Here are the maximum winds today. Some locations on the Oregon and Washington coast gusted to over 70 mph, with most coastal locations getting at least to 40 mph. 40-60 mph gusts in Portland, 35-50 mph gusts around Seattle (with a few getting to the mid-50s. And 50-60 mph gusts around NW Washington. At the mountain crests of the Olympics and Cascades, some winds of 90-100 mph were observed.
Destruction Island on the central WA coast got to around 72 knots (83 mph)
Seattle's West Point speed up to 42 knots (48 mph)
And Smith Island, just off of Whidbey Is. hit 58 knots (67 mph)
For Seattle's 520 bridge, winds have climbed to 40-45 mph.
Several hundred thousand people lost power, particularly over Oregon and SW Washington. An unusual late season event, which will be followed by improving weather over the weekend.
Here are the high wind reports collected by the National Weather Service:
National Weather Service Seattle WA 1042 AM PDT Sat Apr 8 2017 ..24 Hour Wind Reports Around Western Washington... Wind speeds below 35 mph were omitted. Values with a (S) are sustained winds. Values with a (P) are peak winds. The rest are gusts. Location Speed Time/Date Lat/Lon/Elev (ft.) ..Western Whatcom County... 1 SW Kbli 63 MPH 0742 PM 04/07 48.78N/122.56W/66 Bellingham Airport 61 MPH(P) 0632 PM 04/07 48.79N/122.54W/158 Cherry Point 58 MPH 0524 PM 04/07 48.86N/122.76W/0 Sandy Pt. Shores 56 MPH 0714 PM 04/07 48.80N/122.71W/9 2 WSW Lawrence 55 MPH 1237 PM 04/07 48.83N/122.33W/232 Lynden 49 MPH 1128 PM 04/07 48.96N/122.41W/124 2 N Bellingham 49 MPH 0636 PM 04/07 48.80N/122.49W/88 Blaine 48 MPH 0515 PM 04/07 49.00N/122.74W/91 4 NE Nooksack 48 MPH 0815 PM 04/07 48.99N/122.27W/36 Bellingham Airport 47 MPH(S) 0633 PM 04/07 48.79N/122.54W/158 4 SSW Lynden 44 MPH 0700 PM 04/07 48.89N/122.49W/89 Lummi Island 44 MPH 0220 PM 04/07 48.73N/122.70W/163 2 WNW Ferndale 42 MPH 0442 PM 04/07 48.87N/122.62W/351 1 WNW Lynden 41 MPH 0315 PM 04/07 48.96N/122.48W/113 3 N Ferndale 38 MPH 0234 PM 04/07 48.90N/122.58W/62 Blaine 37 MPH 0240 PM 04/07 49.00N/122.75W/55 4 ENE Ferndale 36 MPH 0326 PM 04/07 48.88N/122.51W/78 3 WSW Sudden Valley 35 MPH 0715 PM 04/07 48.69N/122.40W/581 ..Western Strait of Juan De Fuca... 2 WNW Sekiu 41 MPH 0659 PM 04/07 48.28N/124.36W/94 ..Western Skagit County... 1 NNW Blanchard 65 MPH 0638 PM 04/07 48.61N/122.43W/1066 1 W Anacortes 49 MPH 0205 PM 04/07 48.50N/122.66W/241 4 ENE Swinomish Village 48 MPH 0715 PM 04/07 48.45N/122.43W/8 Padilla Bay 46 MPH 0730 PM 04/07 48.46N/122.47W/4 1 NNE Allen 41 MPH 0728 PM 04/07 48.53N/122.37W/98 1 NNW Blanchard 40 MPH(S) 0638 PM 04/07 48.61N/122.43W/1066 Skagit Regional Airport 39 MPH 0755 PM 04/07 48.47N/122.42W/0 1 WNW Anacortes 38 MPH 0204 PM 04/07 48.50N/122.66W/229 1 W Snee Oosh 36 MPH 0418 PM 04/07 48.43N/122.59W/42 2 NNE Anacortes 35 MPH 0205 PM 04/07 48.55N/122.59W/895 ..West Slopes South Central Cascades and Passes... Crystal Mountain 102 MPH 1200 PM 04/07 46.94N/121.50W/6830 6 W Crystal Mountain 86 MPH 1000 AM 04/07 46.92N/121.64W/6900 3 SSW Crystal Mountain 71 MPH 1000 AM 04/07 46.88N/121.52W/6240 Greenwater 40 MPH 1000 AM 04/07 47.12N/121.60W/2404 Elbe 38 MPH 1115 AM 04/07 46.76N/122.19W/375 ..West Slopes North Central Cascades and Passes... Alpentalski Area Nwac 46 MPH(P) 0500 PM 04/07 47.44N/121.43W/3100 1 WNW Snoqualmie Pass 46 MPH 0500 PM 04/07 47.44N/121.44W/5470 10 SW Index 41 MPH(S) 0800 PM 04/07 47.69N/121.69W/1765 ..West Slopes North Cascades and Passes... Mount Baker 86 MPH 0300 PM 04/07 48.85N/121.68W/5020 ..Tacoma Area... Tacoma Narrows Airport 53 MPH(P) 1213 PM 04/07 47.27N/122.58W/294 JBLM 53 MPH(P) 1125 AM 04/07 47.13N/122.48W/321 Ft. Lewis 53 MPH(P) 1047 AM 04/07 47.08N/122.58W/301 Lakewood 46 MPH 1234 PM 04/07 47.17N/122.52W/269 3 NNE Frederickson 42 MPH 1034 AM 04/07 47.13N/122.34W/475 1 W Tacoma 39 MPH 1201 PM 04/07 47.25N/122.49W/360 Tacoma Narrows Airport 38 MPH(S) 1210 PM 04/07 47.27N/122.58W/294 2 SW Federal Way 38 MPH 1126 AM 04/07 47.29N/122.38W/435 2 NNW Midland 38 MPH 1110 AM 04/07 47.21N/122.43W/357 Ruston 38 MPH 1210 PM 04/07 47.30N/122.52W/213 2 W Ruston 36 MPH 1103 AM 04/07 47.30N/122.56W/203 1 ENE Fircrest 35 MPH 0315 PM 04/07 47.24N/122.48W/380 ..Southwest Interior... 5 S Lacey 55 MPH 1038 AM 04/07 46.96N/122.80W/229 Olympia Airport 54 MPH(P) 0957 AM 04/07 46.97N/122.90W/188 5 WNW Onalaska 49 MPH 1038 AM 04/07 46.62N/122.80W/314 8 E Mccleary 48 MPH 0900 AM 04/07 47.03N/123.10W/547 Chehalis Centralia Airport 46 MPH 0115 PM 04/07 46.68N/122.98W/177 Tenino 45 MPH 1110 AM 04/07 46.86N/122.85W/283 1 WNW Yelm 42 MPH 1015 AM 04/07 46.95N/122.62W/313 1 NE Winlock 40 MPH 1012 AM 04/07 46.51N/122.92W/450 2 ENE Olympia 39 MPH 1033 AM 04/07 47.06N/122.86W/200 1 WNW Nisqually 39 MPH 1115 AM 04/07 47.07N/122.72W/40 Olympia Airport 36 MPH(S) 1252 PM 04/07 46.97N/122.90W/188 1 N Lacey 36 MPH 1125 AM 04/07 47.05N/122.83W/235 ..Seattle and Vicinity... 3 NW Seattle 57 MPH 0242 PM 04/07 47.67N/122.39W/45 Normandy Park 51 MPH 1227 PM 04/07 47.44N/122.34W/328 Evergreen Point Bridge 49 MPH 0710 PM 04/07 47.64N/122.26W/22 Renton Airport 47 MPH(P) 1041 AM 04/07 47.49N/122.21W/29 SeaTac Airport 47 MPH(P) 1210 PM 04/07 47.44N/122.31W/370 Boeing Field 43 MPH(P) 0146 PM 04/07 47.53N/122.30W/18 3 NW White Center 42 MPH 1233 PM 04/07 47.56N/122.39W/278 Univ. Of Washington 40 MPH 1036 AM 04/07 47.65N/122.31W/171 Edgewood 39 MPH 1213 PM 04/07 47.26N/122.29W/344 SeaTac Airport 38 MPH(S) 1211 PM 04/07 47.44N/122.31W/370 2 NW White Center 38 MPH 1233 PM 04/07 47.55N/122.38W/367 3 NW White Center 38 MPH 1200 PM 04/07 47.56N/122.39W/305 3 NW Seattle 37 MPH(S) 0312 PM 04/07 47.67N/122.39W/45 3 WNW Hunts Point 37 MPH 0215 PM 04/07 47.67N/122.29W/229 Tukwila 37 MPH 0300 PM 04/07 47.47N/122.27W/216 3 SW Seattle 37 MPH 0202 PM 04/07 47.58N/122.40W/32 1 NE Seattle 37 MPH 0403 PM 04/07 47.62N/122.32W/275 3 S Sheridan Beach 36 MPH 0932 AM 04/07 47.69N/122.28W/301 Seattle 36 MPH 1153 AM 04/07 47.61N/122.31W/370 1 NNW Federal Way 36 MPH 0155 PM 04/07 47.34N/122.35W/174 2 W Kirkland 36 MPH 0610 PM 04/07 47.69N/122.26W/65 3 WNW Seattle 36 MPH 0330 PM 04/07 47.65N/122.41W/372 2 NW Hunts Point 35 MPH 0220 PM 04/07 47.67N/122.26W/144 1 WNW White Center 35 MPH(S) 0130 PM 04/07 47.53N/122.39W/15 1 SE Seattle 35 MPH 0525 PM 04/07 47.59N/122.32W/328 1 ENE Des Moines 35 MPH 1206 PM 04/07 47.40N/122.28W/124 ..San Juan County... Lopez Island 65 MPH 0244 PM 04/07 48.53N/122.87W/114 S. Lopez Island 55 MPH 0524 PM 04/07 48.40N/122.90W/118 Friday Harbor Airport 52 MPH(P) 0249 PM 04/07 48.52N/123.02W/0 Nw Decatur Is. Beach 51 MPH 0420 PM 04/07 48.51N/122.83W/53 2 SE Eastsound 47 MPH 0346 PM 04/07 48.67N/122.87W/1033 4 SSW Roche Harbor 43 MPH 0439 PM 04/07 48.55N/123.16W/36 Friday Harbor 40 MPH 0636 PM 04/07 48.55N/123.01W/0 Friday Harbor Airport 37 MPH(S) 0520 PM 04/07 48.52N/123.02W/0 Orcas Island Airport 37 MPH 0615 PM 04/07 48.71N/122.91W/0 ..Olympics... Huricane Ridge Raws 94 MPH(P) 0500 PM 04/07 47.97N/123.50W/5262 Cougar Mountain 47 MPH 0712 PM 04/07 47.94N/123.07W/2400 Jefferson Creek 36 MPH 0336 PM 04/07 47.55N/123.22W/2200 ..North Coast... Quillayute Airport 54 MPH(P) 1157 AM 04/07 47.94N/124.56W/185 Ellis Mountain 49 MPH 0800 PM 04/07 48.13N/124.31W/2305 Forks-raws 37 MPH 0633 PM 04/07 47.96N/124.38W/303 Quillayute Airport 35 MPH(S) 0456 PM 04/07 47.94N/124.56W/185 ..Lower Chehalis Valley Area... Central Park 38 MPH 0115 PM 04/07 46.96N/123.72W/62 Minot Peak 36 MPH 0800 AM 04/07 46.89N/123.42W/1768 ..Hood Canal Area... 4 E Port Ludlow 46 MPH 0630 PM 04/07 47.92N/122.58W/49 1 WSW Brinnon 43 MPH 0703 PM 04/07 47.67N/122.93W/689 Shelton Airport 42 MPH(P) 0912 AM 04/07 47.24N/123.14W/271 Quilcene 40 MPH 0536 PM 04/07 47.82N/122.88W/62 ..Everett and Vicinity... Paine Field 50 MPH(P) 0248 PM 04/07 47.91N/122.28W/606 Paine Field 41 MPH(S) 0249 PM 04/07 47.91N/122.28W/606 Arlington Airport 39 MPH 0555 PM 04/07 48.16N/122.16W/0 Harbour Pointe 38 MPH 0759 PM 04/07 47.89N/122.32W/347 Everett 36 MPH 0615 PM 04/07 47.98N/122.19W/9 3 S Everett 35 MPH 0215 PM 04/07 47.92N/122.21W/121 ..East Puget Sound Lowlands... 1 N Covington 37 MPH 1050 AM 04/07 47.37N/122.07W/528 3 N Bonney Lake 37 MPH 1213 PM 04/07 47.23N/122.16W/564 Lake Stevens 37 MPH 0559 PM 04/07 48.03N/122.06W/255 4 N Monroe 36 MPH 0319 PM 04/07 47.92N/121.98W/643 1 SW Mirrormont 36 MPH 1218 PM 04/07 47.44N/122.01W/770 1 ESE Lake Stevens 36 MPH 0304 PM 04/07 48.00N/122.03W/149 North Bend 35 MPH 0550 PM 04/07 47.50N/121.78W/439 ..Central Coast... Hoquiam Airport 66 MPH(P) 0140 PM 04/07 46.97N/123.93W/12 1 SSE Ocean Shores 53 MPH 1104 AM 04/07 46.95N/124.14W/23 Hoquiam Airport 47 MPH(S) 0136 PM 04/07 46.97N/123.93W/12 1 WNW Aberdeen 45 MPH 0132 PM 04/07 46.98N/123.84W/131 2 NNW Ocean City 39 MPH 1118 AM 04/07 47.11N/124.18W/16 2 N Ocean Shores 38 MPH 0927 AM 04/07 47.00N/124.15W/15 ..Bremerton and Vicinity... Indianola 45 MPH 1215 PM 04/07 47.74N/122.51W/147 Bremerton Airport 35 MPH 0555 PM 04/07 47.50N/122.75W/482 ..Bellevue and Vicinity... 1 SSW Maltby 65 MPH 0613 PM 04/07 47.78N/122.12W/413 1 S Eastgate 42 MPH 0256 PM 04/07 47.55N/122.13W/1170 1 WNW Kirkland 39 MPH 0633 PM 04/07 47.69N/122.22W/16 1 SSW Maltby 37 MPH(S) 0603 PM 04/07 47.78N/122.12W/413 Kenmore 37 MPH 0538 PM 04/07 47.76N/122.25W/42 2 NE Fairwood 37 MPH 0121 PM 04/07 47.48N/122.12W/584 1 NW Eastgate 36 MPH 0139 PM 04/07 47.59N/122.15W/419 ..Admiralty Inlet Area... Whidbey Island NAS 59 MPH(P) 0147 PM 04/07 48.35N/122.67W/47 8 NW Langley 58 MPH 0540 PM 04/07 48.14N/122.52W/9 2 WSW Coupeville 58 MPH 0750 PM 04/07 48.21N/122.74W/236 2 WSW Coupeville 41 MPH(S) 0750 PM 04/07 48.21N/122.74W/236 Coupeville 41 MPH 0605 PM 04/07 48.22N/122.69W/98 2 W Oak Harbor 39 MPH 0603 PM 04/07 48.29N/122.69W/106 2 NW Port Hadlock 37 MPH 0803 PM 04/07 48.06N/122.79W/258 ..Maritime Stations... Destruction Island 76 MPH 0500 PM 04/07 47.68N/124.49W/68 Westport Tide Gauge 60 MPH 1036 AM 04/07 46.90N/124.11W/0 Smith Island 60 MPH 0500 PM 04/07 48.32N/122.84W/49 Hood Canal Bridge 59 MPH 0115 PM 04/07 47.86N/122.62W/0 Cape Elizabeth Buoy 58 MPH 0350 PM 04/07 47.30N/124.70W/0 Port Townsend Nos Tide Gauge 54 MPH 0600 PM 04/07 48.12N/122.75W/0 Hein Bank Buoy 47 MPH 0520 PM 04/07 48.30N/123.20W/0 Possession Sound 47 MPH 0413 PM 04/07 48.02N/122.27W/25 Point Robinson 47 MPH 1110 AM 04/07 47.39N/122.37W/9 La Push Nos Tide Gauge 47 MPH 0436 PM 04/07 47.91N/124.64W/0 Golden Gardens Seattle 46 MPH 0215 PM 04/07 47.69N/122.40W/20 Blanchard 46 MPH 0705 PM 04/07 48.59N/122.43W/16 6 SSW Marietta 43 MPH 0645 PM 04/07 48.70N/122.60W/0 Henderson Bay 43 MPH 1200 PM 04/07 47.38N/122.63W/27 Richmond Beach 41 MPH 0210 PM 04/07 47.77N/122.39W/27 West Point 39 MPH 1200 PM 04/07 47.66N/122.44W/9 Keystone Ferry Dock 39 MPH 0820 PM 04/07 48.16N/122.67W/9 Port Of Tacoma #1 39 MPH 1254 PM 04/07 47.28N/122.42W/0 Seattle 35 MPH 1242 PM 04/07 47.60N/122.34W/0
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Bless you Cliff - live in Gig Harbor surrounded by trees - each storm I hang on your every word. Thanks again
ReplyDeleteWe lost power around 5:30ish. Luckily it came back in time for dinner.
ReplyDelete"Will storms increase under global warming....?"
ReplyDeleteAlways learning we are.
The storm skipped my neighborhood in Olympia, just rain and very little wind, talk about microclimates!
ReplyDeleteSo this was an "extraordinary" storm and "probably the "most powerful April storm to approach the Northwest coast during the past half century"? I don't buy that for one second.
ReplyDeleteI have lived here long enough to have seen plenty of late March/ early April windstorms that have knocked down trees and brought 60mph+ gusts to the Puget Sound region. We just had one of these in April of 2010 which was arguably more of an event than this. So what, that never happened? Here is your blog on it: http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2010/04/storm-watch.html
No big hype on that one... but it dropped to 970-975 mb over Tatoosh (see comment section) and it was nasty. Here is a youtube on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVGXjlelYI. It also had a cold front associated with it that brought snow to the Kitsap Peninsula and dumped a large amount of snow in the Cascades. I can't imagine what the hype would have been on that one today... "Storm of the Century!!!!!!!!"
And then to make it worse today, you have an ask at the end: "Will Such Storms Increase Under Global Warming? Help Us Determine the Local Impacts of Climate Change."
Go back and read that post from 2010 Cliff. No hype, just science.
Do you not see the problem with all of this? Longtime fan here Cliff as you know but this one disturbs me.
Sunsnow..... no...that is not really correct. Charlie Phillips (who gave the 970 mb number) was wrong. Look at the model output on my blog... MUCH smaller storm with sea level pressure around 983 hpa....that is much higher. I checked the official analysis as well. That April 2010 storm brought some high winds because it was more compact and closer in, but it was not in the league of the storm we experienced. This week's storm was absolutely unique in size and intensity...look at the normalized anomalies if you are unsure about that. It deserves the hype...it was that unusual. And I think it is an interesting question whether the temporal boundaries of our strong storms might change under global warming...cliff
ReplyDeleteCliff - Fair point on size - but 4/2/10 still packed a punch, and in objective wind speed terms was remarkably identical at SeaTac: 4/2/10 = 37/47mph sustained/gust vs. 4/7/17 = 38/47. And that's what I took as the general context throughout this -- the "potency" of the storm, not the size. That's what was emblazoned across headlines.
ReplyDeleteBut thank you for the comment section and engaging in it. We live in an age of hit and runs on climate or weather issues where debate is not allowed. You embrace the debate and it is good.
Also... while I still have the floor... can you please come up with a different photo to represent your campaign for the study on regional impacts? A raging forest fire... really? From someone who has been outspoken - and backed it up - that there is scant evidence suggesting a link? And you've paid a price for it! Instead of fear - which is what that photo clearly invokes - how about a Goldfinch on a Rhododendron? I could use a Goldfinch about now. We all could.
In a closed system energy in = energy out. Given that the added heat imbalance imparted to the global energy system is quickly closing in on 2.5 billion Hiroshima size nuclear bombs since 1998, [Skeptical Science] I would assume the weather systems are surely responding as we speak. Weather on steroids if you will.
ReplyDeletePeople the world over readily accept the scientific fact that changing a patch of South Pacific from warm to cool by only a couple of degrees C, and the resulting comparatively narrow El Nino/La Nina current across the Equatorial Pacific to South America, can have a profound effect on the weather. Not only here in the United States, but to a lesser degree Europe and Africa.
On the other hand, transforming a much closer, (boarders in many cases), highly reflective patch of earth from significantly bellow freezing to dark open water above freezing, a difference of 10′s of degrees C and its no problem? Get real. An area that is larger than the states of Alaska and Texas combined! World wide science is telling you, and the on the ground reality are raising red flags here.
If the ~50 mph gusts claimed for the station I spent most of the day across the street from were accurate, then 50 mph gusts are a lot less impressive than I was expecting.
ReplyDeleteIt was a decent storm, but not even the worst I've seen in the last 5 years living north of Seattle.
It definitely wasn't even in the same league as the Inauguration Day windstorm of 1993.
It blew hard all afternoon, with quite impressive winds at the Admiralty inlet around 7 PM. It crescendoed to a roar near the water.
ReplyDeleteStronger than average, even if it were a November storm.
Ferndale WA took some pretty strong winds on Friday too - I see there was a gust of 84 mph. (I believe that this station is among one of the most accurate in Whatcom County - I've seen gusts of 99 recorded there.)
ReplyDeleteSee: https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KWAFERND7#history/s20170407/e20170407/mdaily