High winds predicted for Thursday

Published 1:02 pm Monday, March 24, 2014

HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST AND NORTHWEST INTERIOR FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROMTHURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…HOQUIAM…FORKS…OAK HARBOR…

  BELLINGHAM…FRIDAY HARBOR…AND MOUNT VERNON.

* WINDS…EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH

  GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ON THURSDAY.

* TIMING…THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE

  LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TIME FRAME.

* IMPACTS…THE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN

  SOME POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES.