WEATHER ALERT UPDATE: ‘High Wind Warning’ for Sunday pm

3:51 PM: The weather alert for tomorrow has been upgraded this afternoon to a “High Wind Warning,” and the National Weather Service‘s forecast discussion describes it as a “classic Puget Sound windstorm scenario,” with sustained wind from the south/southeast/southwest potentially 35-45 mph and gusts as high as 70 mph. This is all supposed to happen Sunday afternoon/evening, so you have time to charge everything, get flashlights handy, and other precautions for possible outages.

9:44 PM: As noted in comments, there’s now more of a possibility this might be a little weaker than the afternoon projection – you can read the NWS’s newest “forecast discussion” by going here. As of right now, they’re keeping the warnings up, since the possibility of winds strong enough to bring down trees and cause outages remains. We’ll see what the morning forecast updates (there’s usually another by 4 am, for night owls/earlybirds) bring.

4 Replies to "WEATHER ALERT UPDATE: 'High Wind Warning' for Sunday pm"

  • JayDee March 12, 2016 (8:07 pm)

    The weather pattern is more like late fall due to the warmth of the storms…warmer storms are stronger but I am not a meteorologist. 

  • sick March 12, 2016 (8:28 pm)

    Enough already, I’m ready for summer.

  • Nancy R March 12, 2016 (9:08 pm)

    Cliff Mass’ blog today says that there is a lot of uncertainty around the wind forecast and that there is also a possibility that it could be a tamer version of the last storm, or less.   Hope so!

    • WSB March 12, 2016 (9:13 pm)

      MetPatrick, on Twitter, just said something similar. Awaiting the National Weather Service’s mid-evening discussion, which should be out before the top of the hour …

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