Barking Dog Report: High Wind and Waves Heads-Up

It could be nothing at all…but better to be safe than sorry.   Here is the latest marine forecast:

PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL-
236 PM PST SUN NOV 11 2007

…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…

…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON…

TONIGHT…S WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING. RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MON…S WIND 20 TO 30 KT RISING TO 30 TO 40 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON…THEN BECOMING SW LATE. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING…THEN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.

MON NIGHT…W WIND 15 TO 25 KT…BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 4 FT. SHOWERS IN THE EVENING…THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

We have an 11.6 high tide at 7:06 a.m. for tomorrow morning (Monday) and a 9.7 at 4:47 p.m.

The Seattle forecast for Monday is (hang on to your hats): 

MONDAY…SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH RISING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 60 MPH LATE MORNING. WINDS EASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH MID AFTERNOON. RAIN. HIGHS NEAR 50.

MONDAY NIGHT…SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS NEAR 40. SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.