A strong storm brought marginal high wind to parts of the north interior.
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The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
A strong storm brought marginal high wind to parts of the north interior.
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 Feb 11, 9:24 PM PST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
924 PM PST TUE FEB 11 2014
.SYNOPSIS...A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING COPIOUS RAIN...
MOUNTAIN SNOW...AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT.
ANOTHER WEAKER SYSTEM WILL FOLLOW LATER WEDNESDAY... FOLLOWED BY A
RELATIVE BREAK IN THE WEATHER THURSDAY. THEN ANOTHER STRONG FRONTAL
SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND THE STORMY
PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...A WARM FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WIND...RAIN AND HEAVY
MOUNTAIN SNOW TO WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT.
A 993 MB LOW OFFSHORE WILL TRACK E/NE INTO SOUTHERN B.C. BY 12Z. THE
HIGHEST WIND WILL BE ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST WITH S WINDS OF 25 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH - A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.
WIND ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST...NORTH
INTERIOR AND SW INTERIOR FOR S/SE WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL EASE BY MID MORNING AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND
MOVES FARTHER INLAND. HOWEVER...IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY
ACROSS MOST AREAS.
EXPECT RAIN AT TIMES WITH HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW THROUGH WED MORNING.
SO FAR THE COAST HAS SEEN 0.75-1.00 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH IS ON TRACK
WITH THE 00Z MODELS. THE MODELS SHOW ANOTHER 0.5-1.00 INCHES FOR THE
COAST TONIGHT. PRECIP AMOUNTS IN THE INTERIOR WILL BE 0.25 TO 0.75
INCHES...WITH UP TO 1 INCH IN THE NORTH INTERIOR. AND IN THE
MOUNTAINS...1-3 INCHES IN THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES. THE SNOW LEVEL
IS 3500-4000 FT BUT WILL RISE TO 5500 FT WED MORNING.
HEAVY RAIN IN THE SKOKOMISH RIVER BASIN WILL FORCE SHARP RISES ON
THE RIVER TONIGHT - A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MASON
COUNTY.
THE WEATHER WILL EASE BY WED AFTERNOON AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS. BUT
EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF ACTIVE WEATHER WED NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING
AS A PAIR OF FRONTS CLIP THROUGH WESTERN WA. THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL
BRING MORE RAIN...MOUNTAIN SNOW AND BLUSTERY WINDS. 33
.LONG TERM...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...ACTIVE SW FLOW ALOFT WILL
CONTINUE. NEXT VIGOROUS WAVE WILL PASS WRN WA ON SAT. A RELATIVE
LULL ON SUNDAY MORNING. A SLOW-MOVING BAROCLINIC BAND WILL SAG SOUTH
THROUGH WRN WA FROM LATER SUN THROUGH NEXT MON. COULD BRING COPIOUS
RAIN WITH A THREAT FOR SOME FLOODING AROUND NEXT MON. FRONTAL ZONE
SLIPS SOUTH NEXT TUE...WITH PRECIP TAPERING TO SHOWERS AND SNOW
LEVELS FALLING BACK BELOW 3000 FEET.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SKOKOMISH RIVER. THE
RAIN EVENT THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAY BE JUST ENOUGH TO BRING
MINOR FLOODING TO THE SKOKOMISH.
EVEN IF THE RAIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS DOES NOT DRIVE THE
SKOKOMISH TO FLOOD STAGE...THERE IS A FARLY GOOD CHANCE THAT IT WILL
FLOOD LATER IN THE WEEK AS THE SUCCESSION OF FRONTS BRING MORE RAIN.
RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.
HOWEVER THE WET AND MILDER WEATHER PATTERN THIS WEEK WILL PRODUCE
SHARP RISES ON RIVERS THROUGHOUT WESTERN WASHINGTON. EARLY NEXT
WEEK...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MORE RISES ON AREA RIVERS...WITH SOME
FLOODING POSSIBLE. MODELS CURRENTLY FOCUS HEAVIEST RAIN OVER SW
WA...PLACING MOST CONCERN ON THE CHEHALIS AND NEWAUKUM BASINS.
HOWEVER...DETAILS REGARDING PLACEMENT OF HEAVIEST RAIN EARLY NEXT
WEEK COULD EASILY CHANGE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND AHEAD. HANER
&&
.AVIATION...STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
WEEKEND RESULTING IN A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE REGION.
A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM NOW OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL BRING RAIN
AND WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AIR MASS IS
MOIST AND STABLE.
CEILINGS ARE LIKELY TO SETTLE INTO MVFR 1-2K FT OVERNIGHT WITH
OCCASIONAL DIPS INTO IFR 1K FT CEILINGS...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF
3-5SM IN RAIN. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT
OVER MOST AREAS. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SEATTLE
METRO AREA WEDNESDAY.
KSEA...DISCUSSION ABOVE APPLIES. SOUTHEAST WIND 15G30 TONIGHT WILL
BECOME SOUTHWEST AFTER 15Z. CHB
&&
.MARINE...GALE FORCE SOUTHEAST WINDS ALREADY OCCURRING OVER MANY
ZONES AS A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON.
STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING WITH WESTERLY GALES EXPECTED IN THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA.
THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH A
PARADE OF LOWS OR FRONTS REACHING THE AREA. ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE
INLAND OVER QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ANOTHER ROUND
OF POTENTIAL GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY WIND. A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
ARRIVE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT-FRIDAY MORNING. THIS HAS A WELL DEVELOPED
COLD FRONT THAT MOVES ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON. AFTER A BRIEF
SURFACE RIDGE ON FRIDAY TWO ADDITIONAL FRONTAL SYSTEMS ARRIVE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. CHB
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL COAST TONIGHT.
WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH COAST...ADMIRALTY INLET AREA...
SAN JUAN ISLANDS...WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY...WESTERN WHATCOM AND
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR TONIGHT.
WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHERN CASCADES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OLYMPICS TONIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CENTRAL CASCADES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
FLOOD WATCH SKOKOMISH RIVER LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
PZ...GALE WARNING ALL WATERS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH GRAYS HARBOR BAR.
&&
YOU CAN SEE AN ILLUSTRATED VERSION OF THE FORECAST DISCUSSION AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE/GAFD/LATEST_WEBAFD.HTML2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Whidbey Island NUW ASOS recorded 37 gust 58 mph. Port Townsend had sustained 47 mph wind.
A CWOP in Bellingham recorded wind as high as sustained 45 mph, gusting to 59 mph, for a few hours off and on early in the morning. Sandy Point Shores recorded sustained 36 mph gusting to 60 mph winds around the same time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 489337, 489333.