Update 2 ⚠️ Tuesday is still looking historic in terms of pacific coast weather.

Update 2 ⚠️ Tuesday is still looking historic in terms of pacific coast weather. What’s the impact to our zone? Hopefully not much!

However… potential is there for things to get a little dicey. I’m doing the regular “prep” stuff on Tuesday: topping up on gas and propane, staging the headlamp, securing stuff in the yard, grabbing snacks and candles from the store - all that.

This is not the Columbus Day storm or anything close to a proper “blowdown” by any means.

It’s important to understand that the core of this storm is not making landfall and will stay well offshore in the pacific.

That said — We’re not risk free here.

Models are touching 40-50mph of wind Tuesday evening, which can be ok for us — but it’s a weird direction.

East-southeast is not normal here and some trees may be struggling to stay rooted.

I’m not convinced there won’t be power outages.

I also wouldn’t be totally surprised if things ended up “mellow” here compared to Mt Vernon, or say, south Seattle. Areas that reside closer to the known gap wind channels and passes.

Wind Timing: Tuesday around 3-5pm we start getting windy. Peaking probably around 10pm- 1am

Non-local impacts: Northern California will likely make national news for rain and flooding. Some areas there may be seeing historic water levels as the tail of this behemoth, historic storm creates a massive atmospheric river aimed at the Mendocino / Humboldt areas and extending to the I-5 (Siskiyou).

And the waves! 35feet! Just massive waves on the coast. Incredible 🌊

Looking forward to capturing some cool satellite images this week!

Again - not thinking we’ll see much impact - but as always I may be wrong 😑

#wawx