Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 9, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind watch at Dec 15, 2012, 1:53 PM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 16, 2012, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2012, 1:53 PM PST (21:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2012, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2012, 2:15 PM PST
- In force
- 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 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
082 WWUS76 KSEW 152153 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 153 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A THREAT OF HIGH WINDS TO WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A 975 MB SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE COAST OF WASHINGTON ON SUNDAY. LATEST COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE ONTO THE WASHINGTON COAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AND WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON WHERE HIGH WINDS DEVELOP. THERE IS ENOUGH CERTAINTY THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL EXPERIENCE HIGH WINDS...THEREFORE A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. WAZ001-503-506-510-160600- /O.CAN.KSEW.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 153 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS ENDED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS ENDED. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY ISLAND... FRIDAY HARBOR...AND BELLINGHAM. * TIMING...FROM 4 PM PST SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH NOON MONDAY. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY MONDAY MORNING. WEST FACING COASTLINES NEAR THE EAST ENTRANCE TO THE STRAIT MAY EXPERIENCE STRONGER GUSTS TO 70 MPH MONDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS SUCH AS PORT TOWNSEND AND THE WEST SIDE OF WHIDBEY ISLAND. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WAZ516-517-160600- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 153 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM...WEST PORT...ABERDEEN...QUILLAYUTE...LA PUSH. * TIMING...FROM 4 PM PST SUNDAY THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO WESTERLY 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH MONDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INLAND. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-160600- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0800Z-121217T2000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 153 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...EVERETT...BELLEVUE... TACOMA...OLYMPIA...SHELTON...AND CHEHALIS. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RISE BEHIND A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS RISING TO 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WAZ514-515-160600- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0800Z-121217T2000Z/ EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 153 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT ANGELES...AND SEKIU. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL RISE BEHIND A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE MERCER
3 follow-up statements
393 WWUS76 KSEW 160451 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 851 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A THREAT OF HIGH WINDS TO WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A 975 MB SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE COAST OF WASHINGTON ON SUNDAY. LATEST COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE ONTO THE WASHINGTON COAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AND WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON WHERE HIGH WINDS DEVELOP. WAZ516-517-161400- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 851 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM...WEST PORT...ABERDEEN... QUILLAYUTE...LA PUSH. * TIMING...FROM 4 PM PST SUNDAY THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO WESTERLY 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INLAND. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-161400- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 851 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY ISLAND... FRIDAY HARBOR...AND BELLINGHAM. * TIMING...FROM 4 PM PST SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH NOON MONDAY. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING. WEST FACING COASTLINES NEAR THE EAST ENTRANCE TO THE STRAIT MAY EXPERIENCE STRONGER GUSTS TO 70 MPH MONDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS SUCH AS PORT TOWNSEND AND THE WEST SIDE OF WHIDBEY ISLAND. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-161400- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0800Z-121217T2000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 851 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...EVERETT...BELLEVUE... TACOMA...OLYMPIA...SHELTON...AND CHEHALIS. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RISE BEHIND A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS RISING TO 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WAZ514-515-161400- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0800Z-121217T2000Z/ EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 851 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT ANGELES...AND SEKIU. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL RISE BEHIND A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
362 WWUS76 KSEW 161235 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 435 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 WAZ517-162045- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0000Z-121217T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0011.121217T0800Z-121217T1800Z/ CENTRAL COAST- 435 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT EARLIER. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM...ABERDEEN...AND OCEAN SHORES. * TIMING...DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A STRONG FRONT. THE WINDS WILL SWITCH OUT OF THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH. * WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND THEN BECOME WEST AND DROP OFF TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES OR POLES...AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES...THUS RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ516-162045- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0500Z-121217T2000Z/ NORTH COAST- 435 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...FORKS...QUILLAYUTE...AND LA PUSH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A STRONG FRONT. THE WINDS WILL SWITCH OUT OF THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH. * WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT POSSIBLY 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND THEN BECOME WEST AND DROP OFF TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES OR POLES...AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. THE HIGH WINDS COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES...THUS RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-510-162045- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0500Z-121217T2000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 435 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH INTERIOR FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY ISLAND... FRIDAY HARBOR...AND BELLINGHAM. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT POSSIBLY 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DROP OFF AND BECOME SOUTHERLY 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY MIDMORNING MONDAY. THERE IS ALSO POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WEST WINDS ACROSS WHIDBEY ISLAND AND OVER THE PORT TOWNSEND AREA MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES OR POLES...AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. THE HIGH WINDS COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES...THUS RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ514-515-162045- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T1100Z-121217T2000Z/ EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 435 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT ANGELES AND SEKIU. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...INCREASING FROM THE WEST AT POSSIBLY 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES OR POLES...AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. THE HIGH WINDS COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES...THUS RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-162045- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0800Z-121217T2000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 435 AM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PUGET SOUND REGION AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...EVERETT...TACOMA...CHEHALIS... OLYMPIA...SHELTON...AND BELLEVUE. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES ..AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. THE HIGH WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES...THUS RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
433 WWUS76 KSEW 162215 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 215 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 WAZ516-170700- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0500Z-121217T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0011.121217T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ NORTH COAST- 215 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...FORKS...QUILLAYUTE...AND LA PUSH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A FRONT LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...THEN SWITCHING TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SLOWLY EASING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES OR POLES...AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ504-509-511-512-170700- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0800Z-121217T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0011.121217T0600Z-121218T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 215 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... 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 MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SOUTH TACOMA...CHEHALIS...OLYMPIA... SHELTON...CENTRALIA...MONTESANO...SOUTH PORTION OF HOOD CANAL. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHERLY WIND 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...THEN SWITCH TO SOUTHWEST WIND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES ..AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ514-515-170700- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T1100Z-121217T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0011.121217T0600Z-121218T0000Z/ EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 215 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT ANGELES AND SEKIU. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL SWITCH TO WESTERLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND RISE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL SLOWLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES OR POLES...AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ001-506-510-170700- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0500Z-121217T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0011.121217T0600Z-121218T0000Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 215 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... 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 MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...PORT TOWNSEND...WHIDBEY ISLAND...AND ANACORTES. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO WESTERLY AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH BEHIND A FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THE WEST PART OF WHIDBEY ISLAND...THE SOUTHERN SAN JUANS...AND THE ANACORTES AREA WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WESTERLY WINDS. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES OR POLES...AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ517-170700- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0011.121217T0000Z-121218T0000Z/ CENTRAL COAST- 215 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM...ABERDEEN...AND OCEAN SHORES. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A VIGOROUS FRONT. THE WINDS WILL SWITCH OUT OF THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THIS EVENING...THEN SWITCHING TO WESTERLY AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. WINDS WILL SLOWLY EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES OR POLES...AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. THE HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES...THUS RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ505-507-508-170700- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0800Z-121217T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0037.121217T0600Z-121218T0000Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA- 215 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...EVERETT...BELLEVUE...AND BREMERTON. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY RISE LATE TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES MONDAY MORNING...THEN EASE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES... TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL 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. && $$ WAZ503-170700- /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0009.121217T0500Z-121217T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0037.121217T0600Z-121218T0000Z/ WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 215 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DEVELOPING THIS EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT. WIND SWITCHING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 55 MPH LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND EASING. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES... TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE MERCER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 watch went out at Dec 15, 9:15 AM PST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 9:15 AM PST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
915 AM PST SAT DEC 15 2012
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE
AREA TODAY AS WELL AS RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. AN EVEN STRONGER
SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS OVER THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR AS WELL
AS HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. A COLDER AIR MASS WILL FOLLOW THIS
SYSTEM MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW LEVELS PREDICTED TO PLUMMET TO NEAR
SEA LEVEL BY TUESDAY MORNING.
&&
.SHORT TERM...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS THE NEXT FRONT NOW INSIDE
130 W MOVING TOWARD THE AREA. RADAR INDICATES LIGHT RAIN IS FILLING
IN ACROSS THE INTERIOR WITH PRECIPITATION STARTING ALSO PUSHING INTO
THE CASCADES. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY STATEMENT WAS UPDATED
EARLIER TO INDICATE THE FASTER ONSET OF SNOW WHICH LOOKS GOOD. SNOW
LEVELS ARE STARTING OFF RATHER LOW...500 TO 1500 FEET DEPENDING ON
LOCATION. HIGHER HILLTOPS AND COULD SEE SOME BRIEF MIXED RAIN/SNOW
BUT NO ACCUMULATION. SHELTERED PORTIONS OF HOOD CANAL/KITSAP WILL
ALSO HAVE SOME MIXED RAIN/SNOW OR WET SNOW BUT NOT MUCH MORE THAN A
SLOPPY INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THERE. THE MOUNTAINS WILL
GET SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. COLD AIR...DOWN
TO -6C AT 850 MB AND -34 C AT 500 MB...ALONG WITH STRONGER FLOW
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE SNOW RATIOS AND OROGRAPHICS ALONG THE
W SLOPES OF THE CASCADES AND OLYMPICS. SNOW TOTALS WITH THIS SYSTEM
OF 8 TO 16 INCHES LOOK REASONABLE...WITH MUCH MORE SNOW EXPECTED
WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM.
SE WINDS ARE ALREADY PICKING UP OVER THE USUAL AREAS FROM ADMIRALTY
INLET NWD. MESO MODELS AND MOS GUIDANCE SUGGEST BORDERLINE WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA IS POSSIBLE FOR THIS AREA. WILL MONITOR WIND
SPEEDS CLOSELY TODAY WITH STRONGEST WINDS JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT
EXPECTED FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...JUST A BIT
BREEZY TODAY WITH RAIN AT TIMES. THE LOWLANDS WILL SEE A CHANGE OVER
TO SHOWERS TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BUT THE MOUNTAINS WILL
GENERALLY HAVE CONTINUOUS SNOW. SO NO REAL BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEMS.
THE NEXT MAJOR STORM SYSTEM APPEARS ON TRACK LOOKING AT THE NEW 12Z
GFS/NAM THIS MORNING. ALL THE FORECAST MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD
AGREEMENT OF RAPID SURFACE LOW DEVELOPMENT SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT...DEEPENING DOWN TO 970-980 MB HEADING ON AN EWD COURSE TOWARD
WRN WA. THE LOW CENTER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
THE CENTRAL WA COAST OR DOWN THE STRAIT. THIS TRAJECTORY PUTS ALL OF
WRN WA UNDER THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS. AT THIS POINT...HIGH WINDS
APPEAR MOST LIKELY ALONG THE COAST...AND N INTERIOR. STRONGER MODEL
SOLUTIONS ALSO PUT THE STRAIT...PUGET SOUND REGION...SW INTERIOR
AND REMAINING AREAS AT RISK OF HIGH WIND AS WELL. I HAVE NOT SEEN
ALL THE MORNING MODEL DATA YET BUT GIVEN THE KBLI-KPDX GRADIENTS
OVER +15 MB ON MOST MODELS...A WATCH WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED FOR ALL
THE LOWLANDS INCLUDING PUGET SOUND/SW INTERIOR.
SNOW LEVELS WILL ALSO BE LOW WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM MUCH LIKE THIS
MORNING. A QUICK LOOK AT THE NAM-12 INDICATES A PERIOD OF RAIN/SNOW
MIX OR PERHAPS A PERIOD OF WET SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE HOOD CANAL ZONE.
WILL NEED TO LOOK AT THIS CLOSER AS SOME BRIEF ACCUMULATION THERE
MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN THE CASCADES SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...EARLIER IN THE OLYMPICS. QPF AMOUNTS ARE IMPRESSIVE DUE
TO STRONG FLOW...COLD AIR...AND STRONG DYNAMIC LIFT RESULTING IN 2
TO 3+ FEET OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IT WILL BE VERY WINDY WITH
EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITY AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
WESTERLY WINDS IN THE PASSES BEHIND THE LOW ON MONDAY COULD EASILY
EXCEED 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILL LIKELY HOIST A WINTER STORM
WATCH LATER TODAY TO PICK UP WHERE THE CURRENT ADVISORY ENDS AT NOON
SUNDAY WHICH WILL RUN THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS
WILL BE QUITE LOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...BELOW 1000 FEET. HEAVY
SHOWERS OR ANY CONVERGENCE ZONE DEVELOPMENT COULD PUT DOWN SOME
LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS CLOSE TO SEA LEVEL. HIGHS TUESDAY MAY
STRUGGLE OUT OF THE 30S INCLUDING THE PUGET SOUND REGION. MERCER
.LONG TERM...A COLD UPPER TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST OF THE
REGION TUESDAY NIGHT WITH DECREASING SHOWERS. LITTLE BREAK IS
EXPECTED AS A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM
WILL SPREAD RAIN BACK INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT OCCLUDES
AS IT MOVES INTO WRN WA WITH ONLY SLIGHT RISES IN SNOW LEVELS. THE
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING THEN
WEAKEN AND SPLIT WITH THE STRONGER PORTION HEADING SWD.
A LARGE UPPER LOW CENTERED BETWEEN 130-140 W WILL STALL THROUGH THE
REST OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP WRN WA UNDER MOIST SLY OR SW FLOW.
MODELS SHOW MOSTLY WEAK SYSTEMS TO BRING RAIN OR SHOWERS AT TIMES TO
THE AREA. NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. MERCER
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ON AREA RIVERS THROUGH THE END OF NEXT
WEEK. MERCER
&&
.AVIATION...A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN WA
TODAY. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH RAIN TURNING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS
WILL REACH THE COAST MIDDAY AND PUSH THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN
WA IN THE AFTERNOON. BLUSTERY TODAY...AND THE AREAS WHICH ARE
TYPICALLY PRONE TO THE SSE WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE ALREADY
WINDY. THE PUGET SOUND AREA WILL BECOME BLUSTERY AS THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND THE WIND SHIFTS FROM SE TO SW. THE
MOUNTAINS WILL REMAIN OBSCURED. 19
KSEA...CURRENT TAF LOOKS GOOD...IT SHOULD BE RATHER BREEZY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH A SW WIND BEHIND THE FRONT.
19
&&
.MARINE...VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE WATERS TODAY
WITH SE GALES THIS MORNING AND A WIND SHIFT THROUGH THE COASTAL
WATERS BY MIDDAY AND THROUGH PUGET SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS IN
THE AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE FRONT STRONG ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED WITH
A BLUSTERY SW WIND MOST AREAS EXCEPT WEST WIND COASTAL WATERS AND
STRAIT.
A RATHER STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL REACH THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING.
SEVERAL FORECAST MODELS SHOW A SURFACE LOW AROUND 975 MILLIBARS
REACHING THE SOUTH END OF VANCOUVER ISLAND SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY WILL BE A WINDY DAY WITH FULL GALES MOST
WATERS AND STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE COAST AND STRAIT. THERE COULD
BE A SIGNIFICANT WESTERLY PUSH DOWN THE STRAIT MONDAY MORNING AND
THE CURRENT 12Z NAM HAS A UIL-BLI GRADIENT OF +7 MB AT 4AM MONDAY
WITH A 980MB LOW CENTER JUST NORTH OF KBLI. THE INTERIOR WATERS AND
PUGET SOUND SHOULD BE QUITE WINDY AS WELL WITH THAT 12Z NAM GIVING A
+16MB GRADIENT AT 4AM MONDAY.
THE DEEP LOW MONDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY GIVE A STORM SURGE OF A
COUPLE FOOT TIDAL ANOMALY SO TIDAL OVERFLOW IS LIKELY DURING HIGH
TIDE MONDAY MORNING IN THE INTERIOR WATERS. ALSO...A COASTAL FLOOD
WATCH IS LIKELY TO BE ISSUED IF HIGH COASTAL SURF BIG ENOUGH TO
AFFECT THE BEACHES AT HIGH TIDE MONDAY...ALTHOUGH THE TIMING IS
DIFFERENT FOR THE COAST WHERE LOW TIDE MAY COINCIDE WITH THE
HIGHEST TIDAL ANOMALY WHICH MAY HELP QUITE A BIT. THE AFTERNOON HIGH
TIDE ON THE COAST HOWEVER SHOULD HAVE HIGH SURF CRASHING THE
BEACHES. SOME SORT OF A STATEMENT OR OUTLOOK WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED
WITH THE AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE FOR SUN NITE AND MONDAY FOR THE
TIDES AND SURF. 19
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES
UNTIL NOON SUNDAY.
PZ...GALE WARNING COASTAL WATERS...ENTRANCES TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN
DE FUCA AND NORTHERN INLAND WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CENTRAL STRAIT...ADMIRALTY INLET...PUGET SOUND. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY GRAYS HARBOR BAR FOR ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
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WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE/GAFD/LATEST_WEBAFD.HTMLIn the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 15, 1:48 PM PST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
148 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0147 PM SNOW 1 E BREMERTON 47.55N 122.68W
12/15/2012 M1.0 INCH KITSAP WA PUBLIC
AN INCH OF SNOW, ROADS BARE AND WET
&&
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2:53 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 8 days | |
| Dec 15, 10:10 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 4 hr |
| Dec 15, 1:49 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Dec 15, 2:02 PM PST | Coastal Flood Watch | SEW | San Juan | 24 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:34 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Dec 15, 2:34 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Dec 15, 2:34 PM PST | Storm Watch | SEW | 12 hr |
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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.