UW-WRF doesnt seem very bullish looking at wind speeds and gusts, but it doesnt offer the 1hr interval that the Hi res models do on wxbell and might be missing the highest winds since this will be such a quick hitter. It does show Gust Potential, which seems to be different than forecasted actual gust swath, or whatever, and widespread areas at 50-60mph.

Hopefully the HERPDERP or whatever that top one is…Is the correct one. Much better for my area.

That's what happened here. 3 to 5 inches of rain and then a powerful wind storm. Made the trees much more vulnerable. The entire area was without power. Some people went about 72 hours without power. And it would have been worse had these winds hit Wenatchee and Cashmere. They got windy but not like here. This meant the Chelan PUD could send everyone here to restore power. I live within a 3 minute walk from the substation and out neighborhood has underground utilities, so when power was restored to the substation, we got it back at the same time, about 31 hours later. And now it might happen again except the high wind warning is for pretty much all Eastern Washington.

Because of the above I’m getting a few supplies on hand and charging up my batteries. I’m in the middle of putting Christmas lights on my house here too. Booooo

How is the Nam at forecasting these wind events?