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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Seattle, WA

October 24, 202514 counties in Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this wind advisory at Oct 24, 2025, 1:53 PM PDT for 14 counties in Washington. It took effect at Oct 25, 2025, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2025, 1:53 PM PDT (20:53 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 25, 2025, 1:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 26, 2025, 4:27 AM PDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA

Counties Clallam County, WA, Grays Harbor County, WA, Island County, WA, Jefferson County, WA, King County, WA, Kitsap County, WA, Lewis County, WA, Mason County, WA, Pierce County, WA, San Juan County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Thurston County, WA, Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 313 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 2025-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 2025-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 1:58 AM PDTWind AdvisorySEWIsland, Jefferson, San Juan, Whatcom12 hr
Oct 24, 2:03 AM PDTWinter Weather AdvisorySEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom3 days
Oct 24, 2:48 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW24 hr
Oct 24, 2:29 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisorySEWSkagit, Snohomish2 hr
Oct 24, 2:46 PM PDTGale WarningSEW36 hr

Nearby

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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.