The models are all coming into agreement that we will get brushed by a very unusual spring wind storm. Cliff seems very confident about this one....
And.... This from Scott Sistek on Twitter:
And.... This from Morgan Palmer on Twitter:
And.... The NWS
has just issued a High Wind Watch.....
WAZ001-503-506-507-509>511-556-558-559-070500-
/O.EXB.KSEW.HW.A.0002.170407T1600Z-170408T0300Z/
San
Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County-
Everett
and Vicinity-Tacoma Area-Admiralty Inlet Area-
Hood
Canal Area-Bellevue and Vicinity-Seattle and Vicinity-
Bremerton
and Vicinity-
1105 AM
PDT Thu Apr 6 2017
...HIGH
WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
The
National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a High Wind Watch, which is in
effect from late Friday morning through early Friday evening.
*
WIND...Possible south wind 20 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
* SOME
AFFECTED LOCATIONS...Tacoma...Seattle...Everett...Port Townsend...Whidbey
Island...The San Juan Islands...and Bellingham.
*
TIMING...Strongest winds are most likely Friday afternoon.
*
IMPACTS...Winds of this strength can break branches off of trees...topple
weakened trees and produce power outages.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS
ACTIONS...
A High
Wind Watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high wind event.
Sustained winds of at least 40 mph...or gusts of 58 mph or stronger may occur.
Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.
Steve Pool just posted this graphic on Twitter....
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