Our lights have been flickering every once in a while and I'm seeing via Twitter that parts of Queen Anne and Magnolia have had power outages.   West Seattle Blog reports a tree is down in The Junction.  

Luckily we have low tides right now or we would probably be issuing a "barking dog report" warning of potential significant water issues that are a part of living on Beach Drive.   Our local weather station on Beach Drive has reported wind gusts up to 46 mph tonight.   Weather like this serves as an excellent reminder to make sure you're prepared for big storms.

Here's the current report from the City of Seattle:

TONIGHT…WINDY. RAIN THIS EVENING…THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE 40S. SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FRIDAY…SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT…RAIN. LOWS IN THE 40S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

And the Puget Sound Marine Forecast:

…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING…

TONIGHT…S WIND 20 TO 30 KT…BECOMING SW 15 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT…SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. RAIN IN THE EVENING…THEN SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF TSTMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FRI…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF TSTMS.

FRI NIGHT…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. RAIN IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF TSTMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

Our next high tide is an 11.9 at 8:00 tomorrow morning following a very low -2.8 at 12:30 am tonight (okay, technially tomorrow morning).   The tides will reach a low point of 7.8 at 1:24pm tomorrow and then up to a 10.4 at 5:58 pm.

After Monday, you may wonder where summer has gone… looks like we're in for more "typical" fall weather with cloudy skies, wind and rain.   I'm enjoying the sunshine while it's hear. 

Have a great weekend!

The other day, I joked on Twitter "What do you call three days of rain followed by a sunny Tuesday?  Labor Day in Seattle".    It's proving to be true.  Yesterday concert go-ers lucked out with sunshine for most of the day–no luck seems to be in the forecast today:

From the City of Seattle Forecast:

TODAY…BREEZY. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.

TONIGHT…SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS AROUND 50. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

Puget Sound – Marine Forecast (since I'm posting weather):

…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…

TODAY…S WIND 10 TO 20 KT RISING TO 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF TSTMS.

TONIGHT…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. SHOWERS.

The tides look like they're working in our favor of avoiding having to do a "barking dog report" warning of potential weather issues with a low tide of 2.4 at 12:32 this afternoon and a high tide of 11.2 at 6:44 pm. 

West Seattle Blog suggests we check storm drains–good idea!   This also may serve as a reminder to make sure you are prepared for Mother Nature when she's really feeling stormy.

Sounds like a good night to hunker down and maybe make some soup.  What are your plans? 

From the City of Seattle Forecast:

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 50S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

From the Puget Sound Marine Forecast:

..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON…

TODAY…LIGHT WIND…BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KT THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES LESS THAN 1 FT…BUILDING TO 2 FT OR LESS.

TONIGHT…S WIND RISING TO 20 TO 30 KT BY MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.

The next high tide is an 11.4 at 6:32 this evening; going down to a 7.6 at 11:45 and then up to a 9.8 at 3:51 Monday morning.

Monday's current marine forecast:

MON…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

I'm not quite sure if this qualifies as our "Barking Dog Report" (when we drag out pumps in case of potential flooding) but it is something to be aware of.

Remember that storm in early June last year?  I do…the spray from the salt savaged my tomato plants and several trees.  Tonights blast of wind is pretty amazing too.    I must admit, as someone who likes to share a "barking dog report" when the weather changes on us; this one caught me by surprise.   One moment, I was enjoying a beautiful sunset with my husband on the deck… and then my Sister-in-Law calls from Woodmont to ask if the wind has hit us yet…during our call it did!

West Seattle Blog is reporting that parts of North Admiral may be out of power (our lights have flickered while writing this post).

Editors Note:  I'm posting live from my laptop as I write this just in case we lose power, internet, etc.

All this hot sunny weather has had my "barking dog" reports taking a comfy snooze…but not Cliff Mass…his post from today says all Hell is breaking loose!

From the Seattle City Forecast:

…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM PDT TUESDAY…

TODAY…CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT…RAIN. BECOMING WINDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE 40S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

The forecast may change…so be sure to check back and use the links for updated reports. 

UPDATE:  corrected tides- 8:08pm 2.9 up to 11.4 at 2.42am. 

Marine Forecast as of 9:30pm:

…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…

TONIGHT…SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING S 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. RAIN.

TUE…S WIND 25 TO 35 KT EASING TO SW 20 KT AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS.