Strong northerly winds in Wenatchee gusting to between 55 and 60 miles per hour led to minor property damage. Roof damage was reported to a building near the Wenatchee Airport.
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Strong northerly winds in Wenatchee gusting to between 55 and 60 miles per hour led to minor property damage. Roof damage was reported to a building near the Wenatchee Airport. The winds also blew siding off of a house. The Wenatchee ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 56 mph at 11:42 PM Pacific Standard Time on October 3rd.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 3, 6:37 PM PST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
737 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW. GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON. MORE TRANQUIL
WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON MONDAY...AND DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...NO SIGNIFICANT UPDATE TO GRIDS MADE. WILL HOLD ONTO
ONGOING WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9-10 PM PDT OR SO AND ASSESS SITUATION AS
CURRENT BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS AND WIND GUSTS READINGS ARE NOT
SUPPORTING THE ONGOING ADVISORY...HOWEVER THEY ARE OF SIGNIFICANT
MAGNITUDE TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS AND GIVE MORE TIME TO CONSIDER
WEATHER OR NOT TO CANCEL THE ONGOING ADVISORY. /PELATTI
&&
.AVIATION...
A COOL UPPER LOW WILL RESULT IN -SHRA IN THE VCNTY OF
KLWS/KMWH/KEAT THIS EVENING THEN SHOWERS WILL SHIFT SOUTH OF THE
AREA OVERNIGHT. WINDS HAVE INCREASED THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO
A TIGHTENING SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WILL STRENGTHEN TONIGHT
WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 40 KT RANGE. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE
IN THE KCOE VICINITY AS NE WINDS ARE CHANNELED DOWN THE PURCELL
TRENCH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER 22Z SUNDAY. EK
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 43 59 35 58 33 60 / 20 0 0 0 0 0
COEUR DALENE 42 57 33 57 30 58 / 20 0 0 0 0 0
PULLMAN 41 59 36 57 29 60 / 50 10 10 0 0 0
LEWISTON 44 62 40 62 36 65 / 60 20 10 0 0 0
COLVILLE 42 62 32 64 31 66 / 30 0 0 0 0 0
SANDPOINT 41 56 34 58 25 58 / 20 0 0 0 0 0
KELLOGG 39 51 33 52 31 54 / 20 10 10 0 0 0
MOSES LAKE 45 65 39 63 32 68 / 50 10 0 0 0 0
WENATCHEE 41 64 40 66 39 69 / 40 10 0 0 0 0
OMAK 39 64 37 66 31 68 / 20 0 0 0 0 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR COEUR DALENE AREA...
NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR MOSES LAKE AREA...
SPOKANE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 611 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 IDZ001-002-WAZ034>036-041400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- 611 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. SOME OF THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. IDZ003-004-026-027-WAZ031>033-037-038-041>044-041400- IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 611 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON THIS EVENING. GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...THE OKANOGAN VALLEY... AND OVER THE PALOUSE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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