High Wind — Western Skagit County, Washington

2016-10-06 to 2016-10-07 · Western Skagit County, Washington

Event narrative

Anacortes recorded 29g45 mph over a few hours. This verifies high wind for the first event of the season, when wind advisory criteria (30-39 mph, gusts 45-57 mph) are used to verify high wind.

Wider weather episode

This first event of the season required lower criteria to verify. NWS SEW used wind advisory criteria to verify a high wind warning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 661256. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.