December 10

Wet, followed by WIND (65 mph?)

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Wednesday night, 12th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 92nd Street.

The ponds on the east side of Maple Leaf Reservoir Park this morning. Wind shakes the camera.

Update 6 p.m. Power out in several nearby communities – including Richmond Beach, Shoreline. All remaining ferry sailings canceled tonight. Sustained winds to 50 mph now expected Thursday.

It’s wet outside, and windy.

It’s supposed to get wetter today, and a LOT windier Thursday.

(We’ve closed the deck umbrella, which we really should have taken down while it was dry. Might move the outside chairs inside, too.)

Here’s the rundown:

* It’s ridiculously warm. Cliff Mass this morning posted:

At 10 AM, Seattle-Tacoma Airport reported 65F, the WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER OBSERVED AT SEA-TAC FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. I repeat this is the warmest temperature every reported for any day in December in the entire climatological record. Amazing.

(It got 1 degree warmer after that,)

* It’s going to remain wet. The forecast this afternoon is for perhaps a quarter-inch of rain, followed by more Thursday. That’s on top of .84 inches on Tuesday here at Maple Leaf Life South, and another two-thirds of an inch overnight into this morning.

* The big news is the wind. Our news partner The Seattle Times is reporting there have already been tens of thousands of people without power as early winds up to 71 mph hit the Washington coast.

* Thursday morning’s storm – the third to hit here this week – could bring wind guests of 40 mph or even 55-65 mph depending on forecast, to the central Puget Sound (i.e., us).

Mass, the University of Washington professor, thinks Ground Zero will be the Oregon coast, with hurricane-force wind gusts.

The National Weather Service, Seattle, has issued both wind and rain bulletins.

CURRENT TIMING SUGGESTS HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE.

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