Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this high wind warning at Jan 10, 2014, 10:07 AM PST for San Juan County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 10, 2014, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 33 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
- Jan 10, 2014, 10:07 AM PST (18:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2014, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2014, 1:00 AM PST
- In force
- 33 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 18:09 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 12:00Z, 6.1 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
586 WWUS76 KSEW 101807 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1007 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 WAZ510-110600- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0001.140111T0000Z-140111T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140112T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 1007 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. AFTER A RELATIVE LULL IN THE WIND SATURDAY MORNING...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL FOLLOW A STRONG COLD FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WESTERLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND COULD REACH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ516-517-110600- /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0001.140111T0000Z-140111T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140111T1800Z-140112T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 1007 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST INCLUDING WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...LA PUSH AND NEAH BAY. * TIMING...A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL FOLLOW A STRONG COLD FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD THOUGH MODELS SUGGEST THERE WILL BE A BRIEF RELATIVE LULL IN THE WIND SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TONIGHT. WIND WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY SATURDAY MORNING AND COULD REACH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH 60 MPH GUSTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$
6 follow-up statements
044 WWUS76 KSEW 102254 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 254 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 WAZ516-517-110600- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.140111T0000Z-140111T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140111T1800Z-140112T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 254 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST INCLUDING WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...LA PUSH AND NEAH BAY. * TIMING...A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL FOLLOW A STRONG COLD FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD THOUGH MODELS SUGGEST THERE WILL BE A BRIEF RELATIVE LULL IN THE WIND SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TONIGHT. WIND WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY SATURDAY MORNING AND COULD REACH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH 60 MPH GUSTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ510-110600- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.140111T0000Z-140111T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140112T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 254 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. AFTER A RELATIVE LULL IN THE WIND SATURDAY MORNING... STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL FOLLOW A STRONG COLD FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WESTERLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND COULD REACH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ001-503>509-511-514-515-110600- /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.140111T0000Z-140111T1400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 254 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST SATURDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS WILL BE WINDY TONIGHT. * TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT. * WIND...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
692 WWUS76 KSEW 110544 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 944 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 WAZ516-517-111400- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140111T1800Z-140112T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 944 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST INCLUDING WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...LA PUSH AND NEAH BAY. * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA WILL CROSS THE COAST AROUND 1 AM OR 2 AM SATURDAY MORNING WITH STRONG ONSHORE FLOW FOLLOWING THE FRONT SATURDAY. A DEEP SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER SATURDAY CONTINUING THE STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALONG THE COAST. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF RELATIVE LULL IN THE WIND SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW. * WIND...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TONIGHT. WIND WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY SATURDAY MORNING AND COULD REACH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH 60 MPH GUSTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ510-111400- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140112T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 944 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA WILL CROSS THE NORTH INTERIOR 4 AM SATURDAY MORNING. A DEEP SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER SATURDAY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AND AGAIN AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING BEHIND THE SURFACE LOW. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND WEAKEN BRIEFLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING BACK TO SOUTH LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING WITH WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ512-111400- /O.EXB.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0800Z/ LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- 944 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST SATURDAY NIGHT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...ELMA. * TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND PEAK AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WIND...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SHORT PERIODS OF WEAKER WINDS WILL BE INTERSPERSED WITH THE STRONGER WINDS. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ001-503>509-511-514-515-111400- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 944 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST SATURDAY NIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS WILL HAVE PERIODS OF WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND PEAK AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WIND...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SHORT PERIODS OF WEAKER WINDS WILL BE INTERSPERSED WITH THE STRONGER WINDS. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
898 WWUS76 KSEW 110930 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 130 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 WAZ001-503-506-111730- /O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.140111T1400Z-140112T0800Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1400Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 130 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...MOUNT VERNON. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...AND AGAIN AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING BEHIND THE SURFACE LOW. * WIND...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ510-111730- /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1400Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140112T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 130 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA WILL CROSS THE NORTH INTERIOR 4 AM SATURDAY MORNING. A DEEP SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER SATURDAY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT... AND AGAIN AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING BEHIND THE SURFACE LOW. * WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND WEAKEN BRIEFLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING BACK TO SOUTH LATE IN THE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING WITH WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ516-517-111730- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1200Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140111T1800Z-140112T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 130 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST INCLUDING WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...LA PUSH AND NEAH BAY. * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA WILL CROSS THE COAST AROUND 1 AM OR 2 AM SATURDAY MORNING WITH STRONG ONSHORE FLOW FOLLOWING THE FRONT SATURDAY. A DEEP SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER SATURDAY CONTINUING THE STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALONG THE COAST. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF RELATIVE LULL IN THE WIND SATURDAY MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW. * WIND...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SOUTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TONIGHT. WIND WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY SATURDAY MORNING AND COULD REACH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH 60 MPH GUSTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING WIND EVENT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-514-515-111730- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 130 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS WILL HAVE PERIODS OF WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND PEAK AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WIND...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SHORT PERIODS OF WEAKER WINDS WILL BE INTERSPERSED WITH THE STRONGER WINDS. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
435 WWUS76 KSEW 111151 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 351 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 WAZ516-517-120100- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140111T1800Z-140112T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 351 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST INCLUDING WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...LA PUSH AND NEAH BAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...BECOMING WEST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ510-120100- /O.CAN.KSEW.HW.A.0001.140112T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 351 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH....BECOMING WEST. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-120100- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1400Z/ /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.140111T1400Z-140112T0800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 351 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...MOUNT VERNON. * WIND...SOUTH WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH EARLY...BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-514-515-120100- /O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0800Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 351 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS WILL HAVE PERIODS OF WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
415 WWUS76 KSEW 112254 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 254 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 WAZ516-517-120300- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0300Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 254 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...OCEAN SHORES...LA PUSH AND NEAH BAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ510-120900- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 254 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * WIND...WEST WIND 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-514-515-120900- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 254 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS WILL HAVE PERIODS OF WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ001-503-506-120900- /O.EXT.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 254 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY... * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM...MOUNT VERNON. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY FALL. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$
138 WWUS76 KSEW 120905 NPWSEW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 105 AM PST SUN JAN 12 2014 WAZ510-121500- /O.EXP.KSEW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0003.140112T0905Z-140112T1500Z/ ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- 105 AM PST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...OAK HARBOR AND PORT TOWNSEND. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * WIND...WEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. && $$ WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-514-515-121015- /O.EXP.KSEW.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA- LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 105 AM PST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$ WAZ001-503-506-121015- /O.EXP.KSEW.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140112T0900Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 105 AM PST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$
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 Jan 9, 9:28 PM PST, 12 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 9:28 PM PST, 12 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
928 PM PST THU JAN 9 2014
.SYNOPSIS...STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP
AREAS OF SHOWERS GOING ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT. A STRONG
FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND WIND TO THE AREA FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. FIRST A WARM FRONT WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. NEXT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND WIND
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FINALLY A DEEP LOW WILL
CROSS THE AREA SATURDAY FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS. A WEAKER WARM FRONT
WILL BRING MORE RAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...THE WARM FRONT THAT BROUGHT RAIN TO W WA TODAY HAS
MOVED EAST AND STRONG NW FLOW ALOFT AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP AREAS
OF SHOWERS GOING TONIGHT. OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS HAVE COME INTO PLAY
WITH RADAR SHOWING MUCH OF THE PUGET SOUND REGION IN THE RAIN SHADOW
OF THE OLYMPICS. 20-40 KT W FLOW ALOFT AT 850 MB WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE CASCADES TONIGHT WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES
ACCUMULATION ABOVE 3000 FEET. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH 4
AM ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE.
THE MAIN EVENT FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL AFFECT W WA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
THIS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THREE SIGNIFICANT FEATURES THAT WILL AFFECT
THE AREA DURING THAT PERIOD. OVERALL RECENT COMPUTER MODELS HAVE
BEEN IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING THE EVOLUTION AND TRACK OF
THIS SYSTEM...SO CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED A LITTLE.
FIRST A WARM FRONT WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE
GFS IS A LITTLE FASTER THAN THE NAM WITH LEFTOVER SHOWERS CHANGING
TO RAIN STARTING AROUND MIDDAY. THE NAM HOLDS OFF UNTIL MID
AFTERNOON AND THE 12Z ECMWF APPEARS TO DO THE SAME. NO WIND YET.
THE NEXT FEATURE IS A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL APPROACH FRIDAY
NIGHT...THEN REACH THE COAST. GFS/NAM/ECMWF ALL BRING THE BACK EDGE
OF THE CLOUD BAND TO THE N COAST WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS OF 12Z...THEN
BLOW IT QUICKLY E OVER E WA BY 18Z. THE 00Z NAM AND THE 12Z WRF-GFS
ARE THE FASTEST WITH THE FRONT. BOTH THE NAM/ECMWF APPEAR TO HAVE
THE FRONT BURIED SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLOUD BAND BASED ON
THE FRONTAL WIND SHIFT. RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY FRIDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT AND WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO ADVISORY LEVELS ALONG
THE COAST AND NEAR OR JUST UNDER ADVISORY LEVELS ELSEWHERE. WINDS
COULD GET STRONG ENOUGH ALONG THE COAST TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA
SO A WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.
THE THIRD FEATURE IS THE TRAILING SURFACE LOW WHERE THE BENT-BACK
OCCLUSION HAS WRAPPED UP. MODELS HAVE GAINED CONSISTENCY IN TRACKING
THE LOW E JUST N OF THE CANADIAN BORDER ON SATURDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE
IT WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 983 MB TO 988 MB OVER VANCOUVER AROUND 00Z.
THE LOW SHOULD HAVE THE TIGHTEST PRESSURE GRADIENTS WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING COAST
AND AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE INTERIOR. THIS SHOULD GENERATE
HIGH WINDS ALONG THE COAST. HIGH WINDS FOR THE INTERIOR ARE LESS
CERTAIN BUT STILL POSSIBLE. ONE AREA OF CONCERN IS THE WHIDBEY
ISLAND ADMIRALTY INLET AREA AND POSSIBLY EVERETT. THE W TO E TRACK
OF THE LOW ALLOWS THE PRESSURE FALL-RISE COUPLET TO TRACK RIGHT DOWN
THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA. FURTHERMORE...THE 12Z WRF-GFS SHOWED A
SLIGHT S COMPONENT TO THE LOW TRACK AND INDICATED 50 KT 925 MB WINDS
IN THE EASTERN STRAIT AND ACROSS ADMIRALTY INLET LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT WINDS ALOFT UP TO 900 MB
SHOULD HAVE LITTLE TROUBLE MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE FOR HIGHER
GUSTS. THE REST OF THE INTERIOR WILL PROBABLY END UP GETTING WINDS
IN THE ADVISORY RANGE OF 25-39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40-45 MPH. HIGH
WINDS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THESE AREAS...JUST LESS LIKELY.
THERE MAY BE A MINOR LULL IN WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN THE COLD FRONT AND
WHEN THE SURFACE LOW APPROACHES.
PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL
RISE ABOVE PASS LEVELS FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THE RAIN IS HEAVIEST OVER
THE MOUNTAINS...THEN FALL RAPIDLY BELOW PASS LEVELS BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 24 HOUR QPF FOR THE MOUNTAINS ENDING 15Z
SATURDAY WHEN SNOW LEVELS ARE HIGH MAY END UP BEING 2 TO 4 INCHES.
HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT
WITH A FOOT OR MORE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS
ALREADY UP FOR THIS.
THE STRONG WINDS WITH THE LOW WILL ALSO WHIP UP A LARGE SWELL TRAIN
THAT WILL REACH THE WA COAST. SEE THE MARINE SECTION FOR MORE
DETAILS.
AFTER ALL THIS...ANOTHER WARM FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA ON SUNDAY.
MORE RAIN. KAM
.LONG TERM...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FROM THE 3 PM AFD...WEAKER FRONTAL
SYSTEMS WILL BRUSH THE REGION SUN THROUGH TUE WITH A BROAD FLAT
DIRTY UPPER RIDGE NOSING BACK OVER THE WEST COAST. HARD TO SAY
WITHER THE RIDGE WILL AMPLIFY ENOUGH TO GIVE DRY OFFSHORE FLOW AND
POTENTIAL FOG...CLOUDY DRIPPY WEATHER WITH A LOT OF STRATUS AND A
CHANCE OF RAIN SEEMS LIKELY FOR A FEW DAYS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...DISCUSSION FROM THE 3 PM AFD...RAIN WILL FALL OFF AND
ON TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BUT WILL NOT BE HYDROLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
HOWEVER A JUICY SYSTEM ARRIVES FRIDAY NIGHT AND THIS ONE IS LIKELY
TO BRING HEAVY RAIN. THE PERIOD 00Z-12Z SATURDAY IN PARTICULAR LOOKS
VERY WET. SUMMED OVER THE 24 HOURS 18Z FRIDAY TO 18Z SATURDAY THE
TOTAL RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO BE 2-3 INCHES IN THE CASCADES AND 3-4
INCHES IN THE OLYMPICS. THERE WILL ALSO BE 1-2 INCHES IN THE
LOWLANDS. AFTER 18Z SATURDAY THE SNOW LEVEL FALLS QUICKLY AND
MOUNTAIN PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW.
THESE AMOUNTS ARE DEFINITELY ENOUGH TO BRING THE SKOKOMISH RIVER TO
FLOOD STAGE ON SATURDAY. OTHER FLASHY RIVERS COULD ALSO TOUCH FLOOD
STAGE...INCLUDING THE BOGACHIEL...STILLAGUAMISH...TOLT...AND
PUYALLUP NEAR ORTING. A FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK IS IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS. ANY FLOODING IS LIKELY TO BE MINOR. ONE EXTRA BIT OF
CONCERN IS THAT AFTER A COLD AND SNOWY PERIOD SATURDAY NIGHT...SNOW
LEVELS RISE AGAIN SUNDAY AND MORE RAIN IS FORECAST...SO RIVERS THAT
ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY ON SATURDAY MAY RISE AGAIN ON SUNDAY. BURKE
&&
.AVIATION...MODERATE W-NW FLOW ALOFT OVER WRN WA TONIGHT...BECOMING
STRONG SW FLOW ALOFT BEHIND A WARM FRONT FRIDAY EVENING. A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH WRN WA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A
BENT-BACK OCCLUSION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOIST AT ALL
LEVELS AND STABLE.
RAIN HAS TRANSITIONED TO SHOWERS THIS EVENING RESULTING IN MAINLY
MVFR CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON. OCCASIONAL IFR CIGS
EXPECTED TONIGHT DUE TO CONSIDERABLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND ONSHORE
FLOW. LITTLE IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED WITH MORE WARM ADVECTION RAINFALL
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY...MAINTAINING MVFR CONDITIONS.
KSEA...SW WIND 12-18 KT GUSTING 30 KT THIS EVENING...THEN EASING TO
6-12 KT FRIDAY. THE TERMINAL WILL BE MOSTLY RAIN SHADOWED TONIGHT
BUT STEADY RAIN WILL REDEVELOP LATER FRIDAY MORNING. MVFR CIGS WILL
DOMINATE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH OCCASIONAL IFR CIGS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
DTM
&&
.MARINE...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE WATERS
TONIGHT. GALES WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL/E STRAIT...AND MAY
DEVELOP IN THE SRN PORTION OF THE N INTERIOR WATERS. THE NRN PORTION
OF ADMIRALTY INLET WILL GET SOME OF THESE OUTFLOW WINDS NEAR THE
ENTRANCE TO THE STRAIT RESULTING IN NWLY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS.
ELSEWHERE...ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT W-SW SMALL
CRAFT WINDS OF 15-30 KT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GENERALLY DECREASE WITH
A LULL EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING THROUGHOUT.
A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE TRAILING STRONG BENT-BACK OCCLUSION WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SYSTEM
WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HIGH-END GALES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. A GALE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL
MARINE ZONES FOR THIS EVENT.
SWELLS OF 12 TO 15 WILL BUILD TO 15 TO 18 FT FRIDAY...AND THEN MORE
DRAMATICALLY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT EVENING. COMBINED SEAS WILL
EVENTUALLY REACH 26 TO 32 FT LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A
DOMINANT PERIOD OF AROUND 18 SECONDS. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE NOT
VERY HIGH...BUT THE SIZE AND ENERGY OF THE WAVES WILL PROBABLY
RESULT IN SOME COASTAL FLOODING IN OCEAN SHORES AND WESTPORT. A
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
A WEAKER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY...AND HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
DTM/MCDONNAL
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES
TONIGHT.
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY.
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE CASCADES AND OLYMPICS SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
PZ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT COASTAL WATERS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN
STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...ADMIRALTY INLET...NORTHERN
INLAND WATERS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEST ENTRANCE STRAIT...ADMIRALTY
INLET...AND PUGET SOUND.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GRAYS HARBOR FOR ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS.
GALE WATCH ALL WATERS BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY EVENING.
&&
YOU CAN SEE AN ILLUSTRATED VERSION OF THE FORECAST DISCUSSION AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE/GAFD/LATEST_WEBAFD.HTMLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2:34 AM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:16 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Jan 10, 9:16 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 46 hr | |
| Jan 10, 9:16 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Jan 10, 10:19 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 60 hr | |
| Jan 10, 10:19 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 41 hr | |
| Jan 10, 2:44 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Jan 10, 2:54 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 34 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.