Wind Advisory 7, NWS Seattle, WA

000 
WWUS76 KSEW 061750
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
950 AM PST WED FEB 6 2008

...ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.YET ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS HEADED TOWARD THE WEST COAST
TODAY. THIS FAST MOVING STORM WILL FORCE A COLD FRONT ACROSS
WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT PRODUCING A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS.
BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY ALLOWING THE WINDY CONDITIONS TO LINGER.

WAZ001-503>512-514-515-070200-
/O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.080207T0000Z-080207T1800Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
950 AM PST WED FEB 6 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
PST THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST THURSDAY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. THE MOST NOTABLE
INCREASE THIS EVENING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NORTH HOOD
CANAL AND ADMIRALTY INLET AREAS...WHERE SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH SHOULD DEVELOP.

OVERNIGHT...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FROM THE STRAIT OF
JUAN DE FUCA INTO THE NORTH SOUND AND THROUGH THE CHEHALIS GAP
INTO THE SOUTH SOUND. IN BOTH OF THESE AREAS...SUSTAINED WEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS RECEIVING THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL INCLUDE LAND AREAS ALONG THE STRAIT OF JUAN
DE FUCA...THE ADMIRALTY INLET AREA...AND WESTERN SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
FURTHER SOUTH...AREAS FROM ABERDEEN TO SHELTON...OLYMPIA AND
TACOMA CAN EXPECT TO SHARE IN THE STRONGEST WINDS.

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. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS
WINDS.

$$

HANER

WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

000 
WWUS76 KSEW 070017
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
417 PM PST WED FEB 6 2008

...MORE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE LATE TONIGHT. BREEZY CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THEN A STRONG SURGE
OF ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED STARTING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND THE CHEHALIS GAP.

WAZ507-510-514-515-070830-
/O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0004.080207T0600Z-080208T0000Z/
EVERETT AND VICINITY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
417 PM PST WED FEB 6 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.

STRONGER WINDS WILL ARRIVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SUSTAINED
WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP ALONG THE U.S. SHORE OF THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND
THEN ACROSS WHIDBEY AND CAMANO ISLANDS. WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE EVERETT AREA. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL TAKE PLACE LATE ON THURSDAY MORNING BUT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME
STRUCTURES.

$$

WAZ001-503-506-070830-
/O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
417 PM PST WED FEB 6 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH WITH OVERNIGHT GUSTS REACHING 45 TO 55 MPH. WINDS WILL
BECOME WESTERLY EARLY ON THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS
ON THURSDAY CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN SAN JUANS AND WESTERN SKAGIT
COUNTY.

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. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS
WINDS.

$$

WAZ504-505-508-509-511-512-070830-
/O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T2100Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
417 PM PST WED FEB 6 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 

OVERNIGHT...STRONGER WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE
CHEHALIS GAP AND INTO THE SOUTH PUGET SOUND REGION. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF BREMERTON AND SEATAC AND WILL PEAK
DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS ON THURSDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

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. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS
WINDS.

$$

HANER

WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

000 
WWUS76 KSEW 070546
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
946 PM PST WED FEB 6 2008

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED
LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

.A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE OFFSHORE WATERS AT 9 PM WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM. STRONG WEST
WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP AS THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND
IN THE ADMIRALTY INLET AND EVERETT AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
MORNING. OTHER AREAS AROUND WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL ALSO SEE VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS. 

WAZ507-510-514-515-071345-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0004.080207T0600Z-080208T0000Z/
EVERETT AND VICINITY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
946 PM PST WED FEB 6 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL SHIFT TO WEST
AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH AROUND 2 AM.
STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON WHIDBEY AND CAMANO ISLANDS. AREAS
OVER WESTERN SNOHOMISH COUNTY FROM THE CITY OF EVERETT NORTHWARD
WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE DAMAGING WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
MORNING.

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME
STRUCTURES.

$$

WAZ001-503-506-071345-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
946 PM PST WED FEB 6 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
BY MIDNIGHT. WIND WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM AS A
STRONG FRONT MOVES THROUGH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE
SOUTHERN SAN JUANS AND OVER WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY.

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. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS
WINDS.

$$

WAZ504-505-508-509-511-512-071345-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T2100Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
946 PM PST WED FEB 6 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 45 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.

WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 55 MPH BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM...MAINLY SOUTH AND WEST OF
TACOMA. WINDS WILL SLOW DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

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. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS
WINDS.

$$


ALBRECHT
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

000 
WWUS76 KSEW 071216
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
416 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

WAZ507-510-514-515-072030-
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/
EVERETT AND VICINITY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
416 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE
FUCA...ADMIRALTY INLET AREA...AND EVERETT AND VICINITY UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON.

WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE
WARNING AREA TODAY...WITH LOCAL WIND DAMAGE LIKELY.

THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON WHIDBEY AND CAMANO
ISLANDS. AREAS ALONG THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND IN WESTERN
SNOHOMISH COUNTY FROM THE CITY OF EVERETT NORTHWARD WILL ALSO
LIKELY SEE DAMAGING WINDS THIS MORNING.

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON.

HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME
STRUCTURES.

$$

WAZ001-503-506-072030-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
416 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING WITH
GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS
AFTERNOON.

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. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN CROSS WINDS.

$$

WAZ504-505-508-509-511-512-072030-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T2100Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
416 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 55 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

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. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN CROSS WINDS.

$$

MCDONNAL

000 
WWUS76 KSEW 071704
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
904 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

WAZ510-072200-
/O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T2200Z/
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
904 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND THEN GRADUALLY EASE OFF EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

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. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS
WINDS.

$$

WAZ507-514-515-071815-
/O.CAN.KSEW.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/
EVERETT AND VICINITY-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
904 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 


$$

WAZ504-505-508-509-511-512-071815-
/O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T2100Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
904 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WERE MEASURED AROUND THE SOUTH SOUND
LATE LAST EVENING AND EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT WINDS HAVE BEEN
EASING NOW FOR THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. THEREFORE...THE WIND
ADVISORY IS CANCELLED.

$$

WAZ503-506-071815-
/O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/
WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
904 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WERE MEASURED LATE LAST EVENING AND
EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT WINDS HAVE BEEN EASING NOW FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL HOURS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED.

$$

WAZ001-072200-
/O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T2200Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-
904 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND THEN GRADUALLY EASE OFF EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCURR OVER THE SOUTHERN SAN
JUAN ISLANDS WITH WEAKER WINDS OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF ORCAS
ISLAND.

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. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN CROSS WINDS.

$$

HANER

WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

000 
WWUS76 KSEW 072216
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
216 PM PST THU FEB 7 2008

WAZ001-510-072330-
/O.EXP.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T2200Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
216 PM PST THU FEB 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

HANER

WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
300 AM PST WED FEB 6 2008

.SYNOPSIS...ANOTHER STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
EVENING AND WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF LOWLAND RAIN AND HEAVY
MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE AREA...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. HEAVY
MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH STRONG POST FRONTAL
ONSHORE FLOW.

&&

.SHORT TERM...VERY ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE
MONTH FROM THE LOOK OF THINGS. NEXT SYSTEM IS ANOTHER STRONG FRONT
WHICH IS CURRENTLY OUT NEAR 145W. THIS FEATURE WILL ZING EASTWARD IN
STRONG WESTERLY JET AND MAKE LANDFALL THIS EVENING THEN PASS THROUGH
THE SOUND AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SYSTEM IS QUITE ENERGETIC WITH PLENTY
OF MOISTURE TO PLAY WITH. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW 5-10 KT MORE S-SW
WIND IN THE LOWEST FEW THOUSAND FEET THAN THE FRONT THAT ZIPPED
ACROSS THE AREA YESTERDAY.

WITH FORWARD SPEED OF THE FRONT WINDS WILL LIKELY RAMP UP QUICKLY
THIS EVENING THEN STRONG WESTERLY ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALLOW THE WINDS
TO LINGER THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY AREAS
OUTSIDE OF THE CENTRAL SOUND WHERE CONVERGENCE OF THE FLOW WILL
LIMIT THE WIND SPEEDS AFTER THE FRONT PASSES.

WITH THAT IN MIND AND GIVEN WHAT WENT ON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I
THOUGHT IT WAS PRUDENT TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LOWLANDS FOR
THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FOR AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE STRAIT...COULD END UP BEING HIGH ENOUGH FOR A WARNING. ALSO IT
WONT BE WINDY ALL AREAS THROUGH THE ENTIRE TIME BUT DIDNT WISH TO
SPLIT UP TIMING AT THIS POINT. I WILL ADDRESS THAT IN THE WORDING OF
THE STATEMENT. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE
FRONT PASSES THIS EVENING. THEN A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE THE WINDS IN THE CENTRAL SOUND WILL EASE UP WHILE SOUTHWEST
WINDS CONTINUE TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. VERY STRONG FLOW EXPECTED DOWN
THE STRAIT BEHIND THE FRONT AND THIS AREA WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED
FOR A POSSIBLE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE WESTERLIES...IF NOT IN THE
STRAIT ZONES THEN POSSIBLY WHIDBEY ISLAND. WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT
REFINE/ADJUST THE ADVISORY TO A WARNING THIS AREA IF IT LOOKS
NECESSARY.

OTHER ISSUE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE HEAVY OROGRAPHIC COMPONENT AS
STRONG WESTERLY FLOW SLAMS THE MOUNTAINS WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE.
WESTERLY FLOW LOOKS STRONGER WITH THIS SYSTEM WHEN COMPARED TO THE
LAST ONE WITH MORE MOISTURE. SO LIKELY WILL HAVE MORE SNOW FALL AND
STRONG WINDS...WITH THE WINDS LASTING FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THERE SHOULD ALSO BE A GOOD AMOUNT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
WINTER STORM WARNING ALREADY UP INTO THURSDAY WHICH LOOKS GOOD SO NO
CHANGES THERE.

WITH FAIRLY STRONG WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUING INTO EARLY FRIDAY...THE
MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO GET SNOW WHILE THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS WILL
SEE SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY. THE CENTRAL SOUND AREA WILL BE IN THE LEE
OF THE OLYMPICS AND WILL SEE THE LEAST ACTIVITY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY
WITH BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER. THE NW INTERIOR ZONES WILL ALSO HAVE
A BIT LESS SHOWER ACTIVITY DUE TO VANCOUVER ISLAND ACTING AS A
DECENT BLOCK. COAST AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR ZONES WILL HAVE THE MOST
PRECIP WITH OPEN ACCESS TO THE WEST. RELATIVELY STRONG SOUTHWEST
PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE LINGERS OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON
THROUGH THIS PERIOD SO OFF AND ON BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE.
CERNIGLIA

.LONG TERM...THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND MODELS HAVE BEEN
REASONABLY CONSISTENT WITH WARM FRONT LIFTING UP ACROSS THE REGION
FRIDAY NIGHT LEAVING THE AREA IN THE WARM SECTOR THROUGH A LARGE
PART OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY. NOT HOPEFUL THAT THE WARM AIR
WILL MIX TO THE SURFACE (DIFFICULT THIS TIME OF YEAR) BUT IT WILL
AFFECT SNOW LEVELS. AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW LEVELS WILL
RISE TO AROUND 3000 FT NORTH CASCADES AND 4000 FT CENTRAL CASCADES.
THEN MODERATELY STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA LATE SATURDAY FOR RAINY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH SNOW LEVELS
DROPPING BACK TO 2000-3000 FT. THEN IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL REPEAT
THIS CYCLE ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS SNOW LEVELS RISE
IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT AROUND TUESDAY THEN FALL. THE LA
NINA WINTER CONTINUES.  CERNIGLIA

&&

.AVIATION...A MIX OF MVFR CEILINGS AND VFR WERE OBSERVED EARLY THIS
MORNING AS ONE SYSTEM EXITS WESTERN WASHINGTON WITH ANOTHER QUICK ON
ITS HEELS. CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LOWER THIS AFTERNOON
WITH MVFR CEILINGS BECOMING FAIRLY WIDESPREAD BY 00Z TO 02Z.
SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY THIS MORNING WILL BE REPLACED BY MORE
STEADY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES. THE
INCOMING SYSTEM LOOKS SIMILAR IN STRENGTH TO THAT OF YESTERDAY...IF
NOT SLIGHTLY STRONGER. THE FRONT SHOULD BE ON THE COAST AROUND 06Z
AND PASSING THROUGH THE PUGET SOUND BY 09Z. CEILINGS MAY DROP BELOW
1000 FEET AT TIMES AFTER 03Z WITH MODERATE RAIN. LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE STRONG THIS EVENING. WINDS AT 5000 FEET
COULD REACH SOUTHERLY 60 TO 70 KNOTS BY 06Z.

AT KSEA...MOSTLY MVFR CEILINGS EXPECTED TODAY...THOUGH PERIODS OF
VFR MAY OCCUR LATER THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. MVFR CEILINGS
WILL DOMINATE THE FORECAST AFTER 00Z...WITH POSSIBLE CEILINGS BELOW
1000 FEET AT TIMES AFTER 03Z. SOUTHWEST WIND 10-15 KNOTS THIS
MORNING BECOMING SOUTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON...GUSTING TO 20 TO 25
KNOTS AFTER 03Z. 27

&&

.MARINE...GALE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS EXCEPT PUGET
SOUND. WINDS SHOULD NOTABLY INCREASE AFTER 00Z THIS AFTERNOON WITH
SOLID GALES ACROSS MOST OF THE WATERS BY 06Z TO 09Z TONIGHT.
INCOMING FRONT LOOKS RATHER STRONG...WITH A FULL WESTERLY GALE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE STRAIT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BEHIND IT.
MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS SOME IMPRESSIVE SOUTHERLY GRADIENTS DEVELOPING
THROUGH PUGET SOUND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A GALE WARNING MAY
EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED FOR PUGET SOUND AS WELL.

HIGH SURF WARNING FOR THE COAST HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...AND IS EFFECTIVE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. WESTERLY
SWELL OF 20 TO 22 FEET THIS MORNING SHOULD GRADUALLY FALL BELOW 20
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK ON THE COASTAL WATERS. 27

&&

.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
 .WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE OLYMPICS AND WEST SLOPES OF THE
  CASCADES.
 .WIND ADVISORY FOR LOWLAND AREAS EXCEPT FOR THE COAST.
 .GALE WARNING ALL WATERS EXCEPT PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL.
 .SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL.
 .SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS GRAYS HARBOR BAR.

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