5:55 PM: Continuing our ongoing storm coverage into the evening (see our afternoon coverage here) – first, thanks for the tips about this tree-caused blockage:

That’s Nick‘s photo of tree(s) down on 48th SW between Seaview and Lowman Beach. (If you are in the area, please let us know if/when you see it reopen – we might not be able to get down that way for a while.)

More tree trouble – from Charlie, at 33rd SW and SW Spokane in East Admiral:

Charlie says, “A large tree snapped at about 4pm at the corner of 33rd Ave SW and SW Spokane St, right at the corner of the new development going on. Likely because they’ve cut down all the other trees which protected it in prior storms. The tree is now hanging on the power lines (which is the only thing keeping it up). I’ve already called both SCL and SDOT (since when it falls it will block the roadway). A lot of people tend to shortcut through this neighborhood – please don’t – the tree could fall at any moment and land on a car or pedestrian.” (This is the same site shown in our morning traffic/weather coverage because of muddy runoff.)

And near 46th SW and SW Charlestown, MT reports this:

“Homeowner stated he was home at around 2 pm. When branch broke, bounced off his roof. Big fear is tomorrow more of the tree will come down on his home.”

No photo, but while traveling northbound on Delridge a couple hours ago, we noticed a tree down outside a house just north of Pearls.

POWER OUTAGES: Seattle City Light’s map still shows almost 3,000 homes/businesses without power, down a third from the original number who lost it. As reported in our afternoon coverage, the west side of California SW is out in The Junction, so some businesses are closed; the east side remained on. And we’re told the signal at California/Alaska is now functioning.If you want to check the current status of outages around West Seattle and the rest of the city “live,” City Light shared this version of their map with us – zoom in to get close, and grab the map with your cursor to move around:

6:09 PM UPDATE: Multiple tweets say power’s back in The Junction. Waiting for the SCL map to reflect it. Some businesses might just stay closed for the night on the west side, though (Junction TrueValue, for example, told us that was their plan), so if you’re heading out, be ready to improvise.

6:19 PM UPDATE – THE FORECAST: Before we get to more photos (thank you to everyone sharing photos and video!), here’s where the forecast stands. A High Wind Warning remains in effect for 3 pm Saturday to 2 am Sunday. Excerpt:

* TIMING…GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL EASE THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF STRONGER WINDS IS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE DURING THE EVENING.

* WINDS…SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL EASE THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE LIKELY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

7:23 PM UPDATE: Looks like West Seattle is down to a few scattered outages affecting ~120 customers. We are now at SW Athletic Complex in Westwood for the Chief Sealth-WSHS football game and the weather has calmed – a little showery, a little breezy, nothing at all like this afternoon. The almost-full moon is even starting to peek from behind clouds in the eastern sky.

7:37 PM: Adding some contributed imagery from a bit earlier. First, Jamie Kinney tweeted this video of pre-dusk storminess:

7:43 PM: 48th SW is reported to be open again. Meantime, thanks to Jen Lee for the photo from Constellation Park during this afternoon’s confluence of big wind and high tide:

One more time – if you’re on the shore or preparing to be, be aware of the full-moon high tides ahead as more high wind heads this way – the times and numbers are here.

ADDED EARLY SATURDAY: One more toppled tree we almost missed in the mailbox – thanks to Rod Moody for this pic from 47th/Brandon:

With saturated ground and potentially higher gusts, we could see more of this later today. Forested parks are a good place to avoid until the weather calms.