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Gusts top 50 mph in Winthrop Monday

November 17, 2021 by Natalie Johnson

Winthrop recorded the highest wind gust in the lower elevations of the Methow Valley during Monday’s region-wide windstorm, with one gust recorded at 53 miles per hour.

Meanwhile, higher elevations in the Methow recorded gusts of 60 to 67 mph, according to the National Weather Service, but there were few reports of damage beyond fallen trees.

The Methow Valley was included in a wind advisory covering much of Northeast Washington Monday morning, which predicted 25 to 35 mph winds with gusts of up to 50 mph.

Spokane, Pullman and Ritzville areas were predicted to see even windier conditions, with gusts topping at 60 miles per hour.

Windy conditions started mid-morning Monday and lasted through the evening.

In Twisp, wind gusted to 46 mph, and in the lower valley, gusts were recorded in the 30s.

Elsewhere in the county, Brewster recorded gusts of 40 mph, Omak 43, and Oroville 50, according to the National Weather Service.

The Okanogan Sheriff’s Office reported a tree blocking both lanes of Highway 153 south of Bensen Creek Monday afternoon, and another tree and an irrigation wheel line blocking the road between milepost 23 and 24 of the highway.

A handful of small power outages were also reported, according to NWS.

Temperatures were also much higher than normal in the region, with high temperatures reaching the low 60s in the Methow Valley. The Okanogan and Omak areas were on a flood watch Tuesday morning, but no such warning was issued for Methow Valley rivers.

“It was just kind of a warm front, and then the winds came with the cold front passing through,” said NWS Spokane meteorologist Laurie Nisbet.

Very cold overnight temperatures were expected to follow that cold front. Temperatures Tuesday night into Wednesday morning were expected to reach the teens.

Snow outlook

While temperatures are slowly getting colder, the Methow Valley’s snow outlook over the next couple of weeks isn’t promising.

“It looks like there’s a system that’s going to move in Thursday morning [Nov. 18] and it could provide maybe an inch of snow in the valley,” Nisbet said.

However, high temperatures will likely be in the high 30s. The next chance of snow comes Monday, then again on Thanksgiving, but accumulation seems unlikely, Nisbet said.

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