High Wind Sunday Eve. 1/17/10 into Monday for the Coast/Strait/Olympics/Bellingham/Mt. Vernon/Whidbey Island/San Juans

Strong Low off the WA Coast Late on 1/17 & am 1/18

High Wind WARNING -Brownish Orange Shaded Area 30-40 G 60-65mph

A strong Pacific low pressure system is developing and will intensify late Sunday the 17th into early on Monday the 18th of January.

Pacific Co., which includes Raymond and Long Beach WA down to Astoria, OR,  has a High Wind Warning from 7 pm Sunday the 17th to 8 am Monday.  A High Wind Watch has been upgraded to a WARNING and is in effect form Sunday evening the 17th through Monday morning the 18th.  This is for the central & north Washington Coast, the Western Strait of Juan de Fuca & the Olympic Mountains and from Whidbey Island into the San Juans and the Bellingham to Mt. Vernon Areas.  Strong SE winds are expected to develop and possibly reach as high as 30 to 40 miles per hour SUSTAINED with Gusts to 60 to possibly 65 mph especially exposed ridges and open beaches/headlands.  The wind should shift to the south and SW early Monday and ease by noon.  A wind advisory has been issued for most of the rest of  Western WA including Seattle until the morning of the 18th, Monday.