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The third powerful atmospheric river storm to impact the Pacific Northwest since the end of last week blasted portions of Washington and Oregon with hurricane-force wind gusts and torrential rain ...
The coast may see 50-mph winds or more, but Seattle should be relatively safe with winds of 25-30 mph, Houk said. Still, some additional power outages and damage are possible, he said.
(Reuters) -A second powerful wind storm, called a "bomb cyclone," will hit the U.S. Pacific Northwest by Thursday evening, even as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power from the ...
A wind speed of 53 mph (82 kph) was also recorded at Ediz Hook, a 3-mile-long (4.8-kilometer) sand spit northwest of Seattle that extends from the northern shore of the Olympic Peninsula at Port Angeles into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Winds were expected to increase in western Washington throughout the evening, the weather service said.
The largest storm events have struck the Pacific Northwest every 15 to 30 years according to modern records. Among the strongest were the 1962 Columbus Day storm , which formed from the remnants of Typhoon Frieda/Freda and killed 50 people; the 1993 Inauguration Day windstorm, which killed 6 people; and the 2006 Hanukkah Eve windstorm , which ...
As of late Thursday night, 2.18 inches of rain has fallen on Astoria, Oregon, with 3.48 inches drenching Quillayute, Washington, from the storms so far this week. Seattle-Tacoma International ...
The National Weather Service issues a similar high wind warning (Specific Area Message Encoding code: HWW) for high winds on land. The criteria vary from place to place; however, in most cases, the warning applies to winds of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) to 73 miles per hour (117 km/h) for at least 1 hour; or any gusts of 58 miles per hour (93 km/h) to 114 miles per hour (183 km/h) on land.
A tumultuous weather pattern will continue to focus across the Northwest U.S. early this week, AccuWeather experts warn. ... for jet stream, a corridor of high winds high in the atmosphere ...