High winds on the West End are diminishing this afternoon, but gusts will remain in the Port Townsend and Hood Canal areas until this evening.
Here are the latest National Weather Service advisories:
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…HOQUIAM…CLEARWATER…FORKS…AND
NEAH BAY.
* WINDS…SOUTH AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH UNTIL EARLY
AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS…THE DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POWER
OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…
AND DESTROY PROPERTY.
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THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…EVERETT…SEATTLE…TACOMA…
BRINNON…LACEY…TOLEDO…AND MONTESANO.
* WINDS…SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
50 MPH MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* IMPACTS…WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES AS
WELL AS TOPPLE TREES.
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.
To activate the map illustrated at right, go to www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew .
