National Weather Service warnings affecting all or portions of the North Olympic Peninsula today into Thursday:

STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON

LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT…

ANOTHER VIGOROUS PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL IMPACT WESTERN

WASHINGTON TODAY INTO TONIGHT. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL QUICKLY

INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A 970 TO 975 MB SURFACE LOW SWINGS

NORTHEAST INTO THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG

SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING LATER TODAY AND PEAKING THIS EVENING.

ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION

LATER THURSDAY.

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NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-

325 AM PST WED NOV 18 2009

HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM

PST THURSDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND

WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM

1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS

NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH AND CENTRAL

COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PEAK

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO

70 MPH. WINDS WILL EASE AFTER THE FRONT MOVES INLAND AROUND

MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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.

High Surf Advisory

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

455 AM PST WED NOV 18 2009

.WEST SWELLS OVER THE WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS WILL BUILD TO 20

TO 23 FEET TONIGHT.

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NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-

455 AM PST WED NOV 18 2009

…HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM

PST THURSDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF

ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST

THURSDAY.

WEST SWELLS BUILDING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL REACH 20 TO 23

FEET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT…PRODUCING POTENTIALLY

HAZARDOUS HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE CENTRAL AND NORTH

WASHINGTON COAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE WAVES REACHING THE COASTAL BEACHES CAN BE POWERFUL ENOUGH

TO SWEEP UNWARY BEACH WALKERS OUT TO SEA. PEOPLE CAN BE SERIOUSLY

INJURED BY LOGS AND OTHER DEBRIS TOSSED ABOUT IN THE WAVES.

Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

434 AM PST WED NOV 18 2009

.ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA AND

WILLAPA HILLS BEGINNING LATE TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY

EVENING COULD DRIVE SOME WESTERN WASHINGTON RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

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CLALLAM-JEFFERSON-

434 AM PST WED NOV 18 2009

…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY

EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON…INCLUDING

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…CLALLAM…JEFFERSON.

* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA

BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

COULD DRIVE RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. RIVERS FACING A THREAT OF

FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE SATSOP…BOGACHIEL

…ELWAH…AND DUNGENESS RIVERS. THESE RIVERS COULD FLOOD

THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OVER THE

OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS COULD EXCEED 7 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS BY

THURSDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING BUT

FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MONITOR THE LATEST

FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE READY TO ACT

QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.