HIGH WIND WARNING
Issue Date: 945 AM PST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 400 PM PST SAT DEC 26 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON.
* DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WILL
  CONTINUE ACROSS THOSE AREAS PRONE TO EAST WINDS. THE HIGH WINDS
  WILL EASE THIS AFTERNOON.
* THE AREAS MOST PRONE TO DAMAGING EAST WINDS ARE NORTH BEND...
  BLACK DIAMOND...ENUMCLAW...BUCKLEY...AND ORTING.
* A SPOTTER THIS MORNING IN NORTH BEND CONTINUED TO MEASURE EAST
  WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH.
* THOSE...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...TRAVELLING ON
  NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS PORTIONS OF STATE ROUTE
  169 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN AND VERY STRONG CROSS WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...
AND DESTROY PROPERTY.
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AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY
Issue Date: 945 AM PST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM PST MON DEC 28 2009

...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. THE AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST MONDAY.
* WINDS IN THE LOCAL SEATTLE...TACOMA...BREMERTON AREA ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO EXCEED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.
* STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION TODAY.
THIS WILL TRAP COLD AIR NEAR THE SURFACE UNDER WARM AIR ALOFT.
* THE RESULTING LACK OF MIXING WILL ALLOW POLLUTANTS SUCH AS
WOOD SMOKE AND INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS TO ACCUMULATE AND REDUCE
AIR QUALITY.
* THE MOST LIKELY PLACES TO EXPERIENCE REDUCED AIR QUALITY ARE
ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-5 CORRIDOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN LOCALLY ESTABLISHED
CRITICAL VALUES OF TRANSPORT WINDS...MIXING HEIGHT...AND
VENTILATION ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. CHECK
WITH YOUR LOCAL AIR QUALITY AGENCY FOR POSSIBLE RESTRICTIONS IN
YOUR AREA.
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WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 917 PM PST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 400 PM PST SAT DEC 26 2009

...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SEATTLE-
BREMERTON AND TACOMA AREAS UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST PORTIONS OF THE SEATTLE
AND TACOMA METRO AREAS FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE EAST PORTIONS OF THE SEATTLE AND TACOMA METRO
AREAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 4 PM PST
SATURDAY. AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SATURDAY.
* EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL
DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF STATE ROUTES 167 AND 161.
THE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 55 MPH SATURDAY MORNING.
* AREAS MOST PRONE TO STRONG EAST WINDS ARE RENTON...KENT...
AUBURN...AND SUMNER.
* THOSE...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PLANNING TRAVEL ON
STATE ROUTES 161 AND 167 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN...STRONG
CROSS WINDS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
* A STRONG LOW LEVEL INVERSION WILL PREVENT MUCH MIXING FROM
OCCURRING OVER THOSE AREAS NOT PRONE TO STRONG EAST WINDS. THIS
WILL ALLOW POLLUTANTS LIKE WOOD SMOKE AND INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS
TO ACCUMULATE AND REDUCE AIR QUALITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP
SMALL TREE BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES...AND
CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN LOCALLY ESTABLISHED
CRITICAL VALUES OF TRANSPORT WINDS...MIXING HEIGHT...AND
VENTILATION ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. CHECK
WITH YOUR LOCAL AIR QUALITY AGENCY FOR POSSIBLE RESTRICTIONS IN
YOUR AREA.
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