Wind Advisory Issued

The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1137 AM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015

.A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS
AFTERNOON.

WAZ504-507-509-511-512-555-556-558-559-110000-
/O.EXB.KSEW.WI.Y.0007.151010T2000Z-151011T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA-
HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-BELLEVUE AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE AND VICINITY-BREMERTON AND VICINITY-
1137 AM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...FROM 1 PM UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WEAK TREES. POSSIBLE POWER
  INTERRUPTIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.


Here's an updated graph from Wind Alert:

Puget Sound Marine Forecast 9:00 am update has a small craft advisory until 7:00 pm tonight.

TODAY
S WIND RISING TO 15 TO 25 KT DURING THE MORNING…BECOMING
SW 20 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT. RAIN.

TONIGHT
SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT DURING THE
EVENING. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING… THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

Seattle Forecast updated at 12:48 pm today:

…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON…

REST OF TODAY…BREEZY. RAIN AT TIMES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

TONIGHT…SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

…don’t forget, the next high tide is a 10.72 at 4:27 pm.