Wind will it be over?
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Trees were falling like crazy at dusk when winds reached 60 mph in Clark County and over 100 mph along the coast.
NOWCAST - The cold front is just now passing through the western valleys but the highest winds will be near midnight or after when the main low center moves to our north. Don't let the lull at 7pm fool you. The heaviest steady rainfall is now over. But still some very cold showers moving our way Friday with hail and possible low elevation snow.
FORECAST - Increasing winds again between 9pm and midnight with gusts to 60-65 possible. Showers Friday with highs only 45 with possible hail and thunder. Low snow levels with heaviest showers. Low Friday night near freezing.
OUTCAST -
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
955 PM PST THU DEC 14 2006
...WIND STORM MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BRINGING STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS TO NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...
A VERY STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST THIS EVENING BROUGHT STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS TO
NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
...PEAK OBSERVED WIND SPEEDS AS OF 930 PM THURSDAY EVENING...
...COAST...
ROCKAWAY BEACH...................97 MPH
GARIBALDI........................93 MPH
LINCOLN CITY.....................91 MPH
NEWPORT COURTHOUSE...............82 MPH
YAQUINA BAY BRIDGE ..............85 MPH
NEWPORT JETTY....................80 MPH
CANNON BEACH.....................79 MPH
CAPE FOULWEATHER.................77 MPH
BAY CITY.........................76 MPH
FLORENCE.........................75 MPH
NEWPORT AIRPORT..................73 MPH
YACHATS..........................71 MPH
CLATSOP SPIT.....................71 MPH
ASTORIA AIRPORT..................69 MPH
TILLAMOOK........................66 MPH
DUNES RAWS.......................64 MPH
OCEAN PARK.......................62 MPH
BAY CENTER.......................60 MPH
...COAST RANGE...
MT HEBO.........................114 MPH
ROCKHOUSE RAWS...................95 MPH
ABERNATHY MTN (SW WASHINGTON)....73 MPH
SOUTH FORK RAWS..................71 MPH
VERNONIA.........................60 MPH
BUXTON...........................60 MPH
...WILLAMETTE VALLEY...
SALEM............................80 MPH
DALLAS...........................70 MPH
FOREST GROVE.....................70 MPH
HOCKINSON........................62 MPH
ALOHA............................60 MPH
LEBANON..........................56 MPH
MCMINNVILLE......................56 MPH
PORTLAND AIRPORT.................53 MPH
PORTLAND METRO...................62 MPH
PORTLAND METRO...................60 MPH
VANCOUVER SPOTTER................63 MPH
CORVALLIS SPOTTER................55 MPH
EUGENE AIRPORT...................54 MPH
AURORA...........................54 MPH
VANCOUVER AIRPORT................50 MPH
HILLSBORO AIRPORT................46 MPH
TOLEDO...........................44 MPH
...GORGE...
CORBETT..........................60 MPH
...CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS...
MT HOOD MEADOWS..................99 MPH
BRUSH CREEK RAWS.................82 MPH
BLUE RIDGE RAWS..................77 MPH
YELLOWSTONE MT...................71 MPH
SUGARLOAF RAWS...................70 MPH
OFF TOPIC - There isn't much to discuss off topic because all my
thoughts have been on the topic. ....weather. So, tomorrow after I get
some rest I'll get back on my soapbox!
My Quote of the Day - "The dark clouds may come but a rainbow will appear." - Pat Timm
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 7:14 PM,
1 Comments:
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At 10:54 PM,
Techno said...
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Wow... I just got back from a road trip around town. Roads are closed, trees are down, Highway 99 is closed again, there are police and fire trucks sprinkled everywhere, and there are detours to detours.
It reminds me of what it looked like after Tyndall AFB was hit by hurricane Ivan. Debris everywhere. As I was driving fairly large chunks of trees were falling - one hit my windshield and startled me to say the least.
I saw a tree laying on a house, the top of a tree blocking a road, trees on power lines, and large diameter tree fragments in the road (sometimes hidden by other debris).
It was also a little creepy driving through neighborhoods that had no power - no house lights, street lights, traffic lights etc.
I hope nobody was hurt, but it was kinda neat to drive around in it...
Jason
