The National Weather Service has a high wind warning in effect through today with rain in the forecast.

Detailed Forecast

• Today Rain. High near 62. South southeast wind 15 to 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Tonight Showers likely. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 47. Windy, with a south wind 31 to 36 mph decreasing to 25 to 30 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Friday Scattered showers. Cloudy, with a high near 49. West southwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Friday Night Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
• Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.
• Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1010 AM PST THU DEC 11 2014
WAZ001-503-504-506-507-509>512-515-555-556-558-559-120015-


/O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0012.141212T0000Z-141212T1200Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
BELLEVUE AND VICINITY-SEATTLE AND VICINITY-BREMERTON AND VICINITY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIDAY HARBOR...BELLINGHAM...BLAINE...
LYNDEN...OLYMPIA...LACEY...TUMWATER...CENTRALIA...TOLEDO...
MOUNT VERNON...ANACORTES...SEDRO-WOOLLEY...BURLINGTON...EVERETT...
EDMONDS...LYNNWOOD...MARYSVILLE...ARLINGTON...TACOMA...LAKEWOOD...
PUYALLUP...SUMNER...PORT TOWNSEND...PORT LUDLOW...HOODSPORT...
BRINNON...MONTESANO...JOYCE...CLALLAM BAY...GOLD BAR...ENUMCLAW...
NORTH BEND...BUCKLEY...BELLEVUE...KIRKLAND...REDMOND...ISSAQUAH...
SEATTLE...SHORELINE...FEDERAL WAY...KENT...BREMERTON...SILVERDALE
1010 AM PST THU DEC 11 2014
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SEATTLE...BELLEVUE...
TACOMA... OLYMPIA...CENTRALIA...EVERETT...WHIDBEY ISLAND...
PORT TOWNSEND...AND BELLINGHAM.
* TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY TO FIRST DEVELOP ACROSS GRAYS
HARBOR...THURSTON...PIERCE...AND LEWIS COUNTIES AFTER 4 PM
THIS AFTERNOON. THE REMAINING LOWLANDS INCLUDING PUGET SOUND
AND THE NORTH INTERIOR WILL HAVE HIGH WIND GUSTS DEVELOPING
AFTER 6 PM THIS EVENING.
* WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR
AND PUGET SOUND WILL RAPIDLY RISE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
60 MPH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY EASE LATER IN THE EVENING.
AREAS FROM ADMIRALTY INLET NORTHWARD WILL HAVE SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH...SLOWLY
EASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG
SHORLINES AND LOCATIONS EXPOSED TO SOUTHERLY WIND. WINDS WILL
DIMINISH ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL TOPPLE LARGE TREES.
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR GIVEN THE
SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN. STRONG WINDS COULD
IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY FROM SEATTLE
NORTHWARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY
DURING POWER OUTAGES...OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE
GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL
VENTILATED AREA. DO NOT USE A BARBECUE GRILL TO HEAT YOUR HOME AS
IT CAN LEAD TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND/OR A FIRE.
 

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
111 AM PST THU DEC 11 2014
WAZ001-503-504-506-507-509>517-555-556-558-559-567>569-120030-
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
OLYMPICS-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-BELLEVUE AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE AND VICINITY-BREMERTON AND VICINITY-
CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH AND KING COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES-
111 AM PST THU DEC 11 2014
...INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES CONTINUES TODAY IN WESTERN
WASHINGTON...
HEAVY RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE IN THE
LANDSLIDE RISK ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. IN THE LAST 24 HOURS




3 TO NEARLY 6.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE OLYMPICS WITH 2 TO
4 INCHES IN THE NORTH CASCADES AND GENERALLY A HALF TO 2 INCHES
ELSEWHERE. THIS HAS INCREASED SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS WESTERN
WASHINGTON PUTTING EXTRA PRESSURE ON SOIL INSTABILITY...LEADING TO
AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES.
WITH AN ELEVATED LANDSLIDE RISK...RAINFALL INDUCED LANDSLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE DURING BURSTS OF INTENSE RAINFALL OR WHEN THERE IS OR HAS
BEEN HEAVY RAINFALL OVER A PERIOD OF A DAY OR TWO AS NOTED IN THE
FORECAST ELEVATED RISK LEVEL. AREAS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO LANDSLIDES
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS ARE STEEP COASTAL BLUFFS AND OTHER STEEP
HILLSIDES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT CONDITIONS...VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE...SELECT LOCAL HYDRO INFO...AND THEN SCROLL
DOWN FOR THE LINKS TO THE LANDSLIDE THREAT PAGES.
TO REPORT LANDSLIDES TO THE STATE FOR TABULATION...GO TO THE
SHALLOW LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAP PAGE AND CLICK ON THE REPORT A
LANDSLIDE LINK. A LINK TO THE SHALLOW LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAP CAN
BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE...SELECT LOCAL HYDRO INFO...
AND THEN SCROLL DOWN TO THE WASHINGTON STATE LANDSLIDE SHALLOW
LANDSLIDE THREAT LINK.