Weather forecasters predict a windstorm with speeds of 25 to 35 mph and gusts up to 50 mph could strike Kent between Monday evening and noon Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“The highest wind is expected overnight,” said Jeff Michalski, meteorologist with the National Weather Service,<\/a> in a phone interview Monday from his Seattle office. “They could last until noon tomorrow.”<\/p>\n The National Weather Service has issued a high wind watch advisory for Monday evening through Tuesday afternoon in Kent because of the anticipated southwest wind.<\/p>\n “There could be trees falling into power lines and scattered power outages,” Michalski said of the advisory.<\/p>\n The winds that blew Monday morning in Kent did not cause any power outages. The wind caused a few outages north of King County in Skagit and Whatcom counties, said Abigail Elliott, spokeswoman for Puget Sound Energy.<\/a><\/p>\n PSE officials have work crews ready to respond to power outages that might hit Monday night or Tuesday.<\/p>\n “Depending where the storm hits, we will mobilize crews,” Elliott said. “They are ready.”<\/p>\n Elliott said residents should stay away from any downed power lines.<\/p>\n PSE customers can call 1-888-225-5773 to report outages 24 hours a day. They also can call that number to get information about when power might be restored.<\/p>\n “The winds are coming,” Elliott said. “But we don’t know which specific areas (might have power outages).”<\/p>\n Wind speeds are expected to drop from 25 to 35 mph to 11 to 13 mph by Tuesday evening and Wednesday before going away by Thursday.<\/p>\n Forecasters predict a 70 to 90 percent chance of rain from Monday night through Thursday, but do not expect any significant amounts of rain in the Kent area.<\/p>\n “It (the rain) will mainly be in the Olympics and the North Cascades,” Michalski said.<\/p>\n No problems with flooding are predicted this week along the Green River, Michalski said.<\/p>\n The Green River gauge at Auburn at 11 a.m. Monday listed a flow of 1,005 cubic feet per second (CFS), according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.<\/p>\n The NWS expects minor flooding along the Green River when the flow reaches 9,000 CFS, moderate flooding at 12,000 CFS and major flooding at 14,000 CFS.<\/p>\n For National Weather Service forecasts, go to <a href="http:\/\/www.wrh.noaa.gov\/sew.<\/a><\/p>\n