All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
I ventured to West Seattle Thriftway around 5:30 tonight to pick up some Uli’s Sausages to grill while watching the World Series… and what did I spy? THE SUN AND BLUE SKY!!
We’ve been so socked in thick fog this past week, I thought I’d share my view driving home just past True Value Hardware… back to the fog.
I was a bit surprised to see a few boats still on their moorage buoys this afternoon. Past Septembers have been pretty mild as far as wind & waves but this one’s a different story. Tonight’s forecast of an all out storm fits weather patterns in November thru February rather than a summer month.
High tide of 10.08 takes place at 2:48 this afternoon… so we may be dodging the opportunity to flood. The wind warning is in effect starting 5:00 pm tonight at which point, tides will be around 8 feet. The next high tide of 8.28 will be at 1:54 am.
I was caught on the West Seattle Bridge late this afternoon in an amazing display of Mother Nature’s force. It was more rain, wind and water than I have ever witnessed on the bridge. I’m very glad to be home!
Well the first high tide took place a couple hours ago. We’re now bracing for the next high tide which is a 10.94 at 7:12 pm tonight.
Weather guru Cliff Mass says the first big fall storm should start right about the time that summer is officially over, at 1:44 pm Sunday which coincides with the kick off for the Seahawks vs Jaguars at Qwest field.
Last Sunday we had “Blue Thunder” for the Seahawks game…and it looks like this Sunday will bring howling weather as the National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement for the first official day of fall. It’s probably a good idea to make sure what leaves are currently around drains are cleared (although we’re going to have plenty more coming down).
On the bright side, those that didn’t reset their clocks as soon as the power returned were treated to an extra half hour! For others it was reason for concern…
I spoke to one of the guys on the job this morning about any concerns of heavy rainfall on the Atlas slide zone: “I definitely gave it a thought!”
Rhonda Porter of BDB captured these weather shots after the storm cleared
Make mine a double!
It was back to regular programming by day’s end.
Chance of thunderstorms later this afternoon according to the NOAA marine weather report
PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL-
840 AM PDT WED JUN 26 2013
TODAY
S WIND 5 TO 15 KT BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON TSTMS.
Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive Blog
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?
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 lower.
Great spots to get wet include Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook and Charles Richey Sr View Point (Constellation Park).
Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive Blog
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