High Wind Warning 3, NWS Seattle, WA

853 
WWUS76 KSEW 160531
NPWSEW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
931 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

WAZ517-161215-
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/O.EXA.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140216T1200Z/
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0004.140216T2000Z-140217T0600Z/
CENTRAL COAST-
931 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS ENDED FOR THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...WESTPORT...ABERDEEN...OCEAN SHORES.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55
  MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL EASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ANOTHER
  STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDY WEATHER.

* IMPACTS....WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT COULD SNAP SMALL
  TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE
  LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$

WAZ516-161215-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140216T1200Z/
/O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0004.140216T2000Z-140217T0600Z/
NORTH COAST-
931 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 
  MPH. ANOTHER STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDY WEATHER. 

* IMPACTS....WINDS COULD SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL
  OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.
  DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$

WAZ001-503-506-510-161215-
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/O.CON.KSEW.HW.A.0004.140216T2000Z-140217T0600Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
931 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH TONIGHT.
  ANOTHER STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDY WEATHER.

* IMPACTS....WINDS THIS EVENING COULD SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE
  SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.
  DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

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.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$

WAZ515-161200-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140216T1200Z/
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
931 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY...

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH 
  TONIGHT. ANOTHER STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDY WEATHER. 

* IMPACTS....WINDS TONIGHT COULD SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...
  TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER
  OUTAGES. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

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.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$

WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-161200-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140216T1200Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
931 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY...

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS....WINDS COULD 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
AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
245 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS
EVENING. ANOTHER STRONG FRONT WILL REACH WESTERN WASHINGTON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. YET ANOTHER FRONT WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY. IT WILL
BE WET AND WINDY AT TIMES IN THE LOWLANDS. THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...A STRONG COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE
THROUGH WESTERN WA EARLY THIS EVENING. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL COME
UP FAST THIS EVENING AND I HAVE EXTENDED THE WIND ADVISORIES TO MUCH
OF WESTERN WA. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-30 WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED AS THE STRONG TROUGH SHIFTS THROUGH WESTERN WA THIS
EVENING. AFTER A BRIEF LULL SUNDAY MORNING...A SECOND STRONG FRONT
WILL ARRIVE. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
WA...COAST AND NORTH. THAT FRONT IS THE SYSTEM OUT AT 145W THIS
AFTERNOON AND DOES NOT YET LOOK IMPRESSIVE AT ALL BUT THERE IS A
STRONG JET STREAM AND IT MAY YET DEVELOP INTO A STRONG FRONT.

AT 2PM IT WAS 33 DEGREES AT PARADISE AND 30 DEGREES AT SNOQUALMIE
PASS...SHOWING THAT THE EAST WIND IN THE PASSES THIS AFTERNOON IS
KEEPING THE SNOW LEVEL DOWN THERE. THE SNOW LEVEL MAY BRIEFLY RISE
THIS EVENING...BUT THEN LOWER AGAIN OVERNIGHT BEHIND THIS COLD
FRONT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CASCADES FOR
PLENTY OF NEW SNOW...AND A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
NEXT FRONT TOO. THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEMS ON MONDAY
WITH SHOWERS AND SUNBREAKS AND THEN YET ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE IN.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY LOOKS LIKE A WET DAY WITH HEAVY SNOW IN THE
MOUNTAINS. WEDNESDAY WILL STILL LIKELY HAVE ENOUGH ONSHORE FLOW AND
COLD ADVECTION ALOFT TO KEEP DECENT SNOW GOING IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT
THE PRECIP MAY TURN OVER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SUNBREAKS IN THE
LOWLANDS. ON THURSDAY THE HEAVY PRECIP OUGHT TO SAG SOUTH OVER
OREGON BUT THERE MAY STILL BE PRETTY GOOD OROGRAPHICS AND SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. FRI-SUN OUGHT TO HAVE DRY WEATHER AS A
RIDGE BUILDS IN.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SKOKOMISH RIVER IN
MASON COUNTY AND THE RIVER MAY REACH FLOOD STATE LATE SUNDAY. THIS
PATTERN IS A WET ONE...BUT THE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN PROGRESSIVE WITH
BREAKS BETWEEN. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL PEAK PRETTY HIGH EARLY THIS
EVENING...AS EVIDENCED BY THE 33 DEGREE WET SNOW AT PARADISE THIS
AFTERNOON. BUT THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE TRENDING DOWN OVERALL FOR THE
NEXT FIVE DAYS AND FLOWS SHOULD EASE STARTING AROUND TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN STRONG THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE BECOMING MORE WESTERLY
TOMORROW MORNING. AIR MASS STABLE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE.

FRONTAL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH WESTERN
WASHINGTON...RESULTING IN SHOWERS AND LOWER CIGS. MOST LOCATIONS
SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN MVFR AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...ALTHOUGH
COASTAL LOCATIONS MAY DIP DOWN INTO IFR. ONCE FRONT PASSES THROUGH
THIS EVENING...CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO REBOUND TO 4-6K FT. THESE VFR
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BE SHORT LIVED THOUGH AS NEXT FRONT ON SUNDAY
WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDS...PRECIP AND LOWER CIGS BACK INTO
MVFR RANGE WITH IFR POSSIBLE AGAIN ALONG THE COAST.

KSEA...CEILINGS WILL REMAIN AROUND 4K FT...THOUGH POSSIBLY DIPPING
DOWN TO 2-3K FT AT TIMES...FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND
INTO TONIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING TO LIFT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
SHOWERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REMAIN...ENDING VERY EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND DEVELOPS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS
SOUTHEASTERLY AROUND 10 KNOTS BEFORE TURNING SOUTHERLY 15-20 KNOTS
WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
LIGHTEN SOMEWHAT DURING THE OVERNIGHT...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
GUSTY YET AGAIN EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SMR

&&

.MARINE...STRONG FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH SURFACE LOW MOVING INLAND
JUST NORTH OF VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED OVER ALL THE
WATERS. WINDS EASING A LITTLE SUNDAY MORNING THEN INCREASING AGAIN
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM REACHING THE AREA. GALES
POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF THE WATERS WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM AS WELL.
COMBINED SEAS ALONG THE COAST APPROACHING 20 FEET WITH THE FRONT ON
SUNDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM IN THIS SERIES...ARRIVING ON TUESDAY...LOOKS
WEAKER THAN THE WEEKEND SYSTEMS AT THIS TIME. FELTON/SMR

&&

.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND WINTER STORM WATCH FOR
     SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE CASCADES AND WINTER WEATHER
     ADVISORY FOR THE OLYMPICS.

     WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WA EXCEPT
     FOR THE EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA ZONE.

     HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
     EVENING FOR THE COAST AND NORTHWEST INTERIOR.

     FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
     SUNDAY FOR THE SKOKOMISH RIVER IN MASON COUNTY.

PZ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ROUGH BAR UNTIL 4 AM PST
     SUNDAY FOR THE GRAYS HARBOR BAR.

&&

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FOR THE GRAPHICAL AFD...VISIT
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1239 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1224 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ESE NORTH BEND        47.47N 121.74W
02/15/2014  M45 MPH          KING               WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SMALL TREE LIMBS 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN. POWER
            FLICKERING AT TIMES.

&&

GRUB