All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
On Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. at City Hall, the City Council's Transportation Committee will be briefed by the Seattle Department of Transportation and Department of Planning and Development regarding the slide issue that has been lingering around the 6100 – 6300 blocks of Beach Drive (just below Atlas).
If you cannot attend the meeting, you can watch it live on Channel 21 or online at www.seattlechannel.org
Hat tip to West Seattle Blog:
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Advisorydue to the rain (100% chance of precipitation) on top of last nights snowfall until 11:30 a.m.
"The rain will continue this morning and runoff will be hampered by snow still on the ground. Areas of standing water can be expected this morning until the recent snow can melt and runoff…
Melting from recent snow along with the ongoing rain will cause ponding of water in urban areas..highways..streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage areas and low lying spots.
Do not drive your vehicle into areas where the water covers the roadway. The water depth maybe too great to allow your car to cross safely. Move to higher ground…"
If you have drains in front of your home that are clogged with leaves, it may be a good idea to remove them to help assist the runoff on Beach Drive.
Here's the forecast for Seattle:
TODAY…RAIN OR SNOW EARLY…POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN…CHANGING TO SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
The Puget Sound Marine Forecast:
…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
TODAY…SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. RAIN AND CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EARLY…THEN SHOWERS.
TONIGHT…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT EASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE IN THE EVENING…THEN BECOMING SE 15 TO 25 KT LATE. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. SHOWERS IN THE EVENING…THEN RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
This morning's high tide is an 11.4 at 9:54 a.m.
There are several police cars with lights on along Beach Drive right now. Police are out with flash lights apparently searching for someone. It appears they're from MeeKwaMooks to south of Jacobsen.
If anyone has more info, please post here.
12:11 update via West Seattle Blog on Twitter: Beach Drive search – canine now headed to 5000 block, woman said a "noise" awakened her.
Beach Drive is closed to all traffic around the 6200 block. This is the same area that has experienced mud slides before (below Atlas). Here's our post from the mudslide in this area back in December 2007.
As we were taking these photos, you could hear snapping and popping of trees.
Update 6:20 pm: Beach Drive is now closed at Jacobson heading south towards the slide.
3:43 Update: The wind is here along with more snow. You can't really tell by this photo just how hard the wind is blowing…but it is. Bundle up!
10:00 a.m. Update: The National Weather Service has updated the forecast from an "advisory" to a "Winter Storm Warning" which is in effect until 10:00 p.m. with "wind chill values to zero to ten degrees above zero". The difference between a warning and advisory is that a warning deems the weather is "occurring or imminent".
Snow has been lightly falling all morning and we do not have the strong north winds as of yet.
Photo from about 7:30 this morning. The small light snow flakes are constantly coming down with a storm forecasted for this afternoon.
Current updated forecast from the National Weather Service (this does change):
Today: Snow likely, mainly before 4pm. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 30 by 4pm. Windy, with a north northwest wind 9 to 12 mph increasing to between 36 and 39 mph. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Winter weather advisory through 7:00 p.m. tonight includes warning of possible loss of power due to high winds.
CONSIDER ALTERNATE…BUT SAFE…SOURCES OF HEAT IN CASE THIS OCCURS. OTHERWISE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING OR BLANKETS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. HAVE A FLASHLIGHT AND EXTRA WARM CLOTHING IN CASE OF TRAVEL DELAYS
Puget Sound Marine Forecast:…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…
TODAY…N WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT EARLY IN THE MORNING…THEN RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. SNOW DEVELOPING BY MID MORNING.
TONIGHT…N WIND 25 TO 35 KT…EASING TO 20 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT…SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.
TUE…N WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…SUBSIDING TO 1 OR 2 FT
Seattle Tides:
Monday, Nov 22: high of 11.8 at 6:02 am with a low of 7.8 at 11:17 am with the next high tide of 10.6 at 3:54 p.m. followed by a low of -2.3 at 11:06 pm.
Tuesday, Nov 23: high of 12.0 at 6:40 am with a low of 7.9 at noon. The next high tide is a 10.5 at 4:31 pm.
We currently have a wind advisory until 1am Tuesday morning. Just saw what appears to be south Bainbridge disappear into the night from losing power.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS FROM MARYSVILLE SOUTHWARD INTO
THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR AND WESTWARD INTO THE LOWER CHEHALIS
VALLEY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST TUESDAY.SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…MARYSVILLE…EVERETT…SEATTLE…
BREMERTON…SHELTON…TACOMA…AND OLYMPIAWINDS…SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
Tonight: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 47. Windy, with a southwest wind around 38 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Breezy, with a southwest wind 21 to 24 mph decreasing to between 5 and 8 mph. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.
…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT…
TONIGHT…SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT EASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
Next high tides for the Seattle area are 7.8 ft at 1:18 a.m. Tuesday morning and a 10.9 at 12:50 Tuesday afternoon.
The Coast Guard hellicopter flying over is part of search effort to locate a missing kayaker near Vashon Island and Blake Island this morning. The Coast Guard was alerted by a Washington State Ferry Tillicum at 6:05 this morning of an orange kayak with a lifejacket and a paddle onboard.
If you have any information, please contact the Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound at 206-217-6001.
Kind of an ominous tone for the Western Washington forecast:
…AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS IN STORE FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON…TODAY WILL BE THE LAST DAY OF TRANQUIL WEATHER.
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT THAT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NICE WEATHER WILL MOVE EAST…ALLOWING AN UPPER LOW TO APPROACH THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SOME RAIN TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
A STORMY PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THIS WEEKEND…AND WILL LAST THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. EXPECT A STRONG SYSTEM TO BRING WINDY CONDITIONS AS WELL AS USHER IN A COLDER AIR MASS ON SUNDAY…
Sat 23 High 6:23 AM 10.8
Sat 23 Low 11:49 AM 5.9
Sat 23 High 5:05 PM 10.6
Sat 23 Low 11:55 PM -0.9
Sun 24 High 7:01 AM 11.1
Sun 24 Low 12:28 PM 6.5
Sun 24 High 5:33 PM 10.5
Mon 25 Low 12:30 AM -1.4
Mon 25 High 7:41 AM 11.3
Mon 25 Low 1:08 PM 6.9
Mon 25 High 6:03 PM 10.3
FRI…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 OR 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
FRI NIGHT…SE WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT.
SAT…E WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
SUN…S WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT.
MON…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 OR 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
West Seattle Blog via Twitter suggest that it could be time to get out the batteries and generators. We think that's that a good start! You may want to make sure you have candles, boots, gloves and pumps ready too…it's a good opportunity to start thinking about the the "three p's".
If you haven't started planning your neighborhood's Seattle Night Out event yet–its probably time to start! Seattle Night Out is August 3, 2010. If you want to meet neighbors, which is a great way to prevent crime, your "Night Out" doesn't have to be extravagant. Our area of Beach Drive has done pot lucks in the past and it's been a nice way to stay acquainted.
If you have something planned, send us a shout out. If you haven't heard from any of your neighbors, why not start one? Contact a fellow neighbor and create your own Seattle Night Out! You can register your event by clicking here.
The Seattle Night Out sitehas posters you can print and fliers you can hand out to invite nearby neighbors. You really just need a place to get together and you can really keep the event simple or create what ever you'd like. The whole point is getting together and keeping in touch so we're familiar with who our neighbors are.
By the way, if you're an organizer or Captain of a Block Watch in West Seattle, be sure to join this group on Facebook.
You can download a copy here: Download Public Safety Newsletter June 9 2010
This month's topics include:
Be sure to read your full copy by clicking the above link–and let's start planning our Block Party!
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