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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
928 AM PST SUN NOV 22 2009
.YET ANOTHER BLUSTERY DAY FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING SLOWLY INLAND THIS MORNING AND HIGHER
PRESSURE IS BUILDING INTO THE AREA. THIS HAS GIVEN WINDY
CONDITIONS ON THE COAST...AND RATHER BLUSTERY WEATHER WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE INLAND PORTION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON AS WELL. A
WESTERLY GALE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA
BY MIDDAY...SO IT WILL ALSO BE WINDY IN LAND AREAS ADJACENT TO THE
STRAIT AND AROUND ADMIRALTY INLET AND WHIDBEY ISLAND BY AFTERNOON.
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EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-
HOOD CANAL AREA-
928 AM PST SUN NOV 22 2009
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INLAND AND HIGHER PRESSURE BUILDS IN. LOCAL
GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BE A RELATIVELY BRIEF
PERIOD OF BLUSTERY WINDS...THE PUGET SOUND CONVERGENCE ZONE WILL
SET UP THIS AFTERNOON.
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. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP
SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES...AND
CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.
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SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
928 AM PST SUN NOV 22 2009
..WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.
BLUSTERY WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45
MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS PREVIOUSLY
EXPECTED SO THE HIGH WIND WARNING WAS DOWNGRADED TO A WIND
ADVISORY EARLIER TODAY.
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. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP
SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES...AND
CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.
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