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Potential for landslides and rain through Monday, Jan. 9, on Plateau

Published 10:24 pm Sunday, February 8, 2015

Heavy rainfall
Heavy rainfall

The National Weather Service still has a special weather statement in effect through Monday for potential landslides from rain.

  • Overnight Showers. Low around 49. East southeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Monday Showers. High near 53. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Monday Night Showers. Low around 46. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
  • Tuesday Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. South southwest wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east in the evening.
  • Wednesday Partly sunny, with a high near 59.

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

226 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2015

WAZ001-503-504-506-507-509>517-555-556-558-559-567>569-091230-

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-

226 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2015

...PERIODS OF RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

THROUGH MONDAY WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF LANDSLIDES IN

WESTERN WASHINGTON...

RAINFALL THAT BEGAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT HAS INCREASED SOIL MOISTURE

TO MODERATE LEVELS ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON. HEAVY RAINFALL AT

TIMES THROUGH MONDAY WILL PUT EXTRA PRESSURE ON SOIL

INSTABILITY...LEADING TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF LANDSLIDES.

WITH AN ELEVATED LANDSLIDE THREAT...RAINFALL INDUCED LANDSLIDES ARE

POSSIBLE DURING BURSTS OF INTENSE RAINFALL OR WHEN THERE IS HEAVY

RAINFALL OVER A PERIOD OF A DAY OR TWO. A GRADUALLY DIMINISHING

THREAT OF LANDSLIDES WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE RAIN

ENDS. 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.

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