High winds expected Thursday in Port Townsend area; also, Forks and West End coast

  • Wednesday, March 9, 2011 1:51pm
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High winds in the San Juans and Whidbey Island, spilling over to Port Townsend and the Quimper Peninsula, as well as the West End coast on the other side of the Olympic Peninsula are coming. There’s a possibility of power outages as well as falling trees and limbs.

Here are the official National Weather Service bulletins:

ADMIRALTY INLET AREA

…HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH

THURSDAY AFTERNOON…

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…OAK HARBOR…BELLINGHAM…FRIDAY

HARBOR…AND MOUNT VERNON.

* WINDS…SOUTHERLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH THIS

MORNING…EXCEPT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ACROSS

WHIDBEY ISLAND. EXPECT THE WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON.

HOWEVER SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN ON THURSDAY INTO THE

25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

* TIMING…WINDS WILL PEAK LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN SUBSIDE.

HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY…WITH THE STRONGEST

SPEEDS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY

AFTERNOON TIME FRAME.

* IMPACTS…THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME

POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING

WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…AND

DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR

GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP

SMALL TREE BRANCHES…TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES…AND

CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.

FORKS, WEST END

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH

THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…HOQUIAM AND FORKS.

* WINDS…EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH

WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ON THURSDAY.

* TIMING…THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE

LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TIME FRAME.

* IMPACTS…THE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT

IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING

WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…AND

DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES.

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