Another Beautiful Night

Beach Drive neighbor, Larry, sent us this photo saying it sums up our last few gorgeous sunny evenings.   Is it too soon for “deck season” to officially begin?

Watch for spectacular “spray” tomorrow on Beach Drive

Mother Nature’s elements are lining up for quite the show after mid-night tonight & through Friday afternoon. A marine forecast calling for near gale force winds combined with tides ranging from 6 to 10 feet is the recipe for huge spray coming off Beach Drive bulkheads. Unlike last December’s storm which flooded several homes along the coastline, tomorrow’s tides are several feet...

Wet and Windy and…of course… Waves

The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory through 4:00 am Wednesday morning. We’re currently heading towards a low tide. However at around 3:00 am, an 11 foot tide is predicted with high tide of 11.2 at 3:45 am Wednesday.  The National Weather Service has the winds peaking around midnight, which looks to be around 6:00 ft and should hopefully be a “non-event”. Here is the Puget...

Tis the Season for Wet and Windy Winter Weather

Monday’s storm was probably one of the worst we’ve personally experienced in our seven years living on Beach Drive. I was surprised to see how many neighbors were hit hard.    We typically get an extra dose with having a low driveway and neighbors  with lower bulkheads. This is one of the reasons why we put together our “barking dog” reports… just warn when we are doing...

December 17, 2012 Storm Updates

Not a catchy title – sorry about that! I’m going to continue to update this post with the wild wind and waves we’re experiencing with this storm. I will continue to update this post with the newest information “on top” – under this intro.   Tides: 5.5 at 2:22 pm and 9.5 at 7:22 pm. High Wind Warning in effect until noon today. 11:50 update:  I’m guessing this video...

Updated Forecast for Tonight and Monday Morning

SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SEATTLE…BREMERTON…SILVERDALE… FEDERAL WAY…KENT 330 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 …WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY… …COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 AM PST MONDAY... TONIGHT…RAIN. BECOMING WINDY OVERNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S....

NWS issues Coastal Flooding Watch for Monday morning and High Wind Watch with Gusts up to 60 mph

Coastal Flood Watch COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 202 PM PST SAT DEC 15 2012 …TIDAL OVERFLOW AND COASTAL FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY… .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON MONDAY MORNING. HIGH TIDES AND BIG WAVES MAY PRODUCE TIDAL OVERFLOW AND FLOODING NEAR THE...

Potentially damaging weather coming aka a “Barking Dog Report”

It’s been a while since I’ve issued a “barking dog report”. Briefly, a “barking dog report” is when we are preparing for possible flooding due to extreme wind and waves. Hopefully a “barking dog” is just me sounding off, much like a neighbors dog, when they’re worried and there’s no real danger to worry about.   The combo of the King Tides and what...

This weekend’s King Tides become a Royal Pain?

West Seattle Herald recently wrote about the King Tides that will be topping out at 13 feet along our shoreline this weekend…  So called King Tides (a non-scientific term) simply refers to the very highest tides. They occur when the earth, moon and sun are aligned at perigee (when the moon is closest to earth) and perihelion (when the earth is closest to the sun), resulting in the largest tidal range...

Photo of High Tide compliments of West Seattle Herald and David Rosen

This photo was taken by David Rosen at Charles Richey Sr Viewpoint off of Beach Drive Check out more photos of our weather via West Seattle...

NWS issues Coastal Flood Advisory and Special Weather Statement on Landslides

Tis the Season! The National Weather Service has issued a Coastal Flood Advisory and Special Weather Statement warning of Landslides. Coastal Flood Advisory COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 234 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012 …MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING FOR PUGET SOUND. HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND LOW PRESSURES FROM A FRONT MOVING ONSHORE WILL PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL...

National Weather Service Issues Coastal Flood Advisory through 11:00 am this morning

Did you wake up to waves pounding your bulkhead like we did? This morning’s high tide of 11.9 happened around 7:49 a.m. Seattle area tides will only go down to about a 7.9 at 1:41 pm and then back up to a 9.1 at 6:12 tonight.  The coastal flood advisory below says to add 1.5 to 2.0 feet to the tide table prediction. The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory for the Seattle...

High Tides at Weather Watch and more

Our intrepid reporter Scupper Sr (aka my husband) has been taking photos of local parks during the high tides.  Weather Watch Park We’ve been keeping a close eye on the tides and strong winds as our property can flood. If we are preparing for flooding, we do our best to issue a “Barking Dog Report”.  This is a term my husband has “fondly” used to describe yours truly when...

Wind Advisory, the “S” Word and tree down at Weather Watch Park

The National Weather Service has issued a wind adisory until 6 pm tonight with gusts up to 48 mph followed by possible snow tonight: Today: Showers, mainly before 10am. High near 49. Breezy, with a west southwest wind around 26 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Tonight: A chance of rain showers before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 10pm and 4am, then...

Fat Tuesday may bring a Big Fat Storm

Looks like we're in for some weather over the next few days with possible snow this weekend. What has our attention will be the 11.9 tide at 5:27 am on Wednesday combined strong gusts and waves up to 3-5 feet.   Seattle Tides: Tuesday, Feb 21:  5:04 am at 11.9 10:54 am at 4.5 4:17 pm at 10.5 10:39 pm at 0.3 Wednesday, Feb 22: 5:27 am at 11.9 11:28 am at 3.8 5:03 pm at 10.4 11:17 pm at...

Wind and Tides Update for tonight and Saturday

Weather changes often, so please check the links on the left side-bar for current forecast. Puget Sound Marine Forecast: …GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON… TONIGHT…S WIND 10 TO 20 KT…RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT…BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. RAIN IN THE EVENING…THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SAT…S WIND...

Wind Advisory until Midnight

This from the National Weather Service:  Tonight: Rain. Low around 41. Breezy, with a south southwest wind between 24 and 28 mph, with gusts as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Wednesday: Showers. High near 47. South southwest wind 8 to 11 mph increasing to between 17 and 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Tides are heading down from a high tidee of...

Another wind storm coming Sunday

Weather forecast can and do change.  At 4:30 this morning, we issued a "barking dog" report which basically means that we're preparing to possibly flood or lose power because of high winds, tides and waves slurping over the bulkhead.  A "barking dog" would be like your neighbors friendly retreiver who howls when he thinks something may be wrong – sometimes he's right,...

BARKING DOG REPORT: WIND AND WAVES

  It’s been a while since we’ve issued a barking dog report – I’ll explain more later. Right now we’re dealing with extreme wind at high tide causing water to slosh over the bulkhead. This is the type of situation where neighbors may experience flooding – especially if we lose power.  The following is what info we have as of 4:00 am (at the time of publishing this...

First snow and ice. What’s next? WIND with High Tides

This morning the snow is melting and Beach Drive around Jacobson seems clear, wet and slushy.     What's next? Why strong winds, of course! NWS for West Seattle area: Today: Occasional snow and freezing drizzle before 10am, then rain. Snow level 200 feet rising to 3700 feet. High near 40. East northeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming south southeast. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no...