HIGH WIND WATCH!
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
234 PM PST WED DEC 13 2006
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY...CLARK COUNTY...LOWER
COLUMBIA RIVER AND COWLITZ RIVER VALLEY...SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH
OREGON CASCADES..
A STRONG WINDSTORM WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
A STRONG DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA ABOUT 1000 MILES WEST OF
THE COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...BEING NEAR
THE STRAITS OF JUAN DE FUCA BY MIDNIGHT.
SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH THURSDAY MORNING WILL INCREASE IN THE
AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD. HOWEVER...THE STRONG
WINDS WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL AFTER 9 PM. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH THURSDAY EVENING WILL BECOME SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS
OF 55 TO 65 MPH LIKELY.
AS THIS STORM SYSTEM FURTHER DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...A
BETTER ASSESSMENT OF THE TRACK AND INTENSITY CAN BE MADE AND A
WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF WARRANTED.
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 2:40 PM,
