When will our weather lighten up a bit?  Geepers (as my Grandma Esther would say)!  Watching the early news this morning on King-5, snug as a bug, I was dismayed to hear that we are set to have a series of storms this week…and so here we are with non-stop wind and waves.  It’s gorgous to look at as long as the waves stays over on the water side of the bulkhead!   Today is supposidly just the start…Wednesday night to Thursday morning (from what I understand) is suppose to be the big whopper of wind storms.  It’s a bit too early for me to post a “barking dog” report…but it’s never too early for a concerned dog to pace around a bit.    Especially if you consider that we’re having high tides just over 12 feet this entire week…WOOF!

In fact, according to the local Beach Drive “weather station” we’ve had gusts up to 56 mph today.   The photo is of a barnacle that splashed about 20 feet high onto our bedroom window!

Here’s how things look so far based on the Puget Sound Marine forecast:

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM…

TODAY…SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT. HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES SOUTH SOUND. WIND WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. RAIN THIS MORNING…THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT…BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS

TUE…S WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 OR 2 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING…THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.

TUE NIGHT…S WIND RISING TO 15 TO 25 KT…BECOMING SW 20 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.

WED…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.

THU…SE WIND 10 TO 20 KT…BECOMING S 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.

Forecast for Seattle:

REST OF TODAY…BREEZY. RAIN LATE THIS MORNING…THEN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND RISING TO 15 TO 25 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY…RAIN LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT…WINDY. RAIN IN THE EVENING…THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…NUMEROUS SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…RAIN LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.

NEW YEARS DAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…BREEZY…RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.

FRIDAY…WINDY…SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S