The National Weather Service upgraded earlier predictions to a wind warning around Grays Harbor, with a steady range of 50 to 65 mph winds blowing.
In all, over 254,000 customers lost power by Saturday night, as a storm continued to roll into Seattle.
Another 5,000 customers lost electricity in Mason County, and 4,000 more in the Tacoma area.
Peak wind gusts were recorded at 60 mph next to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and 43 mph at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Across the region, winds could reach 30 mph with gusts of 45 mph in many communities.
Pacific winds picked up speed on Saturday night, causing cities from Puget Sound to the Washington coast to lose power and tens of thousands of people to lose power.
The National Weather Service changed its previous forecast to a wind warning for the area of Grays Harbor, indicating a constant wind speed range of 50 to 65 mph. At Hoquiam Airport, a gust of 77 mph was observed just before 8 p.m. M. Westport’s downtown live cam captured a steel flagpole swaying like a noodle as another gust reached 71 mph, but the camera feed suddenly stopped working.
By Saturday evening, as the storm continued to move into Seattle, more than 254,000 customers had lost power overall.
More than 165,000 customers had lost power as of 11 p.m., according to Puget Sound Energy. M. with Pierce and Thurston counties hosting the majority of those outages. There were almost 34,000 people without power, dispersed throughout the city, according to Seattle City Light. This is on top of the 18,000 customers at Snohomish County PUD, where Camano Island and Monroe were the hardest hit, and the 26,000 customers at Grays Harbor PUD. Mason County saw another 5,000 customers lose power, and the Tacoma region saw an additional 4,000.
The 31-year-old man was killed earlier in the day when a leafy tree broke during a neighborhood trick-or-treat party in a park close to the town of Roy.
At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, peak wind gusts of 43 mph and 60 mph were observed next to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
In Seattle, the forecast for Saturday night predicted 37 mph gusts and an additional tenth to a quarter inch of rain over night. The wind advisory was in force until five in the morning. A. Sunday. . Winds could reach 30 mph throughout the region, with many communities experiencing 45 mph gusts. People were advised to drive more carefully if they were driving “high-profile vehicles,” like box trucks and vans.
With a 90% chance of rain and a high of 51 degrees on Sunday, Seattle’s weather is expected to continue into the workweek. At Sea-Tac, as of Saturday, about 1 ¼ inches had fallen.
