All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
Seattle Public Utilities is offering up to 10 additional yard waste bags to be picked up during your regular scheduled collection day with no additional charge.
This offer is good throughout the month of November.
This is an attempt to help keep the drains from getting clogged with leaves.
With the forecasted weather that’s heading our way, including a Gale Warning starting tomorrow at noon through Friday at 12:00 am (as of 11/3/21 12:19pm), clearing the drains is always a good idea!
There have been two water rescues for kite-surfers off of Beach Drive today. One was rescued by Me Kwa Mooks Park. The other call out is south on the 5200 block of Beach Drive and may have just been called off. We hope everyone is okay!
We also spied what appears to be a humpback whale and caught some video at Constellation Park near Alki Point.
The whale is still amazing viewers along Beach Drive… as I write this (3:00 pm on Oct 25, 21), its heading south near Lincoln Park.
Puget Sound Marine Forecast was just updated with a small craft advisory through tomorrow afternoon.
TONIGHT S wind 20 to 30 kt easing to 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. Rain in the evening then a chance of rain after midnight.
TUE S wind 15 to 25 kt easing to 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. Rain.
TUE NIGHT S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. Rain.
WED S wind 15 to 25 kt becoming SW 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft.
Looks like we have a few more days of this windy weather!
This afternoon, the strong winds brought down large branches from our cork screw willow. Thankfully nobody was hurt and no cars were parked here when this happened. Our wonderful neighbors all chipped in to help remove the downed branches.
There is still more wind in the forecast with a small craft advisory in effect through tomorrow night. The current forecast from Wind Alert looks like we’ll be dealing with wind through Wednesday.
Puget Sound and Hood Canal- 250 PM PDT Sun Oct 24 2021
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
TONIGHT S wind 20 to 30 kt. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. A slight chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of rain after midnight.
MON S wind 20 to 30 kt. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. Rain.
MON NIGHT S wind 20 to 30 kt. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. Rain.
TUE S wind 15 to 25 kt easing to 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft.
TUE NIGHT S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft.
WED SW wind 15 to 25 kt easing to 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 2 ft or less in the afternoon.
Right now it seems pretty calm…we’ll see what Mother Nature has in store. Stay safe, Neighbors!
As I write this post (around 2:30 pm on Thursday), it’s about 70 degrees and muggy outside. The breeze almost feels tropical. There’s been a lot of talk of the spectacular system (bomb cyclone) that’s supposed to stay off the coast this weekend… check out what Wind Alert currently has in the forecast!
You can see on the bar along the bottom that we could be in for windy weather for a few days. Sunday has gusts estimated around 51mph. Monday and Tuesday have gusts topping mid-40s. We could have quite a storm if these predictions hold true.
High Tides:
Stay safe, Neighbors!
The forecast for Friday looks very wet and windy. As I write this, Thursday morning, we have a small craft advisory issued for most of the day tomorrow. Here’s a current snapshot from WindAlert for Alki Point:
Tides on Friday go form a low of 0.60 feet at 8:42 AM to 11.25 feet at 4:23 PM.
The Puget Sound Marine Forecast, as of 8:46 AM this morning has wind waves up to 4-5 feet.
FRI S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. Rain likely.
FRI NIGHT S wind 20 to 30 kt easing to 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Wind waves 2 to 5 ft.
SAT S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft.
Around high tide, if we have gusts in the 30s mostly coming from the south with some southwest and waves of 4-5 feet, we’re likely to see plenty of splashing and possibly water coming over bulkheads.
Some neighbors are already moving their boats to where they will be more protected from the wind and waves.
With this being the first BIG rain of the season combined with the predicted wind, we’re expecting some tree branches to come down too.
Stay safe, Neighbors!
You’ve probably heard the forecast that we are in for a soaker on Friday. It also looks like we’re in for some wind according to the current forecast from WindAlert.
Just a heads up in case you have a boat out in the sound right now OR if you happen to have your lovely summer umbrellas on your patios before the potentially very gusty winds hit. The above forecast is showing potential gusts up to 44 mph on Friday afternoon around 2pm with the wind not really letting up until Sunday. Of course the weather here is constantly changing… but it’s always good to be prepared.
We’ll have to get closer to Friday to know if the forecast stays true and if there’s a potential for waves to cause flooding. ‘Tis the Season!
We have some extreme low tides predicted for Thursday at minus 3.88 at 12:10 pm. Today’s low tide was a minus 2.29 when I took this photo around 10:40 this morning. Friday is also set to have a very low tide… just shy of Thursday’s low at 3.86 around 12:57 pm.
This coincides with the super blood moon and lunar eclipse which will take place tonight (or technically early Wednesday morning). It may be unlikely we’ll be able to view this lunar event from Seattle with the potential cloudy skies…we can dream!
Posing by the Blue Glass House – Happy Valentines Day!
Giggling kids were playing and sledding along side streets.
Looking south from Emma Schmitz Viewpoint, there is a small snowman on a bulkhead.
View from Constellation Park.
And how about this awesome snowman igloo?
Happy New Year, Neighbors!
It looks like around midnight we could see winds picking up and staying strong through Friday with gusts in the low 40s on Saturday, according to the current predictions from Wind Alert. The current forecast from the UW (below) has gusts up to 50mph! With waves predicted up to 5 feet on Friday and up to 7 feet on Saturday… we’re keeping a close on weather and are preparing for potential flooding, although our home typically is hit when the wind comes more from the southwest.
Friday has a high tide of 12.43 at 7:21 am and a 10.21 feet at 5:16 pm.
Saturday’s high tides are 12.50 feet at 7:55 am and 9.87 feet at 6:05 pm.
Here’s the current marine forecast:
Puget Sound and Hood Canal- 254 PM PST Thu Dec 31 2020 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
TONIGHT S wind 5 to 15 kt becoming 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. A chance of rain in the evening then rain after midnight.
FRI S wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. A chance of rain.
FRI NIGHT S wind 20 to 30 kt easing to 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft. Rain.
SAT S wind 15 to 25 kt rising to 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 3 to 5 ft.
SAT NIGHT S wind 30 to 40 kt becoming SW 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft subsiding to 2 to 4 ft after midnight.
The forecast from UW:
Seattle and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Seattle, Shoreline, Federal Way, and Kent
252 PM PST Thu Dec 31 2020
TONIGHT…A slight chance of rain late in the evening. A chance of rain after midnight, then rain at times late in the night. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. Lows in the 40s. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
NEW YEARS DAY…Cloudy with a chance of rain until late afternoon, then rain at times late in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. Southeast wind to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
FRIDAY NIGHT…Breezy. Rain at times. Rainfall amounts a quarter to a half inch possible. Lows in the 40s. South wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.
SATURDAY…Breezy, rain. Rainfall amounts a quarter to a half inch possible. Highs near 50. South wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
SATURDAY NIGHT…Windy, rain. Rainfall amounts one to three inches possible. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. South wind 20 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph after midnight.
Stay safe and take care!
Or is it the all the rain water runoff from Jacobsen and Beach Drive feeding into the overflow system that’s about 150 feet off-shore. In our 15+ years of living here, we have yet to see water spouting out of the storm runoff into the sound…this is a first!
The rainfall has been so intense that it blew off the cover of this manhole on Beach Drive.
EDITORS NOTE: This video was submitted by a neighbor. I promised not to mention who. 😉
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