All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
And…with the temps dipping down into the 30’s over the next week…I’m a bit concerned I might have been too anxious in dragging my bougainvilleas and other wintered plants out of the garage last weekend during a "warm moment" outside. "Eh-gads", as my Grandma Esther would say!
…the National Weather Service has named the storm from December 2006: (drum roll please) . . . . "The Hanukkah Eve Windstorm of 2006".
Apparently, the National Weather Service put all 8000 entries into a hat and drew Burien resident Clyde Hill’s entry as the winner. 39 other contestants suggested the same storm name.
March 3, 2007 update. Seattle Time’s article is pretty funny about the storm. Someone suggested naming it after his ex-wife!
We’ve definitely had our share of wacky weather! It all ready looks like the snow is turning into rain…at least, that’s what I’m hoping!
I’m just returning from a quick drive to take my son to school and…SNOW! I began to see flakes at Fauntleroy Hall and the snow became heavier at 35th. Down on Beach Drive, snow is absent (thankfully). However, I did hear on the weather report this morning that we could have snow at sea level late tonight and early tomorrow morning.
When we have wind, waves and a high tide, my husband calls me a "barking dog". I’m sure he means this affectionately. Can you blame me when we have gone through 3 storms last year with waves splashing over our bulk head?
Early this morning was enough to have me running from window to window to see if we had water sloshing over. It was a close call–just a little excitement and a little less sleep. Now, I’m not a weather forecaster nor any type of expert of the sort. I just read my tide chart calendar and check out the marine forecast.
Here is the Puget Sound marine forecast (this changes throughout the day so check back if you need to) as of 8:25 a.m. this morning:
…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON…
TODAY…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. SHOWERS.
TONIGHT…SW WIND 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. SHOWERS.
MON…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. RAIN.
MON NIGHT…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
For us, the southwest winds have proven to be the most troublesome and entertaining. This morning’s high tide was 12.4 at 5:46 a.m. Tomorrow’s high tide is 12.7 at 6:13 a.m. Factor in southwest winds with 2-4 feet waves and I’m sure I’ll be running from window to window again tomorrow morning watching those waves to make sure they’re on the right side of the bulkhead.
Well, that’s my "Barking Dog Report" for this morning. Please don’t rely on this information…just consider me a yapping dog in the neighborhood.
Thank goodness we’ve all ready had high tide now that the winds have picked up!
This would be a good time point out that I have weather related links on the lower left column under "Swell Links". I have learned from our short 1.5 years living on Beach Drive to check out the marine forecast along with the tide charts. Luckily, the 3-5 foot swells we’re having now are accompanying just over an 8.0 tide and we did not have these winds at our high tide at 4:36 a.m. this morning. Look out Jeff Renner!
I was on my morning walk with Orson and I had the pleasure of seeing our neighbor, Eddy. We started chatting and he reminded me that it was this time last year that my husband and I went through our first storms (2 in one week) in our home. A big thanks (again) to Eddy, Brenda and Bob for bailing us out last February. Invigorating…don’t you think? Looking at our calm weather today…you would never guess this could happen. What a difference a year makes!
The National Weather Service held a contest to name our wonderful storm we had last December. We were out of power for 6 days with 3 teens, 3 cats and one pug snuggled up in our bedroom…cozy! I just checked their site and we have to wait a few more weeks before they announce the storm’s official name on March 2nd at 1pm. For the record, we submitted "The December to Remember". NWS only has 5,000 storm names to choose from…I don’t like our odds!
The International Panel on Climate Change released their report on global warming. The "good news" is that they estimate by 2100 (93 years from now) the water levels will rise up to two feet…so you don’t need to sell your waterfront house just yet (tongue in cheek). The bad news (just some of it) for our neighborhood is that it sounds like we can expect more of the wacky storms we’ve endured during 2006.
Better news for the east side of Beach Drive, by 2200, you may have waterfront property! Sounds like we need to keep our generators tuned and crank radios ready.
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