Wind Advisory for Whatcom County

 

...A VIGOROUS LATE-SEASON FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO THE COAST THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...WITH WINDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN WASHINGTON INTERIOR...

SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREATER SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA AND NORTHWEST INTERIOR (WHATCOM COUNTY) UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT.

WINDS ROSE QUICKLY ACROSS THE REGION EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AS AN INITIAL SURGE OF SOUTHERLIES MOVED NORTHWARD. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH SHOULD BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...THOUGH SOME AREAS WILL HAVE A RELATIVE LULL IN WINDS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA WILL PROBABLY OCCUR AROUND WHIDBEY ISLAND LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP
SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.

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