National Weather Service issues wind advisory for Port Townsend, Sequim, Port Angeles areas; big snow in Olympics

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EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-

…WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST

SUNDAY…

STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS A DEEP SURFACE

LOW LIFTS THROUGH THE INTERIOR AFTER MIDNIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS

WILL REACH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS WILL

EASE LATE SUNDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

AND IN THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY.

A VIGOROUS PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL

TO THE OLYMPICS THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL TOTALS AT HURRICANE

RIDGE WILL LIKELY BE 10 TO 20 INCHES…WITH UP TO THREE FEET OF

SNOW POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS. THE

HEAVIEST PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY.

THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RISE TO 3000 FEET TONIGHT…THEN FALL TO 2000

FEET ON SUNDAY AS SNOWFALL TAPERS OFF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…

SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO

POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU

PLAN TO TRAVEL INTO THE OLYMPICS BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS

DRIVING CONDITIONS…LONG DELAYS…AND ROAD CLOSURES.

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