The National Weather Service has released a wind advisory for gusts up to 45 mph in the Plateau region.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
958 AM PDT MON OCT 15 2012
...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.A RAPIDLY MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN
WASHINGTON TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL
INCREASE OVER THE COAST AND NORTHWEST INTERIOR TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. OVER THE REST OF THE INTERIOR
WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
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SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
958 AM PDT MON OCT 15 2012
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM
PDT TUESDAY.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SEATTLE...EVERETT...BREMERTON...
OLYMPIA...TACOMA...CHEHALIS...PORT ANGELES.
* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE
NIGHT HOURS.
* IMPACTS...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PRUNE DEAD BRANCHES FROM
TREES. FALLING BRANCHES MAY RESULT IN LOCAL POWER OUTAGES AT
TIMES. SOME WEAKENED TREES COULD FALL IN THE WIND. MOST TREES
STILL HAVE SOME OR ALL OF THEIR LEAVES...WHICH WILL HEIGHTEN THE
IMPACT OF THE WIND ON THE TREES.
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.