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We have some very high tides this week, includng an 11.92 at 5:14 tonight. Here are the high tides for the rest of the week:
Wednesday, Sept 28: 11.46 ft at 5:08 am and 12.05 ft at 5:48 pm.
Thursday, Sept 29: 11.62 at 6:59 am and 11.95 at 6:25 pm.
Friday, Sept 30: 11.57 at 7:57 am and 11.61 at 7:06 pm.
Saturday, Oct 1: 11.33 at 8:58 am and 11.03 at 7:52 pm.
We woke up around 4:00 this morning to the howling wind and crashing waves. According to the National Weather Service, this is the first of two storm systems. The second one is coming in on Monday.
From the NWS Special Weather Statement issued at 4:52 am:
WASHINGTON TODAY AND MONDAY… TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING WET AND WINDY WEATHER TO WESTERN WASHINGTON…ONE ALREADY UPON US TODAY AND ONE ON MONDAY. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR SHOWERS TODAY BUT AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE HEAVY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND MOST AREAS WILL HAVE WIND IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE…
THE SECOND STORM…ON MONDAY…WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE WIND AND A LOT MORE RAIN. LOWLAND AREAS WILL GET A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN AND CERTAIN SPOTS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE TWO INCHES OR SO. AMOUNTS LIKE THIS ARE UNLIKELY TO CAUSE ANY FLOODING BUT AREA RIVERS WILL RISE SHARPLY MONDAY NIGHT.
From the City of Seattle (via UW) forecast as of 8:00 am:
REST OF TODAY…BREEZY. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE 60S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF EVENING SHOWERS…THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
MONDAY…BREEZY…RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT…BREEZY. SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE 50S. SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.
TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
Puget Sound Marine Forecast updated at 5:25 am:
…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING…
TODAY…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT…BECOMING SW BY MIDDAY. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY…THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT DURING THE EVENING AND BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 4 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MON…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT…BECOMING SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT LATE. WIND WAVES 2 TO 5 FT. RAIN.
MON NIGHT…SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT…BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT…SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
and to wrap up our report, here are the tides for our area:
Sunday, September 25:
Monday, September 26:
Tuesday, September 27:
Forecast are updated constantly so please check them throughout the day.
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A Beach Drive resident by La Rustica Restaurant sent in an email to see if any of our readers has advice on how to deal with a Raven who's not afraid of humans.
Here's part of her email:
"I don't want the raven hurt but I cannot walk my dog in the morning without getting dived at. I did get a reprieve today when it went after another lady with her dog. It actually hovered over her head. Yesterday it harrassed my husband and I and drove us indoors from enjoying our coffee on the deck. Any ideas? Ravens are new to me and not sure the proper procedures to shoo them from me. Thanks!!"
Any tips?
I just received this email from a neighbor in the 4700-4800 block of Beach Drive:
We just dealt with a pushy salesperson Pushy salesperson on Beach Dr SW who would not take no for an answer (…male with white pants and red tie). Had to threaten to call police before he would leave our front door. Unusual for these door to door sales individuals to be that aggressive.
We had a man wearing white pants and a red jacket just trying to sell or "just wanting to talk for a few minutes" at our home moments ago too. No thanks!
Two women on a walk by Beach Drive and Lowman Park around 8:45am this morning were followed by a man with intent of them seeing him behaving lewd. The Caucasian male was driving a white Mazda pick-up truck has been reported to the police… you can read the details on West Seattle Blog.
The driver is described as being in his 40's with "average/heavy build, thinning brown hair, wearing a white shirt and khaki work pants".
Please contact the police if you have information about this or a had a similar experience with this person.
This Sunday marks the 10th year since 9/11. The Southwest Seattle Historical Society invites you to the Log House Museum to view a memorial on Sunday from 12:00 – 7:00 pm. At 7:00 on Sunday, there will be a candelight vigil at the Alki Statue of Liberty to memorialize the fallen as well as survivors and families of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York.
God Bless America.
Apparently this creature has blue wings and landed on my husband by Jacobsen… any idea what type of insect this is?
Jacobsen (approx. 4700 and Beach Drive SW) is closed for a large tree that started coming down earlier today. Crews are on location to finish removing the rest of the tree.
NOTE: Jacobsen reopened a few hours after this post.
Hopefully nobody is harmed in this fire that is reported to be 3 acres and expected to grow. It should make for an incredible sunset tonight.
We noticed this sign posted around the 4000 block of Beach Drive today.
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