OT/MISC Going to the beach? High surf for the WA coast - 25 to 28 foot waves

Should be a good show. Hopefully that is all it will be. Waves of this size can reach all the way up the beach at high tide and hit houses along the shore, so it could get messy.

http://www.weather.gov/alerts-beta/...05230100SEWHighSurfWarningSEW20091108000000WA

Event: High Surf Warning
Alert:

...GIANT WAVES TO IMPACT THE WASHINGTON COAST ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...

.A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN THE GULF OF ALASKA
HAS GENERATED GIANT WAVES WHICH WILL REACH THE WASHINGTON COAST
ON FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 PM PST
SATURDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WASHINGTON COAST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 PM PST
SATURDAY.
A LONG SERIES OF GIANT WAVES WILL START TO IMPACT THE WASHINGTON
COAST ON FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.
POWERFUL WAVES OF 25 TO 28 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE
BEACHES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE GIANT WAVES WILL BE SEPARATED
BY ABOUT 15 TO 20 SECONDS OF TIME...SO DO NOT BE LULLED BY PERIOD
BETWEEN WAVES INTO THINKING IT IS SAFE TO VENTURE CLOSE TO THE
WATERS EDGE.
WAVES OF THIS SIZE PUSH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ONTO THE COASTLINE
AND INTO HARBORS...COVES AND INLETS. COASTAL INLETS...INCLUDING
GRAYS HARBOR...CAN EXPECT TO SEE TIDE LEVELS RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT
HIGHER THAN TIDE TABLE PREDICTIONS. TIDE TABLES FOR ABERDEEN
PREDICT A HIGH TIDE OF 10.9 FEET AT 245 PM FRIDAY...A HIGH TIDE OF
8.8 FEET AT 441 AM SATURDAY...AND ANOTHER HIGH TIDE OF 10.4 FEET
AT 339 PM SATURDAY.

Instructions: THESE WAVES ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP UNWARY BEACH WALKERS OUT TO SEA. PEOPLE CAN BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY DEBRIS...SUCH AS LOGS...TOSSED ABOUT IN THE WAVES.

http://www.weather.gov/alerts-beta/...05230100SEWHighSurfWarningSEW20091108000000WA

Good to know. This could be a good chance for Darwin to cull a few...

Thankyou NC Susan for posting that link! My old computer went t*ts up and I lost everything in my favorites and I couldn't find that one particular link. Yea-yay!

And yea-yay! I see the 'popcorn clouds' in that front coming in which most of the time means snow in our future! Aaaaahhhh, how I've missed the snow...V

Wonder how that will effect the O'Neill's Cold Water Classic surfing championship at famous Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz CA.

Event started Monday and ends on Sunday IIRC. Heats were cancelled today due to low swell.

Previous events this year in the series were held in Tasmania, Scotland, South Africa and Canada.

http://www.oneill.com/cwc

W. Washington weather may be factor in 1 death

A weather system moving through the Northwest has brought high winds and heavy rains to areas of Western Washington and may have been a factor in one death.


http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010213459_apwastorm1stldwritethru.html




SEATTLE — A weather system moving through the Northwest has brought high winds and heavy rains to areas of Western Washington and may have been a factor in one death.
At Shoreline's Hamlin Park north of Seattle, a 40-year-old man was killed Thursday evening when he was struck by part of a falling tree as he and his wife walked their dog. Shoreline Fire spokeswoman Melanie Granfors says windy weather may have contributed to the accident.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Skokomish River near Potlatch until Friday afternoon, with minor flooding forecast.
Winds gusting to 54 mph battered Whatcom County and scattered power outages were reported in many areas of Western Washington on Thursday.
The Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch from Friday evening through Saturday evening for the north and central Washington Cascades.