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This just in from a Beach Drive neighbor:
During the big windstorm two nights ago a neighborhood floating sea life dock broke loose and floated away. My husband has walked up and down Beach Drive looking for it, to no avail.
It’s approximately 8×8 and has the letters “ADM C” on it.
Please comment if you have seen this and we’ll connect you with the owners.
Thanks, Neighbors!
Happy New Year, Neighbors!
It looks like around midnight we could see winds picking up and staying strong through Friday with gusts in the low 40s on Saturday, according to the current predictions from Wind Alert. The current forecast from the UW (below) has gusts up to 50mph! With waves predicted up to 5 feet on Friday and up to 7 feet on Saturday… we’re keeping a close on weather and are preparing for potential flooding, although our home typically is hit when the wind comes more from the southwest.
Friday has a high tide of 12.43 at 7:21 am and a 10.21 feet at 5:16 pm.
Saturday’s high tides are 12.50 feet at 7:55 am and 9.87 feet at 6:05 pm.
Here’s the current marine forecast:
Puget Sound and Hood Canal- 254 PM PST Thu Dec 31 2020 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
TONIGHT S wind 5 to 15 kt becoming 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. A chance of rain in the evening then rain after midnight.
FRI S wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. A chance of rain.
FRI NIGHT S wind 20 to 30 kt easing to 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. Rain.
SAT S wind 15 to 25 kt rising to 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft.
SAT NIGHT S wind 30 to 40 kt becoming SW 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft subsiding to 2 to 4 ft after midnight.
The forecast from UW:
Seattle and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Seattle, Shoreline, Federal Way, and Kent
252 PM PST Thu Dec 31 2020
TONIGHT…A slight chance of rain late in the evening. A chance of rain after midnight, then rain at times late in the night. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. Lows in the 40s. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
NEW YEARS DAY…Cloudy with a chance of rain until late afternoon, then rain at times late in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. Southeast wind to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
FRIDAY NIGHT…Breezy. Rain at times. Rainfall amounts a quarter to a half inch possible. Lows in the 40s. South wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.
SATURDAY…Breezy, rain. Rainfall amounts a quarter to a half inch possible. Highs near 50. South wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
SATURDAY NIGHT…Windy, rain. Rainfall amounts one to three inches possible. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. South wind 20 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph after midnight.
Stay safe and take care!
Or is it the all the rain water runoff from Jacobsen and Beach Drive feeding into the overflow system that’s about 150 feet off-shore. In our 15+ years of living here, we have yet to see water spouting out of the storm runoff into the sound…this is a first!
The rainfall has been so intense that it blew off the cover of this manhole on Beach Drive.
EDITORS NOTE: This video was submitted by a neighbor. I promised not to mention who. 😉
The wind was really howling this morning. Our home was lucky that the winds tapered off just before the high tide at 7:30 this morning. We have more strong winds predicted this week. Check out this forecast from Wind Alert
You can see by the bottom row that most of Saturday and into Sunday, winds are predicted to be very strong with gusts in the 40s. If you live on the water or enjoy water activities, I highly recommend getting downloading Wind Alert to your phone or computer…it’s been very handy for us!
High tide for Friday is predicted to be 12.73 feet at 8:21 a.m. The low tide at 2:12 pm is only 7.07 feet with the next high tide of 9.62 feet at 6:39 p.m.
NOTE: I’m waiting for an updated Puget Sound Marine Forecast – which I expect anytime.
PZZ135-180200- Puget Sound and Hood Canal- 847 AM PST Thu Dec 17 2020
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON TODAY SW wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. Rain likely in the morning then a chance of rain in the afternoon.
TONIGHT SW wind 5 to 15 kt becoming S 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. A slight chance of rain in the evening then a chance of rain after midnight.
FRI S wind 15 to 25 kt rising to 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. Rain likely in the morning then rain in the afternoon.
FRI NIGHT SW wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft.
SAT S wind to 10 kt rising to 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 1 to 3 ft in the afternoon. SAT NIGHT S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft.
A Wind Advisory is in effect from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm tomorrow with gusts up to 50 mph expected. Check out the current chart from Wind Alert showing gusts in the 50’s from 10:00 – 11:00 am.
Tides for tomorrow are predicted to be:
The Gale Watch is in effect Tuesday as well. From the Puget Sound Marine forecast:
TUE SE wind 20 to 30 kt becoming S 25 to 35 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. A chance of rain in the morning then rain in the afternoon.
TUE NIGHT S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. Rain likely.
WED SE wind 5 to 15 kt becoming SW 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less building to 2 to 4 ft in the afternoon.
WED NIGHT S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft.
Might be time to temporarily put away your outdoor pandemic pods!
Please keep an eye out for this Ford F350 that was stolen last nigh off Beach Drive. 
Published with permission from Ring.
Tomorrow is set to have extremely strong winds combined with waves. Check out this graph from WindAlert.
The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory as of 3:40 pm today:
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM PDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts 45 to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Southwest Interior, Everett and Vicinity, Tacoma Area, Hood Canal Area, Bellevue and Vicinity, Seattle and Vicinity and Bremerton and Vicinity. * WHEN...From noon to 6 PM PDT Tuesday.
It looks like the tides for tomorrow are
High Tide: 1:58 AM at 8.75 feet
Low Tide: 8:27 AM at 0.57 feet
High Tide: 3:31 PM at 11.23 feet
Low Tide: 9:40 PM at 4.34 feet
PZZ135-130645- Puget Sound and Hood Canal- 243 PM PDT Mon Oct 12 2020 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... TUE SE wind 15 to 25 kt becoming SW 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. Rain in the morning then rain likely in the afternoon. TUE NIGHT SW wind 25 to 35 kt easing to 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft subsiding to 2 to 4 ft after midnight. A chance of showers in the evening then a slight chance of showers after midnight.
Of course forecast can and do change… it’s hard to believe with how calm and beautiful it is right now that tomorrow is predicted to be a very blustery day.
Stay safe!
NOTE: It looks like I need to update some links on the “swell links” section. I’ll get to that soon!
We’re kicking off fall with a “barking dog report”. It’s been a while since we’ve issued a barking dog report so here’s a quick refresher. Whenever we’re preparing for serious weather, typically with the potential for flooding or strong winds, we try to issue a “barking dog report”. You can consider it similar to your neighbors dog who might bark to give a warning…it could be nothing or it could be something to be concerned about. For the record, Scupper and I are not weather experts. 🙂
We are checking out the upcoming forecast which seems to have long periods of strong winds starting in the wee hours tomorrow morning through Sunday. Check out the current graph from WindAlert.
Current Puget Sound Marine Forecast as of 7:51 this morning:
WED S wind 10 to 20 kt rising to 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. Rain.
WED NIGHT S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. THU S wind 15 to 25 kt easing to 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft.
THU NIGHT S wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft.
Luckily it looks like the upcoming tides won’t be high enough to cause flooding (at least not with our home).
Hopefully this storm just provides some spectacular splash. Stay safe, Neighbors!
Our intrepid reporter, Scupper, ventured into the thick smoke to photograph the seawall being replaced at Emma Schmitz Memorial Viewpoint this morning.
Photo credit: Scupper
The seawall will be done before we know it! 😉
Photo credit: Scupper
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