December 11, 2014 - 9:47 am

The National Weather Service has issued a high-wind watch for Western Washington for this afternoon (Thursday, December 11th.) Winds from the South 30-40 MPH, with gusts of up to 65 MPH are expected in North Puget Sound, possibly extending into the Southwest interior. The storm is expected to last through late Thursday night.

A nifty animation of the wind patterns, updated every 6 hours (data source: http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/) .