All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
According to the Beach Drive weather station, we’re experiencing wind gusts around 37 mph.
Hang in there, Neighbors….Saturday promises to be partly sunny:
SATURDAY…CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
Mother Nature did pleasantly surprise us over Memorial Day weekend…perhaps she has more sunny tricks up her sleeve. We can only hope! I’ll take whatever blue sky and sunshine she can muster.
I cannot recall Spring weather like this. I was convinced with our gorgeous warm Saturday that we had last week that it was "safe" to pull plants out of our garage…well today they’re going back. Here’s the forecast for Seattle:
TODAY…NUMEROUS SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH SNOW. LOWS IN THE 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. PRECIPITATION MAY FALL AS SNOW IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT.
The marine forecast for Puget Sound:
…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON…
TODAY…SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT…EXCEPT NW 10 KT FROM SEATTLE NORTH EARLY THIS MORNING. SW WIND RISING TO 15 TO 25 KT SOUTH OF SEATTLE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT SOUTH OF SEATTLE THIS AFTERNOON.
Bundle up!
What wild weather we’ve had today with rain and strong winds. We have salt stained windows up to the second floor of our home. High tide is a 10.5 at 7:24 pm. The waves have been specatular.
Here is the current marine forecast:
…GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT…
…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY…
TONIGHT…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. SHOWERS.
TONIGHT…WINDY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH CLEARING AT TIMES. LOWS IN THE 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. WIND DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
I just turned on the evening s-news to catch the weatherman say "winds…boy if you live on the water, you’re going to know it!" Of course that made me start up my computer to check out the weather (links are on the lower left of Beach Drive Blog). Monday has our highest tides of this month with a 12.3 in the morning (7:10 to be exact).
Here’s what we have so far:
MONDAY…RAIN AT TIMES. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. EAST WIND TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
MONDAY NIGHT…BREEZY. RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.
TUESDAY…WINDY. SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS NEAR 50. SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH
MON…SE WIND 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. RAIN.
MON NIGHT…S WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS.
TUE…SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT…EASING IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECOMING NW 10 TO 20 KT NORTH OF SEATTLE. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING.
TUE NIGHT…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EXCEPT NW 5 TO 15 KT OVER THE N SOUND. WIND BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT
On Monday, March 10, we have a high tide of 12.3 at 7:10 a.m. and a 10.8 at 8:10 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11, we have a high tide of 12.1 at 7:42 a.m. and a 10.6 at 9:12 p.m.
The winds are certainly howling right now and so I just checked out forecast…as always, I hope I’m just yipping at much ado over nothing.
Our next high tide which is a 12.0 takes place at 5:50 tomorrow morning.
Seattle City Forecast for tomorrow:
THURSDAY…WINDY. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE MORNING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH…DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM PST THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…
TONIGHT…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. RAIN.
THU…SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT…EASING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
This is sounding ruff!
It’s a breezy one this morning…not quite alarming enough for a "barking dog" report. But it is enough to stay alert and prepared. Here’s the scoop for this morning:
High Tide is a 11.5 at 9:11 a.m.
Current Puget Sound Marine forecast: …SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
TODAY…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT…BECOMING SW 20 TO 30 KT LATE THIS MORNING. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS THIS MORNING.
The Beach Drive weather station is reporting winds currently at 33 mph with gusts up to 37 from the SSW.
We went from a sunny Sunday to a blustery Monday with a chance of snow in the forecast. That’s a drop of 20 degrees in just one day! Luckily we’re past our high tide today and tomorrow looks more calm (including a possible morning snow shower).
REST OF TODAY…MORNING RAIN…THEN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. BECOMING WINDY. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH…BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…NUMEROUS RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS…DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDY THIS EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH…EXCEPT BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH OVER THE NORTH SOUND. WIND BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 15 MPH ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. NORTH WIND TO 10 MPH.
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