WeatherWatcher: Wind Advisory in Effect, Scattered Power Outages

The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a High Wind Advisory for Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. South through west winds are expected to gust up to 45 mph Friday evening into Saturday morning. The advisory is in effect until 4AM Saturday morning.

There are small scattered power outages in the area as a result of the wind, shown below by the power outage map from Seattle City Light. The link in the caption will take you to an updated map. Central Market's weather station has already picked up a gust of 38mph at 7:59PM. The winds should start decreasing over the next hour or two.

http://www.seattle.gov/light/sysstat

Our office here at Shoreline Area News is part of the small power outage on the map. Regular news will be delayed until power is restored later tonight or tomorrow.

For updates and current weather conditions you can visit www.shorelineweather.com