Cleanup in progress after gusty winds whip across Western Washington

Winter climate rolled by Western Washington on Monday, with gusty winds tearing down powerlines and toppling bushes.

Up within the Cascades, the roads are icy and dicey, whereas avalanche warnings are in place for each Stevens and Snoqualmie passes till 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The windstorm introduced gusts of as much as 40 mph, and in some areas like Island County, gusts had been above 55 mph.

Snohomish PUD crews have been busy, clearing tree injury and restoring energy.

Monday night time, Snohomish PUD reported a tree had taken down energy traces and a pole alongside Larch Approach.

There have been related points in a number of different areas, comparable to Edmonds.

KIRO 7 spoke with a lady who lives in Lynnwood who says a tree department got here crashing by her kitchen window simply as she was about to have dinner.

“We had been simply standing there in shock coated in glass and had been simply type of stunned by what occurred,” stated Rachel McLeod.

Nobody was harm.

In Woodinville, a large tree got here down on prime of a automotive. Nobody was harm in that incident, both.

1000’s of households had been with out energy because of the gusty winds.

Over 27,000 prospects had been impacted statewide as of 11 p.m. Monday, with the very best focus of outages in Benton, Yakima and Thurston counties. Early Tuesday, the outages had dropped to lower than 6,000 statewide.

Wind gusts had been stout by Monday night and most gusts had been within the 30 to 40 mph vary, however Everett’s Paine Area hit 52 mph, Boeing Area in Seattle hit 45 mph, and Whidbey Island was seemingly experiencing 55 mph gusts as of 10 p.m. (the climate station at NAS Whidbey went offline Sunday night time so precise studies from that windiest place close to Oak Harbor are unavailable.)

A Winter Storm Warning is in impact till 4 p.m. Tuesday for the Cascades, the place six to 12 inches of snow will fall by late Tuesday at Snoqualmie Move, with 12 to 18 inches of snow anticipated to fall at Stevens Move. Over two ft of snow will fall on the upper peaks by Tuesday. Move journey can be troublesome at occasions.

A Coastal Flood Advisory is out for the coast and waters round Puget Sound till 10 a.m. Tuesday. Gusty winds and excessive tides will trigger some minor overwash, significantly round excessive tide about 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Tuesday morning, it was nonetheless very windy within the Strait of Juan de Fuca, however it’s slowly calming down and it’s a lot calmer for many of Western Washington in comparison with Monday night time. Scattered showers are shifting by the realm with breezy situations and temps within the upper-30s and lower-40s. Showers will proceed right here and there Tuesday forward of one other wave that may transfer by Tuesday afternoon and night.

There’s additionally the prospect of some snow. Discover the total forecast at this hyperlink.

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