The National Weather Service forecasting rain with wind gust to 28 mph for Plateau.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 337 AM PDT TUE MAR 19 2013 WAZ001-503>512-514>517-200000- 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- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 337 AM PDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST TODAY WILL TRACK INTO NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AND FROM ADMIRALTY INLET NORTHWARD. WINDS WILL TURN MORE SOUTHWESTERLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AROUND THE GREATER PUGET SOUND REGION. A BURST OF STRONG WESTERLY WINDS COULD ALSO IMPACT AREAS AROUND THE EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA DURING THIS PERIOD. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN SLOWLY EASE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL BRING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. COASTAL AREAS COULD RECEIVE OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN WHILE MANY INTERIOR LOCATIONS COULD GET 1 TO 2 INCHES. SOME AREAS NORTH OF THE OLYMPICS WILL SEE LESS PRECIPITATION DUE TO RAIN SHADOWING EFFECTS. LARGE SWELLS WILL GIVE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS TO THE WASHINGTON COAST WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WAVES OF 15 TO 20 FEET BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING.
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