National Weather Service Report – Tuesday, Feb. 28 afternoon
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1023 AM PST TUE FEB 28 2012
...A WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVING TUESDAY WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO
THE COAST AND NORTHWEST INTERIOR TUESDAY...
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SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
1023 AM PST TUE FEB 28 2012
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOQUIAM...FORKS...BELLINGHAM...
FRIDAY HARBOR...OAK HARBOR...PORT TOWNSEND.
* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING THEN TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT.
* WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS 40 TO
50 MPH.
* IMPACTS...SMALL TREES AND BRANCHES MAY FALL CAUSING LOCAL
POWER OUTAGES.
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.