Inauguration Day Storm

Inauguration day windstorm january 20.

Inauguration day storm. November 22 24 mercer island bridge sinking washington state. Wolf read inauguration day is usually about the pomp. Our next tier of storms such as the 1993 inauguration day storm or the 2006 inauguration day storm often produce 80 90 mph gusts. On january 20 1993 an inaugural day storm with winds topping 94 mph ravages puget sound.

Surface chart of inauguration day windstorm on jan. With six stations a difference of six mph equals a full point. With joe biden s projected win of the presidency many are looking to see how inauguration day will look amid the coronavirus pandemic. Weather prediction has become more skillful.

Friday the 13th windstorms november 13 15. A ccording to some accounts the inaugural day storm of 1993 was the most destructive windstorm in washington state since the great columbus day storm of 1962. Indeed only the top three the columbus day storm the inauguration day storm and an event on january 15 1951 are clearly above what appears to be a background of 53 57 mph averages for most significant windstorms. Only the columbus day storm of 1962.

Inauguration day will be january 20 2021 a mere 73 days away. Columbus day storm began life as tropical storm typhoon frieda freda. Six people die and hundreds of thousands lose electric power for d. Weather service and was the result of a strong low pressure rainstorm from the southwest moving north of seattle.

On january 20 1993 an inaugural day storm with winds topping 94 mph ravages puget sound. In washington many trees and power poles were toppled forcing the widespread closure of roads. 20 years ago the infamous inauguration day windstorm struck. Wolf read created a map of the peak gusts for that event and the winds were extremely similar to laura.

Only the columbus day storm of 1962 exceeds the violence of this event. The january 20 1993 storm certainly wreaked havoc. On january 20 1993 an inaugural day storm with winds topping 94 mph ravages puget sound. Six people die and hundreds of thousands lose electric power for days.