Windstorms

We had some windy days last week, but nothing that caused much if any damage. We have some more windy days coming up this week. But the wind events coming up are likely to be stronger and more damaging.  The weather pattern this week is different and more favorable for strong winds.

The first event will be Monday evening. Wind gusts will be around 45 mph. Here’s the US and European computer forecasts. 



You’ll notice some differences between the two, but overall they’re similar for the most part.  This will be a good chance to see what model verifies better.

The next windstorm will be Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.  And it will be windier.  Possibly a lot windier.

Here’s the US and European forecasts.







Widespread areas of gusts exceeding 50 mph with some areas over 60 mph.  Those kinds of winds will cause downed trees and power lines.  The computers are still haggling over the exact details.  Some of the previous forecasts had shown winds even stronger than what I have shown above.  A couple of days ago the European model had stronger winds forecast.  It has backed off on that a bit while the US model has been increasing its forecast.

At this point the storm does not appear to be as strong as November 2015, but it is still a very strong windstorm for this region.  Probably something we haven’t seen in 3-5 years.

The National Weather Service has already issued a high wind watch for the entire Inland Northwest.  That is indicative of high confidence in the upcoming storm.  Be prepared for power outages.





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