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URGENT WEATHER BULLETINS: Heavy winds, foul conditions expected to subside around noon

  • Monday, December 17, 2012 12:01am
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The National Weather Service on Sunday and today issued a blizzard warning for higher elevations of the North Olympic Peninsula, coupled with a high-wind warning along coastal elevations.

Good news: The original high-wind and blizzard warnings were downgraded this morning to subside around noon.

In the Weather Service’s style of all-capital letters and dot.dot.dot, here are weather bulletins. Refer to http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew for the latest information.

For a discussion of weather forecasts across Western Washington, visit our Seattle news partner KOMO-TV: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Weather-warnings-issued-as-potent-storm-approaches-W-Wash-183705641.html

Weather Service bulletins:

Blizzard Warning

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

459 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012

WAZ513-172100-

/O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0044.121217T2000Z-121218T0200Z/

/O.EXT.KSEW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121217T2000Z/

OLYMPICS-

459 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012

…BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE OLYMPICS ABOVE 1000 FEET

UNTIL NOON PST TODAY…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST

THIS EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON

TODAY TO 6 PM PST THIS EVENING.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…HURRICANE RIDGE.

* WIND…WESTERLY 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED

ACROSS SOME AREAS THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE ABOUT

MIDDAY.

* VISIBILITY…NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS THIS MORNING DUE

TO BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW

CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON BUT WITH LESS WIND…CONDITIONS

WILL NOT BE AS POOR AS THIS MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY.

* MAIN IMPACT…HURRICANE RIDGE ROAD IS CLOSED TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS

AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT

CONDITIONS…MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF

YOU MUST TRAVEL…HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET

STRANDED…STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING

AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE

ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED…THE SITUATION COULD

BECOME LIFE THREATENING.

FOR THE STATUS OF HURRICANE RIDGE ROAD…CALL 360-565-3131 OR

VISIT WWW.NPS.GOV/OLYM/INDEX.HTM.

————————–

High Wind Warning

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

526 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012

WAZ001-506-510-514-515-172000-

/O.EXT.KSEW.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-121217T2000Z/

SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-

EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-

526 AM PST MON DEC 17 2012

…HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY…ADMIRALTY

INLET AREA…AND THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA UNTIL NOON PST TODAY…

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…OAK HARBOR…ANACORTES…PORT ANGELES…

AND FRIDAY HARBOR.

* WIND…WESTERLY WIND 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH

THIS MORNING WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45

MPH BY MIDDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE OVER WHIDBEY

ISLAND EXPOSED TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA WATERS.

* IMPACTS…HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…

DAMAGE PROPERTY…AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOTORISTS…ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES…SHOULD

BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN…STRONG CROSS WINDS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH

AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

Coastal Flood Advisory

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

1106 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

…HIGH SURF WILL ARRIVE ALONG THE COAST MONDAY…

…MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE MONDAY…

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN

WASHINGTON EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TIDES WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE

TIDE TABLE PREDICTIONS MONDAY MORNING. HEAVY SURF WILL ALSO

ARRIVE ALONG THE COASTAL BEACHES MONDAY.

WAZ516-517-171900-

/O.CON.KSEW.CF.Y.0009.121217T1000Z-121217T1400Z/

/O.CON.KSEW.SU.Y.0011.121217T1000Z-121218T1200Z/

NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-

1106 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

…COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST

MONDAY…

…HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY…

* HAZARD…TIDAL OVERFLOW POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE…ALSO HIGH SURF

OF 20 TO 25 FEET WILL ARRIVE ALONG THE COAST MONDAY.

* IMPACTS…BIG WAVES WILL MAKE THE BEACHES DANGEROUS MONDAY.

* TIME OF HIGH TIDE…3 TO 4 AM AND AGAIN AROUND 3 PM MONDAY.

* TIDE TABLE PREDICTION…WESTPORT 9.3 FEET AND LA PUSH 8.5 FEET

WITH BOTH TIDES.

* EXPECTED TIDAL ANOMALY…ADD 2.5 FEET TO THE TIDE TABLE

PREDICTION WITH THE FIRST HIGH TIDE DECREASING TO 1 FOOT FOR

THE AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN

THE ADVISORY AREA…PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH

EROSION. BEWARE OF SNEAKER WAVES AND STAY OFF BREAKWATERS AND

JETTIES.

THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW INDICATES

THAT LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE SHORE MAY SEE MINOR FLOODING AT

HIGH TIDE.

Inland

SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-

EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-

ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-

1106 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012

…COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 AM

PST MONDAY…

* HAZARD…TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE BEACHES.

* TIME OF HIGH TIDE…8 TO 930 AM.

* TIDE TABLE PREDICTION…12.9 FT SEATTLE…9.7 FT PORT

TOWNSEND…10.5 FT CHERRY POINT.

* EXPECTED TIDAL ANOMALY…ADD 1.5 FEET TO THE TIDE TABLE

PREDICTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW INDICATES

THAT LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE SHORE MAY SEE MINOR FLOODING AT

HIGH TIDE.

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