Now with more suck blow - Weather.com again:
High Wind Watch for Admiralty Inlet Area, Washington
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THERE MAY BE PERIODS WHERE WINDS REACH 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BELLINGHAM, FRIDAY HARBOR, OAK HARBOR, PORT TOWNSEND, AND ANACORTES. * TIMING...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WHILE IT APPEARS THAT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FOR A FEW HOURS ON THURSDAY, THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THEIR TIMING. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. &&
Here is my neck of the woods:
The red A is Admiralty Inlet - go through that restriction and you get to Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia. The blue C is about where my house is on Camano Island. Looks like it will be time to batten down the hatches tomorrow evening.
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