Winds began picking up late yesterday, Wednesday, morning and continued climbing through the day, into the evening and into the early morning hours according to a weather station near Ferndale High School. This followed an similar windstorm that arrived late Monday and lasted through Tuesday afternoon.
Some gusts were recorded above 60mph between 11pm and 1:30am with the strongest hitting 64.5mph at about 11:25pm. A Wind Advisory remains in effect for western Whatcom County through noon today.
As with the windstorm earlier this week, there were few localized power outages.
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Click for more informationA notable outage impacted several dozen Puget Sound Energy customers in the area of Grandview Road between Portal Way and Vista Drive. It was first reported about 10:30pm and PSE reported power had been restored to all impacted by this morning. Trees/vegetation were cited as the cause.
This morning, National Weather Service forecasters said to expect more active weather in the days ahead:
Another strong system will move through the area Friday with high winds possible along the coast. After a little break on Saturday the active weather pattern will resume with additional weather systems reaching the area Sunday through the middle of next week.