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posted 10/30/09 03:29 PM | updated 10/30/09 03:30 PM
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A Mighty Warm Wind for the Weekend

By Michael van Baker
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We've got strong winds above Seattle right now, over 25 knots, says UW weather guru Cliff Mass. He's is of course delighted. Cliff likes weather. Your balmy day with clear blue skies...*yawn*.

This latest forecast calls for "SUSTAINED" winds of 40 knots over the waters of the Puget Sound. Mass also calls out those on "southern side of the San Juans, northern Whidbey Is, or on the NE Olympic Peninsula coast," and forbids them from even thinking about being on the water.

Mass's weather blogging is always a good read, but it's also intriguing to see how a forecast develops. Back on Wednesday, Mass saw the Pineapple Express on the way, and felt confident enough to forecast rain and much warmer temperatures, along with breezes. By Thursday he'd perked up at models that showed real wind arriving this evening. Now he's refined the forecast once again. As predicted, the early snow in the mountains is no match for the tropical air.

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