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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
411 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2007
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SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-OLYMPICS-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
331 PM PDT TUE OCT 16 2007
...A STRONG PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHING WESTERN WASHINGTON
ON THURSDAY..
A WEATHER SYSTEM LOCATED 1300 MILES OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL
STRENGTHEN ON WEDNESDAY AS IT APPROACHES THE WASHINGTON COAST. BY
THURSDAY MORNING...THE DEEP SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE
LOCATED RIGHT OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST. HOWEVER...IT IS STILL
UNCERTAIN IF THE CENTER OF THIS STORM WILL MOVE ONSHORE INTO
VANCOUVER ISLAND OR AS FAR SOUTH AS THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND
THE NORTH INTERIOR AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES. BY THE
AFTERNOON...THE CENTER OF THE STORM WILL MOVE INLAND WITH STRONG
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LOWER CHEHALIS
VALLEY...SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...PUGET SOUND AND EAST PUGET SOUND
LOWLANDS. DURING THE EVENING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE
STRAIT AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR WILL SWITCH TO THE WEST TO NORTHWEST
AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
AT THIS TIME...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED
TO REACH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
THURSDAY NIGHT AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION.
THE SEATTLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE EVOLUTION OF THIS STORM AND ISSUE FURTHER
INFORMATION AS IT DEVELOPS. VISIT WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE TO VIEW THE
LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS...FORECAST DISCUSSIONS AND SATELLITE
IMAGE LOOPS REGARDING THIS STORM.
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