Moderate northeast outflow wind in western Whatcom county brought a brief gale to the northern inland waters and also caused brief high wind near Bellingham.
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The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
Moderate northeast outflow wind in western Whatcom county brought a brief gale to the northern inland waters and also caused brief high wind near Bellingham.
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 Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 27, 2:21 PM PST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
321 PM PDT SUN OCT 27 2013
.SYNOPSIS...DRY NORTHERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT OVER WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY YIELDING SUNNY
SKIES AND COOL MORNING TEMPERATURES. WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING
A SERIES OF WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS AND A CHANCE OF RAIN WEDNESDAY
THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.SHORT TERM...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT CLIPPED THE REGION THIS
MORNING IS NOW PUSHING SOUTH INTO EASTERN ORE. PRECIP ACROSS WESTERN
WA HAS ALSO TAPERED DOWN AS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN. SKIES ARE
CLEARING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND WE SHOULD SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
OVERNIGHT.
NORTH WINDS HAVE PICKED UP THIS AFTERNOON AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT. MODELS SHOW A TIGHT N/NE PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION WITH HIGH PRES OVER INTERIOR B.C.
GRADIENTS AND WINDS WILL PEAK LATE TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL
BE FOUND OVER THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR WHERE A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT. EXPECT N/NE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH POSSIBLE
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE LATE MON MORNING AS HIGH
PRES OVER INTERIOR B.C. SLIDES FARTHER EAST AND EXITS.
OTHERWISE...NORTHERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL ON MONDAY FOR DRY WEATHER
AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. TEMPS WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL. HOWEVER WE
SHOULD SEE COOLER LOWS TUE MORNING WITH LIGHTER WINDS AND CLEAR
SKIES. TEMPS TUE MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE 30S ACROSS MOST AREAS.
WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER DRY/MILD DAY ON TUE.
THE FLOW ALOFT WILL TURN WESTERLY ON WED WITH INCREASING HIGH/MID
LEVEL CLOUDS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. A WEAK FRONT MAY REACH THE COAST
FOR LIGHT RAIN. 33
.LONG TERM...EXPECT A RETURN TO WET AND ACTIVE WEATHER WED NIGHT
THROUGH FRI AS THE POLAR JET LIES OVER THE REGION. THE MODELS SHOW
MOIST WESTERLY FLOW TRACKING THROUGH THE REGION FOR A CHANCE OF RAIN
EACH DAY. RAIN/SNOW WILL BE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. THEN OVER THE
WEEKEND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PASS OVER THE PAC NW FOR COOLER
WEATHER WITH MORE SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN WA. SO MORE FALL-LIKE
WEATHER IS ON ITS WAY. 33
&&
.AVIATION...DRY NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE. STRONG
NORTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA. GUSTY NORTH WINDS
WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE AIR
MASS IS STABLE AND DRYING.
WHERE CEILINGS EXIST...FROM ABOUT KING COUNTY SOUTH...THEY ARE
GENERALLY MVFR 2-3K FT. SHOWERS HAVE ENDED AND THE REMAINING CLOUDS
SHOULD SCATTER OUT FROM THE NORTH THIS EVENING. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY
CLEAR TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
KSEA...DISCUSSION ABOVE APPLIES. MVFR CEILINGS SHOULD BE GONE BY 00Z
OR SHORTLY AFTER. WIND WILL BE NORTHERLY 15-25 KT THROUGH THE NIGHT
THEN EASE MONDAY MORNING. CHB
&&
.MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING OVER SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
NORTHERLY GALES WILL OCCUR OVER THE NORTHERN INLAND WATERS THIS
EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY STRONG
WITH WINDS NOT ONLY THERE BUT AT BOTH ENTRANCES TO THE STRAIT. HAVE
ISSUED GALE WARNINGS FOR THE ENTRANCES AS WELL TO ADD TO THE GALE
WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN INLAND WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NORTH
OR NORTHEAST WINDS ARE LIKELY OVER ALL OTHER WATERS. SOME OF THESE
WINDS...PARTICULARLY IN ADMIRALTY INLET AND PUGET SOUND...COULD GET
CLOSE TO GALE FORCE...BUT A HIGH END SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEEMS LIKE
THE BEST COURSE AT THIS TIME.
NORTHERLY GRADIENTS WILL EASE MONDAY NIGHT AND WINDS TUESDAY WILL BE
RELATIVELY LIGHT. A FRONT WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY. MODELS HAVE BECOME
A BIT STRONGER WITH THIS FRONT AND THE FORECAST INDICATES SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS OVER MOST WATERS. CHB
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WIND ADVISORY SAN JUANS...ADMIRALTY INLET...WESTERN
WHATCOM...WESTERN SKAGIT.
PZ...GALE WARNING NORTHERN INLAND WATERS AND STRAIT ENTRANCES.
.SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALL OTHER WATERS.
&&
YOU CAN SEE AN ILLUSTRATED VERSION OF THE FORECAST DISCUSSION AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE/GAFD/LATEST_WEBAFD.HTML1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter 6 miles northeast of Bellingham measured a wind gust of 65 mph and reported the power was out.
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