Seattles in for a Major Blow Job Tonite....POSTED: 4:47 am PST February 3, 2006
UPDATED: 7:45 am PST February 3, 2006
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SEATTLE, Wash. -- A powerful windstorm is taking aim at Western Washington, expected to blow into the region Friday night with some of the strongest gusts in years.
Forecasters said the storm will likely be much stronger than the overnight winds that knocked out power to more than 50,000 customers earlier this week.
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Chief Meteorologist Andy Wappler said we should expect a breezy Friday evening with winds to 40 mph for the coast, with high winds late Friday night for the coast and North Sound. He expects the strongest gusts for the Puget Sound area on Saturday, with the storm easing by Saturday evening.
With more than 18 inches of rain in the past six weeks, the chance of downed trees and power outages is high, as the wet soil will make many normally stable trees vulnerable to the wind.
"Two things will come together to make this a very stormy night: the wind itself, which will be very strong especially on Saturday morning, and the soft ground from our extremely rainy winter," Wappler said.
"The exact track of an incoming storm is critical when it comes to high winds," Wappler said. "Even a slight variation of where the center of low pressure hits can mean the difference between just a breezy day and a storm we all remember for years to come."
Much of the area is already coping with the aftermath of a very soggy January. In the South Sound, drivers are still riding through flooded streets in Rochester. Near Vader, Lewis County officials are keeping watch on a hillside that let loose a wall of mud and took out a newly built home.
In Seattle, a sinkhole has opened up on 51st Avenue South. Crews have closed the road until repairs can be made, which could take days
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