January 22, 2012

Update Monday Jan. 23: Actual top wind speed here on Sunday = 21.9 mph. ———————————————- Shortly after 2:30 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a new wind advisory that’s in effect until 10 p.m. increasing today’s predicted wind gusts to 45 mph. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…EVERETT…SEATTLE…TACOMA. * TIMING…WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. * WIND…SOUTH

January 22, 2012

Update Monday Jan. 23: Actual top wind speed here on Sunday = 21.9 mph. ———————————————- Shortly after 2:30 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a new wind advisory that’s in effect until 10 p.m. increasing today’s predicted wind gusts to 45 mph. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…EVERETT…SEATTLE…TACOMA. * TIMING…WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. * WIND…SOUTH

January 21, 2012

That wind overnight gusted to 33.3 mph here in Maple Leaf, between 4 and 5 a.m. As it happens, that’s exactly the wind gusts predicted here for Sunday evening - steady south-southeast wind at 18 mph with gusts to 33 mph. And a 90% chance of rain. The last time we remember winds of that

January 21, 2012

That wind overnight gusted to 33.3 mph here in Maple Leaf, between 4 and 5 a.m. As it happens, that’s exactly the wind gusts predicted here for Sunday evening - steady south-southeast wind at 18 mph with gusts to 33 mph. And a 90% chance of rain. The last time we remember winds of that

January 21, 2012

Apparently snow, ice and below-freezing temperatures are good influences on criminals. At right is the police crime map for the past week, since snow started falling last Saturday, Jan. 14. That’s a home burglary and a commercial burglary in the middle, a couple of shopliftings at the top, and a car prowl at the bottom.