washington post capital hill weather gang. obviously it s big news for us to have any type of tornado activity. explain what you have been seeing down in tl in washington, gregory postel. generally winds have been less than tropical storm force with sustained winds at 39 miles. gusts obviously 20 miles an hour higher opinion it s been around 3 to 5 inches of rain but it drops off dramatically in the northwest. rapidly increases as you move toward the coast. you really have to move a couple counties to our east to get into tropical storm force conditions. really it s been hundreds of