West Seattle Weather Watch: The wind arrives

3:23 AM: The National Weather Service‘s “wind advisory” officially took effect at midnight – and as of just before 3 am, the wind has arrived. The NWS says we may see gusts up to 45 mph; at 3 am, the Sea-Tac weather station recorded gusts just under 40. It’s all expected to calm down by late morning.

ADDED 4:10 AM: Metro is back on regular routing.

ADDED 7:38 AM: The city has changed its mind – NO residential solid-waste pickup today. (Details here.)

9 Replies to "West Seattle Weather Watch: The wind arrives"

  • Pman January 21, 2012 (3:51 am)

    Blowing like crazy.

  • Jenava January 21, 2012 (5:00 am)

    Will the ferries be running? We are supposed to catch a 9:30 boat…

    • WSB January 21, 2012 (7:47 am)

      No ferry cancellations or problems reported…

  • JH January 21, 2012 (5:01 am)

    Fantastic waves!

  • Admiral Janeway January 21, 2012 (7:53 am)

    Last night my street had 4 inches of slush. Couldn’t drive in it. This morning it’s almost all gone.

  • Steph January 21, 2012 (8:09 am)

    TR – “solud” waste. Feel free to fix then delete this post. :)

    • WSB January 21, 2012 (8:28 am)

      Ugh, sorry, that’s like our first typo in forever. I published that update on the iPhone, without my glasses. Fixed – TR

  • Rhonda Porter January 21, 2012 (9:31 am)

    the NWS report I had said gusts of up to 55 – not sure how strong the winds were at 4:30 am – it was strong enough for us and a few of our neighbors to be pumping the sound out of our back yards.

    • WSB January 21, 2012 (10:30 am)

      Looks like the official top of the hour readings for the Alki Point weather station (K91S) peaked at 50 mph (44 knots). Of course it could have been higher inbetween top-of-hour readings!

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