NOAA Current Watches

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 10 PM PST this evening. * WIND...East wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts are high as 45 mph Wind Advisory 2018-12-14T13:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T22:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca; Western Strait of Juan De Fuca FIPS6 053009 UGC WAZ514 WAZ515 VTEC /O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0017.181214T2100Z-181215T0600Z/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * Winds: South to southwest 40 to 45 mph with gusts up to 75 mph possible near Cape Blanco. * Timing: Winds will continue to increase tonight and are expected to peak Friday morning. Winds may start weakening as early as High Wind Warning 2018-12-14T03:57:00-08:00 2018-12-14T13:00:00-08:00 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.0013.000000T0000Z-181214T2100Z/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * Winds...Southeast at 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...Winds will continue to increase tonight and are expected to peak late Friday morning. * Locations include...Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix, including Wind Advisory 2018-12-14T03:57:00-08:00 2018-12-14T13:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Jackson County FIPS6 041029 UGC ORZ026 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-181214T2100Z/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * Winds: South to southwest 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * Timing: Winds will continue to increase tonight into Friday morning reaching a peak Friday afternoon. * Locations include: Paisley, Summer Lake, Valley Falls, Fort Wind Advisory 2018-12-14T07:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T19:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Central and Eastern Lake County; Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County FIPS6 041035 041037 UGC ORZ030 ORZ031 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0033.181214T1500Z-181215T0300Z/

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON NEAR BEACHES AND HEADLANDS... * WINDS...South 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph for beaches and coastal headlands. Winds in the coastal communities should not be as strong. * TIMING...Friday morning through Friday afternoon. The High Wind Warning 2018-12-14T08:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T16:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely South Washington Coast FIPS6 053049 053069 UGC WAZ021 VTEC /O.EXT.KPQR.HW.W.0010.181214T1600Z-181215T0000Z/

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON NEAR BEACHES AND HEADLANDS... * WINDS...South 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph for beaches and coastal headlands. Winds in the coastal communities should not be as strong. * TIMING...Friday morning through Friday afternoon. The High Wind Warning 2018-12-14T08:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T16:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Oregon Coast; North Oregon Coast FIPS6 041007 041039 041041 041057 UGC ORZ001 ORZ002 VTEC /O.EXT.KPQR.HW.W.0010.181214T1600Z-181215T0000Z/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * Waves and Surf...A powerful northwest swell will create breakers of 20 to 25 feet. * Timing...Northwest swell is expected to increase to a peak in height this evening. Surf will diminish on Saturday but become high again Saturday night into Sunday. Dangerous high surf is High Surf Advisory 2018-12-14T03:28:00-08:00 2018-12-16T04:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Curry County Coast; South Central Oregon Coast FIPS6 041011 041015 UGC ORZ021 ORZ022 VTEC /O.CON.KMFR.SU.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-181216T1200Z/

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Washington... Skokomish River near Potlatch affecting Mason County. .Flood Bulletin No. 5 Olympic Peninsula Region Heavy rain is over for now and the Skokomish River will continue to Flood Warning 2018-12-14T01:22:00-08:00 2018-12-15T06:27:00-08:00 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.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0082.000000T0000Z-181215T1427Z/ /SRPW1.2.ER.181213T1015Z.181214T0415Z.181215T0527Z.NR/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY... * WAVES AND/OR SURF...20 to 25 feet. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...Westport, Ocean Shores, Taholah, and La Push. * TIMING...Waves will build to around 20 to 25 feet Friday High Surf Advisory 2018-12-14T10:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T22:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Central Coast; North Coast FIPS6 053009 053027 053031 UGC WAZ516 WAZ517 VTEC /O.CON.KSEW.SU.Y.0005.181214T1800Z-181215T0600Z/

...VERY WINDY THROUGH FRIDAY... .An approaching cold front will continue creating windy conditions over eastern Oregon and southeast Washington through Friday. An intense pressure gradient will lead to strong southerly winds across the southern Grande Ronde Valley through Friday. Downsloping winds are also expected along the Blue Mountain Wind Advisory 2018-12-13T22:24:00-08:00 2018-12-14T16:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington FIPS6 053013 053071 UGC WAZ029 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-181215T0000Z/

...VERY WINDY THROUGH FRIDAY... .An approaching cold front will continue creating windy conditions over eastern Oregon and southeast Washington through Friday. An intense pressure gradient will lead to strong southerly winds across the southern Grande Ronde Valley through Friday. Downsloping winds are also expected along the Blue Mountain High Wind Warning 2018-12-13T22:24:00-08:00 2018-12-14T16:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Grande Ronde Valley FIPS6 041061 UGC ORZ049 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-181215T0000Z/

...VERY WINDY THROUGH FRIDAY... .An approaching cold front will continue creating windy conditions over eastern Oregon and southeast Washington through Friday. An intense pressure gradient will lead to strong southerly winds across the southern Grande Ronde Valley through Friday. Downsloping winds are also expected along the Blue Mountain Wind Advisory 2018-12-13T22:24:00-08:00 2018-12-14T16:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon; Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon FIPS6 041021 041049 041059 UGC ORZ507 ORZ508 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-181215T0000Z/

...VERY WINDY THROUGH FRIDAY... .An approaching cold front will continue creating windy conditions over eastern Oregon and southeast Washington through Friday. An intense pressure gradient will lead to strong southerly winds across the southern Grande Ronde Valley through Friday. Downsloping winds are also expected along the Blue Mountain Wind Advisory 2018-12-14T04:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T16:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Wallowa County FIPS6 041061 041063 UGC ORZ050 VTEC /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0027.181214T1200Z-181215T0000Z/

...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 is over for now and the Skokomish will be cresting soon Flood Warning 2018-12-13T17:03:00-08:00 2018-12-15T06:20:00-08:00 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.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0082.000000T0000Z-181215T1420Z/ /SRPW1.2.ER.181213T1015Z.181213T2345Z.181215T0520Z.NR/

...HIGH SURF TO AFFECT THE COAST AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... .A series of storms will cross the northeast Pacific through early next week. These storms will send significant westerly swells toward the Pacific Northwest coast resulting in periods of high surf activity well into next week. Additional events are High Surf Advisory 2018-12-14T09:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T22:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely South Washington Coast FIPS6 053049 053069 UGC WAZ021 VTEC /O.CON.KPQR.SU.Y.0005.181214T1700Z-181215T0600Z/

...HIGH SURF TO AFFECT THE COAST AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... .A series of storms will cross the northeast Pacific through early next week. These storms will send significant westerly swells toward the Pacific Northwest coast resulting in periods of high surf activity well into next week. Additional events are High Surf Advisory 2018-12-14T09:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T22:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Central Oregon Coast; North Oregon Coast FIPS6 041007 041039 041041 041057 UGC ORZ001 ORZ002 VTEC /O.CON.KPQR.SU.Y.0005.181214T1700Z-181215T0600Z/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY... CORRECTED TIMING. The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a High Wind Warning, which is in effect from 4 AM to 4 PM PST Friday. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. * WIND...South wind 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. High Wind Warning 2018-12-14T04:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T16:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Severe Likely Central Coast; North Coast FIPS6 053009 053027 053031 UGC WAZ516 WAZ517 VTEC /O.UPG.KSEW.HW.A.0004.181214T1800Z-181215T0200Z/ /O.COR.KSEW.HW.W.0006.181214T1200Z-181215T0000Z/

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WIND...South wind 30 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 60 mph are possible late Friday morning through Friday evening. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...Ferndale, Bellingham, Sandy Point, Anacortes, Friday Harbor. High Wind Watch 2018-12-14T10:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T19:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Future Severe Possible Admiralty Inlet Area; Everett and Vicinity; San Juan County; Western Skagit County; Western Whatcom County FIPS6 053029 053031 053055 053057 053061 053073 UGC WAZ001 WAZ503 WAZ506 WAZ507 WAZ510 VTEC /O.COR.KSEW.HW.A.0004.181214T1800Z-181215T0300Z/

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WIND...South wind 30 to 40 mph with gusts 50 to 60 mph are possible. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma and Bremerton. High Wind Watch 2018-12-14T10:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T19:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Future Severe Possible Bellevue and Vicinity; Bremerton and Vicinity; Hood Canal Area; Seattle and Vicinity; Southwest Interior; Tacoma Area FIPS6 053031 053033 053035 053041 053045 053053 053061 053067 UGC WAZ504 WAZ509 WAZ511 WAZ556 WAZ558 WAZ559 VTEC /O.COR.KSEW.HW.A.0004.181214T1800Z-181215T0300Z/

...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WIND...South wind potentially 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...Snohomish, Duvall, Carnation, Maple Valley, Enumclaw. High Wind Watch 2018-12-14T10:00:00-08:00 2018-12-14T19:00:00-08:00 Actual Alert Met Future Severe Possible East Puget Sound Lowlands FIPS6 053033 053053 053061 UGC WAZ555 VTEC /O.COR.KSEW.HW.A.0004.181214T1800Z-181215T0300Z/