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Archives for February 2012
Wind Advisory, the “S” Word and tree down at Weather Watch Park
February 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The National Weather Service has issued a wind adisory until 6 pm tonight with gusts up to 48 mph followed by possible snow tonight:
Today: Showers, mainly before 10am. High near 49. Breezy, with a west southwest wind around 26 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tonight: A chance of rain showers before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 10pm and 4am, then a chance of snow showers after 4am. Snow level 500 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy, with a southwest wind 19 to 22 mph decreasing to between 10 and 13 mph. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Sunday: A chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 300 feet. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. North northwest wind between 3 and 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. North northeast wind around 7 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT…
TODAY…SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT EASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECOMING NW 15 TO 25 KT NORTH OF SEATTLE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 3 TO 6 FT. SHOWERS LIKELY THIS MORNING…A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT SOUTH PART. NW WIND 15 TO 25 KT NORTH PART. WIND EASING TO SW 5 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING…THEN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
A day or so ago, we noticed a large tree had come down in Weather Watch Park (across from LaRustica). Wondering if Monday's wind storm brought it down?
Waves smashing into bulk heads on Beach Drive
February 21, 2012 by 1 Comment
Watch the water shoot through the scuppers. Next high tide is a 10.5 at 4:17 pm today. Puget Sound Marine Forecast update: …GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST TONIGHT… …SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM PST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON… TONIGHT…SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT…EASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE THIS EVENING. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT…SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. SHOWERS. WED…SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WED NIGHT…SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT…SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
Fat Tuesday may bring a Big Fat Storm
February 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Looks like we're in for some weather over the next few days with possible snow this weekend. What has our attention will be the 11.9 tide at 5:27 am on Wednesday combined strong gusts and waves up to 3-5 feet.
Seattle Tides:
Tuesday, Feb 21:
- 5:04 am at 11.9
- 10:54 am at 4.5
- 4:17 pm at 10.5
- 10:39 pm at 0.3
Wednesday, Feb 22:
- 5:27 am at 11.9
- 11:28 am at 3.8
- 5:03 pm at 10.4
- 11:17 pm at 1.0
Here are the reports that we check out:
…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…
TODAY…S WIND 10 TO 20 KT…BECOMING SW 20 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 4 FT. RAIN.
TONIGHT…SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 4 FT. RAIN.
WED…W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. RAIN LIKELY EARLY…THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
WED NIGHT…W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
Today: Rain. High near 54. Windy, with a southwest wind between 28 and 32 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Tonight: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 45. Windy, with a southwest wind between 25 and 33 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday: Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a west southwest wind between 22 and 29 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind between 8 and 15 mph.
So get your candles ready, check your generators and get your jambalaya or spicy red beans with rice ready! Scupper says "let's hope we don't all become Mardi Gras floats".
Wind and Tides Update for tonight and Saturday
February 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Weather changes often, so please check the links on the left side-bar for current forecast.
…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON…
TONIGHT…S WIND 10 TO 20 KT…RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT…BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. RAIN IN THE EVENING…THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SAT…S WIND 25 TO 35 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT. SHOWERS.
Seattle City Forecast:
TONIGHT…BREEZY. RAIN AT TIMES IN THE EVENING…THEN CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS NEAR 40. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SATURDAY…WINDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 30 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
National Weather Service for West Seattle:
Tonight: Showers, mainly before 10pm. Low around 41. South southwest wind between 13 and 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Saturday: Showers. High near 44. Breezy, with a south wind between 21 and 28 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
And the upcoming tides:
Friday, February 17 at 7:32 pm (publishing this post about 8:12pm) we have a -0.4.
Saturday, February 18:
- 3:26 am: 11.2
- 8:44 am: 7.0
- 1:31 pm: 10.4
- 8:28 pm: -0.6
Beach Drive octopuses taking a beating lately…
February 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Today marks the fourth cephalopod fatality I've witnessed in a year. I find it pretty odd given I haven't even seen a sign of one for the previous 5 years we've lived here.
The latest victim was found today as we were walking along Emma Schmitz Memorial View Point
When searching the web for the arch enemy of the Puget Sound octopus, I found this revealing clip of a wrestling match between a seal vs octopus
or could it be the work of…
Skin Diver Magazine, Puget Sound
Scupper, for Beach Drive Blog
Sea Lion vs Squid
February 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Off the shores of Emma Schmitz View Point, you may have witnessed a hollabalou of spectating seagulls diving over forceful splashes in the sound. We watched for a while in the park and decided to trek back to our house to try to capture some photos.
Through telescope, you could see that a sea lion decided to have a late afternoon snack of squid. It was amazing and I wish our photos did more justice.
Tenticles… nom nom nom….
The best Fish & Chips in Beach Drive history?
February 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
Every now and then we run into people that remember a great little restaurant located just down the street on Beach Drive and Jacobsen. I've always wondered what the house looked like back in it's "eatery" days but haven't been able to locate any photos… until now! These pics were recently scanned by the Seattle Municipal Archives Photograph Collection from a folder containing an appealed variance application back in 1961.
props to Seattle Municipal Archives #76903
Seattle Municipal Archive Photo #76902
Seattle Municipal Archive Photo #76904
If you'd like to learn a little more history about this quaint 12 table restaurant, West Seattle Blog posted a fabulous article along with reader's memories of the restaurant's owner/chef that had recently passed away. I also hear that Quesnel's is mentioned in the book Memories of Southwest Businesses that can be found at the Log House Museum off of Alki.
My next quest for photos is to get some choice shots of Sans Souci, the old Schmitz mansion that used to adourn what is now Mee-Kwa-Mooks. If you have any leads on photos, please share!
Scupper, for Beach Drive Blog
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