--- title: Pacific Northwest to Get Hit With Hurricane-like Winds, Rain description: Hurricane-like winds and heavy rain are expected to pummel much of the Pacific Northwest coast over the next few days. canonical: https://time.com/4530884/pacific-northwest-wind-rain/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-13T22:55:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:16:42.822Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Hurricane-Like Winds, Rain Expected to Hit Pacific Northwest og:description: Winds will be “anomalously high” og:url: https://time.com/4530884/pacific-northwest-wind-rain/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b59fc48db02a898/6988a9f95f570f3492b22e24/weather-map-infrared.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: weather-map-infrared og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hurricane-Like Winds, Rain Expected to Hit Pacific Northwest twitter:description: Winds will be “anomalously high” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b59fc48db02a898/6988a9f95f570f3492b22e24/weather-map-infrared.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hurricane-Like Winds and Heavy Rain Expected to Hit Pacific Northwest  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Oct 13, 2016 10:55 PM CUT  National Weather Service  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Oct 13, 2016 10:55 PM CUT Hurricane-like winds and heavy rain are [expected to pummel much of the Pacific Northwest](http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd "undefined") coast over the next few days. The National Weather Service on Thursday said winds will be “anomalously high” from Friday to Sunday. Parts of Washington and [Oregon](https://twitter.com/NWSPortland/status/786643586276139009 "undefined") could face winds of up to 80 mph, according to [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/us/pacific-northwest-wind-storm/index.html "undefined"). A “significant stream” of rain is in the forecast over the weekend for Washington all the way down to northern California. Northwest California could see 20 inches of rain by the end of the weekend, the NWS said. Meteorologists also warned of flooding risks for some areas, including southwestern Oregon and northern California, and mudslides into next week. > [](https://twitter.com/NWSPortland/status/786643586276139009) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4530884/pacific-northwest-wind-rain/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4530884/pacific-northwest-wind-rain/"},"headline":"Hurricane-Like Winds and Heavy Rain Expected to Hit Pacific Northwest","datePublished":"2016-10-13T22:55:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:16:42.822Z","description":"Winds will be “anomalously high”","url":"https://time.com/4530884/pacific-northwest-wind-rain/","keywords":["weather"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b59fc48db02a898/6988a9f95f570f3492b22e24/weather-map-infrared.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b59fc48db02a898/6988a9f95f570f3492b22e24/weather-map-infrared.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"weather-map-infrared","caption":"","creditText":"National Weather Service","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4530884/pacific-northwest-wind-rain/","name":"Hurricane-Like Winds and Heavy Rain Expected to Hit Pacific Northwest"}}]}] ```