The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Western Washington with winds predicted to gust up to 45 mph. The advisory will remain in effect until 10 am. Trees, whose limbs were damaged by the weight of this weeks ice storm may come down in these winds.

Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
303 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING...WITH A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REACHING WESTERN WASHINGTON AROUND DAYBREAK SATURDAY...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...SEATTLE...TACOMA...OLYMPIA.

* TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWESTERLY BEHIND THE FRONT.

* WIND...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY SNAP TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. AREAS WITH TREE AND LIMB DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ICE STORM MAY SEE NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL FALLING LIMBS. BEWARE SNAGS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO FALL WHEN THE WIND INCREASES OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY.