NOAA Current Watches

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON PST TUESDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET... * WINDS...South 35 to 50 mph with gusts up to 75 mph. * WHERE...Elevations above 1000 feet, especially exposed ridgetops. Winds will likely be lighter in the valleys. * PEAK WIND TIMING...6 PM Monday and 6 AM Tuesday. High Wind Warning 2018-12-17T12:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T12:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Coast Range of Western Oregon FIPS6 041003 041039 041041 041053 UGC ORZ004 VTEC /O.CON.KPQR.HW.W.0011.181217T2000Z-181218T2000Z/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON PST TUESDAY... The National Weather Service in Portland has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to noon PST Tuesday. * WINDS...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Brief gusts Wind Advisory 2018-12-17T16:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T12:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Central Willamette Valley; South Willamette Valley FIPS6 041003 041039 041043 041047 041053 041071 UGC ORZ007 ORZ008 VTEC /O.NEW.KPQR.WI.Y.0003.181218T0000Z-181218T2000Z/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for * Flash Flood Watch for ONLY the Klondike and Chetco Bar burn areas in portions of Curry and western Josephine Counties in southwest Oregon. Flash Flood Watch 2018-12-18T04:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T22:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Possible Curry County Coast; Eastern Curry County and Josephine County FIPS6 041015 041033 UGC ORZ022 ORZ024 VTEC /O.EXT.KMFR.FF.A.0003.181218T1200Z-181219T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 10 PM PST this evening. * WIND...Southeast wind 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. High Wind Warning 2018-12-17T13:00:00-08:00 2018-12-17T22:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Coast; North Coast FIPS6 053009 053027 053031 UGC WAZ516 WAZ517 VTEC /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0008.181217T2100Z-181218T0600Z/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST TUESDAY... The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to 1 AM PST Tuesday. * WIND...Southeast wind 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. High Wind Warning 2018-12-17T16:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T01:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Admiralty Inlet Area; San Juan County; Western Skagit County; Western Whatcom County FIPS6 053029 053031 053055 053057 053073 UGC WAZ001 WAZ503 WAZ506 WAZ510 VTEC /O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0008.181218T0000Z-181218T0900Z/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... * WHAT...Heavy snow expected above 3500 feet. Total snow accumulations of up to 21 inches expected. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. * WHERE...Cascade mountains and valleys of Whatcom and Skagit Winter Storm Warning 2018-12-17T18:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T18:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely West Slopes North Cascades and Passes FIPS6 053057 053073 UGC WAZ567 VTEC /O.UPG.KSEW.WS.A.0013.181218T0200Z-181219T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KSEW.WS.W.0014.181218T0200Z-181219T0200Z/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... * WHAT...Snow expected above 3500 feet. Total snow accumulations of up to 17 inches expected. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. * WHERE...Cascade mountains and valleys of Snohomish and King Counties, including Darrington, Index, Skykomish, Stevens Winter Weather Advisory 2018-12-17T18:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T18:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely West Slopes North Central Cascades and Passes FIPS6 053033 053061 UGC WAZ568 VTEC /O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0036.181218T0200Z-181219T0200Z/

...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY... * SEAS...Generally, 20 to 22 ft today, but seas will build again later today into tonight. Seas will peak at 25 to 30 ft later this evening, possibly 30 to 33 ft in few spots along the Oregon Coast around midnight. Seas will subside late tonight into Tuesday morning. High Surf Warning 2018-12-17T03:14:00-08:00 2018-12-18T06:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely South Washington Coast FIPS6 053049 053069 UGC WAZ021 VTEC /O.EXT.KPQR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-181218T1400Z/

...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY... * SEAS...Generally, 20 to 22 ft today, but seas will build again later today into tonight. Seas will peak at 25 to 30 ft later this evening, possibly 30 to 33 ft in few spots along the Oregon Coast around midnight. Seas will subside late tonight into Tuesday morning. High Surf Warning 2018-12-17T03:14:00-08:00 2018-12-18T06:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Central Oregon Coast; North Oregon Coast FIPS6 041007 041039 041041 041057 UGC ORZ001 ORZ002 VTEC /O.EXT.KPQR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-181218T1400Z/

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW FOR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS... .A moist Pacific storm system will bring significant snow to the higher elevations of the Blue Mountains tonight and Tuesday morning before snow levels rise by mid morning Tuesday. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4500 FEET... Winter Weather Advisory 2018-12-17T19:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T10:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Northwest Blue Mountains FIPS6 053013 UGC WAZ030 VTEC /O.NEW.KPDT.WW.Y.0024.181218T0300Z-181218T1800Z/

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW FOR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS... .A moist Pacific storm system will bring significant snow to the higher elevations of the Blue Mountains tonight and Tuesday morning before snow levels rise by mid morning Tuesday. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4500 FEET... Winter Weather Advisory 2018-12-17T19:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T10:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon FIPS6 041059 041061 041063 UGC ORZ502 VTEC /O.NEW.KPDT.WW.Y.0024.181218T0300Z-181218T1800Z/

...STRONG WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... High Wind Watch 2018-12-17T22:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T15:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Future Severe Possible East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades FIPS6 041017 041031 UGC ORZ509 VTEC /O.NEW.KPDT.HW.A.0001.181218T0600Z-181218T2300Z/

...STRONG WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... High Wind Watch 2018-12-17T22:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T15:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Future Severe Possible Central Oregon FIPS6 041017 041031 UGC ORZ511 VTEC /O.NEW.KPDT.HW.A.0001.181218T0600Z-181218T2300Z/

...STRONG WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY... Wind Advisory 2018-12-17T22:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T15:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon; North Central Oregon FIPS6 041021 041049 041055 041065 UGC ORZ508 ORZ510 VTEC /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0029.181218T0600Z-181218T2300Z/

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Washington... Skokomish River near Potlatch affecting Mason County. .Flood Bulletin No. 4 Olympic Peninsula Region Heavy rain Sunday drove the Skokomish River above flood stage. The river will recede somewhat today, but remain above flood stage. More rain tonight will cause the river to rise again. Flood Warning 2018-12-17T02:10:00-08:00 2018-12-17T11:09:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Mason 47.44,-123.26 47.33,-123.21 47.36,-123.17 47.33,-123.08 47.21,-123.21 47.38,-123.4 47.44,-123.26 FIPS6 053045 UGC WAC045 VTEC /O.CON.KSEW.FL.W.0083.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /SRPW1.1.ER.181216T2000Z.181218T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NR/

...THE RISK OF FLOODING WILL INCREASE ON SOME RIVERS TUESDAY... Another wet frontal system will arrive Monday night and Tuesday. The front will probably stall for a time over southwest Washington and 3 to 5 inches of rain is possible in the mountains. The snow level will rise to around 5000 feet. This amount of rain will increase the chance of some rivers, mainly in southwest Washington Hydrologic Outlook 2018-12-17T01:52:00-08:00 2018-12-17T16:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Future Unknown Possible Grays Harbor; King; Lewis; Mason; Pierce; Thurston FIPS6 053027 053033 053041 053045 053053 053067 UGC WAC027 WAC033 WAC041 WAC045 WAC053 WAC067 VTEC

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WAVES...Swells of 20 to 22 ft will continue to reach the Washington coast this morning. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...The beaches near Westport, Ocean Shores, Moclips, Taholah, Kalaloch Lodge, and La Push. High Surf Advisory 2018-12-17T01:20:00-08:00 2018-12-17T10:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Central Coast; North Coast FIPS6 053009 053027 053031 UGC WAZ516 WAZ517 VTEC /O.CON.KSEW.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-181217T1800Z/

...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * Waves and Surf...A very powerful west swell will continue to produce average breaking wave heights of 28 to 32 feet through Monday night. Surf will lower briefly Tuesday, but another large swell will push surf back near 30 feet on Wednesday. * Timing...The highest surf is occuring now and will continue High Surf Warning 2018-12-16T21:25:00-08:00 2018-12-19T22:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Curry County Coast; South Central Oregon Coast FIPS6 041011 041015 UGC ORZ021 ORZ022 VTEC /O.EXT.KMFR.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-181220T0600Z/

...Another front to bring strong winds late Monday into Tuesday... .Winds have diminished this evening, thus the high wind warnings and wind advisories have been canceled. However, another front will bring strong winds to the coast and portions of eastern Klamath and Lake Counties late Monday and Tuesday. High Wind Warning 2018-12-17T16:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T16:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Curry County Coast; South Central Oregon Coast FIPS6 041011 041015 UGC ORZ021 ORZ022 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.HW.W.0015.181218T0000Z-181219T0000Z/

...Another front to bring strong winds late Monday into Tuesday... .Winds have diminished this evening, thus the high wind warnings and wind advisories have been canceled. However, another front will bring strong winds to the coast and portions of eastern Klamath and Lake Counties late Monday and Tuesday. High Wind Watch 2018-12-17T16:00:00-08:00 2018-12-18T22:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Future Severe Possible Central and Eastern Lake County; Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County FIPS6 041035 041037 UGC ORZ030 ORZ031 VTEC /O.CAN.KMFR.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-181217T0600Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-181217T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.HW.A.0014.181218T0000Z-181219T0600Z/