Brief high wind occurred on Lopez Island.
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Brief high wind occurred on Lopez Island.
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 Nov 24, 3:12 AM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
312 AM PST TUE NOV 24 2015
.SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY AS COLD DRY AIR BEGINS PUSHING IN
FROM THE NORTH...PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE NORTH INTERIOR
THROUGH TONIGHT. COOL DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL TUESDAY THROUGH
THE WEEKEND...WITH SUNNY DAYS AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT NIGHT.
WET WEATHER WILL PROBABLY RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...A DEEP UPPER TROUGH IS DIGGING SHARPLY SOUTHWARD
OVER THE REGION...WITH ITS 5310 METER UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON OFFSHORE WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH MOVED ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON MONDAY
AND EAST OF THE CASCADES LAST EVENING...BUT LIGHT PRECIPITATION
WAS STILL FAIRLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AT 2 AM IN
THE MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW. TEMPERATURES AT 2
AM WERE IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S.
THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST TODAY...MOVING INTO EXTREME
SOUTHWEST OREGON THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE
ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON MIDDAY...WITH DRY NORTHEAST FLOW TAKING
OVER BEHIND IT. SHOWERS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE OVER WESTERN
WASHINGTON FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TODAY...WITH SOME CLEARING
MAINLY OVER THE NORTH INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING
THERE SHOULD BE JUST SOME LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE CASCADES
FROM AROUND STEVENS PASS SOUTHWARD. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL
GENERALLY AMOUNT TO ABOUT A TENTH INCH OR LESS.
A MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH BRITISH
COLUMBIA TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE OF AROUND 1041 MB WILL PUSH COLD AIR INTO WESTERN
WASHINGTON TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY BY WAY OF THE FRASER RIVER
VALLEY IN SOUTHWEST BRITISH COLUMBIA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUAN ISLAND...WHICH ARE
MOST IN THE PATH OF THESE FRASER OUTFLOW WINDS. THE COLD NORTHEAST
WINDS WILL LOCALLY BE UP TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. LOWS
TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S UNDER CLEARING SKIES.
DRY NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY...AS A HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER RIDGE OFFSHORE MOVES SLOWLY
ACROSS 140W. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA
WILL MAINTAIN NORTHERLY OFFSHORE FLOW ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON.
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND THE WINDS WILL EASE BUT A COLD AIR MASS
WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA. NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL BE IN THE 20S TO
LOWER 30S...WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S UNDER
SUNNY SKIES. MCDONNAL
.LONG TERM...DRY NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY...WITH NORTHERLY OFFSHORE FLOW AT THE SURFACE. THE PATTERN
WILL GRADUALLY BREAK DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND THOUGH...WITH THE UPPER
RIDGE WEAKENING AS IT SHIFTS ACROSS BRITISH COLUMBIA AND INTO
ALBERTA. THE AIR MASS OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
BUT GRADUALLY MODERATE. ON MONDAY MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL
PROBABLY REACH WESTERN WASHINGTON AGAIN. MCDONNAL
&&
.AVIATION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DROP SOUTHWARD FROM JUST OFF
THE WASHINGTON COAST EARLY THIS MORNING TO A LOCATION OFF THE
OREGON COAST THIS AFTERNOON. EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT SOON
DEVELOPING...THE MODERATE NE FLOW ALOFT TONIGHT. THE AIR MASS IS
MOIST AND SOMEWHAT STABLE RIGHT NOW...BECOMING DRY AND STABLE ON
THIS AFTN AND TONIGHT. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF AND END THIS MORNING.
RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN CIGS AROUND MID-DAY. MOSTLY CLEAR BY
SUNSET...OR SOONER. SERIOUSLY DOUBTFUL THAT THERE WILL BE SNOW
AT ANY TAF SITES BEFORE PRECIP ENDS.
KSEA...RAIN WILL END AROUND 14Z-16Z. IFR CIGS AOB 010 UNTIL THE
RAIN THEN. SLOW SCATTERING FROM 14Z-19Z...WITH RAPID CLEARING
THIS AFTN...THANKS TO AN INCREASE IN A DRY NORTH WIND. A
PRONOUNCED SHIFT TO NORTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR AROUND 14Z-15Z THIS
MORNING. 15Z-17Z IS THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD TO HAVE A COMBINATION
OF BOTH NORTH WIND AND IFR CIGS. NO SNOW EXPECTED AT TERMINAL...
WITH AIR TEMPS AROUND 40F THIS MORNING. HANER
&&
.MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHERN BRITISH
COLUMBIA TODAY...LEADING TO THE INCREASING FRASER OUTFLOW. FRASER
OUTFLOW WILL EASE ON WEDNESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW
WILL THEN PREVAIL FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. HANER
&&
.HYDROLOGY...FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY-
WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS
FROM CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND 10 TO 60 NM-COASTAL
WATERS FROM CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND OUT 10 NM-COASTAL
WATERS FROM JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE 10 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE OUT 10
NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER
10 TO 60 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE
SHOALWATER OUT 10 NM-WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF
JUAN DE FUCA.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING
FOR GRAYS HARBOR BAR.
GALE WARNING FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR
CENTRAL U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-EAST ENTRANCE
U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTHERN INLAND WATERS
INCLUDING THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY FOR ADMIRALTY INLET-PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
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1 high wind, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lopez Island recorded 42g52 mph for several hours.
Winds gusting to 53 mph at skunk bay knocked out power to about 25,000 customers on the Kitsap Peninsula. A tree fell on a car damaging it, but the driver was uninjured. Kitsap county courthouse closed, and after school activities were cancelled due to school power outages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, November 2015
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: 603541, 603544.