH
BEND AND ENUMCLAW AND SURROUNDING AREAS AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY 2
CORRIDOR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THESE
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO BE STRONG JUST WEST
OF THE PASSES...ESPECIALLY ALONG I-90 JUST WEST OF SNOQUALMIE
SUMMIT.

HIGH WIND GUSTS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE
SOME STRUCTURES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO
BEING PUSHED AROUND BY WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

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SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
1110 AM PST TUE JAN 1 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE FOOTHILLS REGION OF THE
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR ZONE THIS MORNING. A SPOTTER NEAR CINEBAR
REPORTED A WIND GUST OVER 80 MPH AROUND 1030 AM. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL MAINLY AFFECT AREAS WELL EAST
OF INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 507. 

HIGH WIND GUSTS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME
STRUCTURES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO
BEING PUSHED AROUND BY WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

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CERNIGLIA
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
230 AM PST TUE JAN 01 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A FRONT OFFSHORE WILL SPREAD CLOUDS OVER WESTERN
WASHINGTON TODAY AND BRING RAIN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PERSISTENT
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING ONE SYSTEM AFTER ANOTHER INTO THE
REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD EARLY IN THE WEEK.
LATER IN THE WEEK LOWER TEMPERATURES AND SNOW LEVEL WILL PREVAIL.

&&

.SHORT TERM...GOOD EASTERLY GRADIENT OVER THE CASCADES AND SOME
EFFECTS ALREADY IN EVIDENCE. FOR ONE...TEMPERATURES ARE SURPRISINGLY
MILD TONIGHT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DOWNSLOPE WARMING. SOME PLACES
ARE STILL IN THE 40S THOUGH SHELTERED SPOTS HAVE SLIPPED BELOW
FREEZING. FOR ANOTHER...BREEZY CONDITIONS NOTED ON RIDGETOPS IN THE
CASCADES AND THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO SPILL INTO THE EAST PUGET
SOUND LOWLANDS. WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THAT AREA FOR TODAY
INTO THIS EVENING.

RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AS OFFSHORE SYSTEM MAKES ITS
WAY INLAND. THEN MORE SYSTEMS COME THROUGH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. TEMPS LIKELY TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S AND EVEN PUSH 50
OCCASIONALLY AS HEIGHTS REMAIN HIGH AND WARM ADVECTION KEEPS
BRINGING WARMISH AIR TO THE AREA. OVERNIGHT LOWS NOT LIKELY TO DROP
BELOW FREEZING. IN GENERAL THE PATTERN IS WET AND NOWHERE NEAR AS
COLD AS LATTER PART OF DECEMBER WAS. BURKE

.LONG TERM...HAVE KEPT THE BROAD BRUSH IDEA AS MODELS BRING A SERIES
OF SYSTEMS THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON. A DEEP LOW IS OFTEN JUST
OFFSHORE WITH THESE STORMS SO AREA WILL BE WINDY OR BREEZY AT TIMES
AS WELL AS WET. TEMPS RETURN TO MORE SEASONAL NORMS AS HEIGHTS FALL.
COULD BE A LITTLE SNOW AT TIMES BUT TRYING TO PINPOINT IT CLEARLY
PREMATURE AT THIS TIME. BURKE

&&

.AVIATION...OFFSHORE PRES GRADIENTS HAVE STRENGTHENED SIGNIFICANTLY
OVERNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS
WILL KEEP CEILINGS HIGH AND ANY PRECIPITATION THAT MOVES IN LATER
TONIGHT WILL BE QUITE LIGHT. STRONG EAST WIND 13035KT AROUND 015 MAY
POKE OUT TO KSEA AND KBFI BUT OTHER TERMINALS SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED
(PIC8). WILL INCLUDE A LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR GROUP 14Z-21Z FOR THAT
AT KBFI AND KSEA.

AT KSEA...ISSUE OF THE DAY WILL BE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AS E WIND 5
TO 10 KT RISES SHARPLY TO 13035KT AT 015. LLWS WILL BECOME LESS OF
AN ISSUE IN THE AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL FLOW TURNS SE AND INCREASES
SOMEWHAT. ALBRECHT

&&

.MARINE...LOW LEVEL OFFSHORE FLOW WITH GALE COAST AND WEST
ENTRANCE...SCA CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE IN THE STRAIT...ADMIRALTY INLET
AND THE NORTH INLAND WATERS. CONDITIONS WILL RELAX BEHIND THE
FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT PASSES WED MORNING.

AFTER A FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE WATERS ON WED...COMPUTER GUIDANCE
IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THE EXACT TRACT AND TIMING OF
INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS THAT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. AN ACTIVE AND FAST
MOVING PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH WITH SURFACE PRESSURES GENERALLY
FALLING BELOW 985 MB AND STRONG WAVES PASSING BY TO THE WEST.
SYSTEMS COULD RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND WINDS BECOME RATHER STRONG. AT
THIS TIME WILL KEEP THINGS BLUSTERY WITH SCA SELY WINDS MOST WATERS
AND POSSIBLE GALES AT TIMES ON THE COAST. MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR
WEATHER CONDITIONS CAREFULLY AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
CONDITIONS. ALBRECHT

&&

.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.WIND ADVISORY EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
.GALE WARNING COAST AND WEST ENTRANCE TO THE STRAIT.
.SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CENTRAL STRAIT...EAST ENTRANCE TO THE
STRAIT...ADMIRALTY INLET...AND NORTHERN INLAND WATERS.
.SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GRAYS HARBOR FOR ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS.

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