High wind warning

Issued by The National Weather Service Seattle/Tacoma, WA
2:57 pm PST, Sun., Jan. 17, 2010

… HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AS HIGH AS 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH PARTICULARLY FOR THE BEACHES AND HIGHER EXPOSED AREAS.

* THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AREA OVERNIGHT… PEAKING A LITTLE BEFORE DAWN.

* THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND EASE BEFORE NOON ON MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH… OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE LOWLANDS.

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… HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WASHINGTON COAST… WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA… NORTHWEST INTERIOR AND THE OLYMPICS FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING…

.A STRONG PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WELL OFF THE NORTH OREGON COAST WILL MOVE INTO VANCOUVER ISLAND EARLY MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ALONG THE WASHINGTON COAST… WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA… PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN THESE REGIONS AND MONITOR FORECASTS AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM DEVELOPS.