Another High Wind Warning for East Puget Sound Lowlands/Foothills 01/18 Late

Strong 969 MB Low off the NW Coast/2nd of the week 01/18/10

Local STRONG EAST winds of 40 to 50 mph with gusts as high as 80 in and around ENUMCLAW late on the 18th and into the early morning on the 19th of January.  The 2nd strong low pressure system about 250 miles off the NW Coast will move north into early Tuesday increasing the easterly surface pressure gradients across the Cascades.  The strongest winds were in and around Enumclaw, but I also found stronger gusts in the  Cascade foothills including strong wind reports around Snoqualmie, North Bend , Bellevue & Issaquah, also the Pacific Co. area.

A High Wind Warning was Effect until 2 am Tuesday, January 19th for the East Puget Sound Lowland/foothills and Pacific Co. including Long Beach and Raymond.

High Wind Warning SW WA/Foothills & OR Coast

At 8:57 pm on the 18th, a trained spotter 4 miles WNW of Enumclaw reported an East wind sustained at 50 mph with gusts to 80 mph. 01/18/10