Further proof that winter is coming
COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
625 AM PDT SAT SEP 11 2004
...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COAST UNTIL 900 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
WESTERLY SWELL HAS BUILT TO 18 TO 20 FEET ALONG THE CENTRAL AND
NORTH WASHINGTON COAST THIS MORNING. THE SWELL WAS GENERATED BY GALE
FORCE WESTERLY WINDS SOUTH OF A STORM SYSTEM IN THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE
ISLANDS.
THE LARGE SWELL WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 16 TO 18 FEET THIS AFTERNOON
THEN WILL FALL BELOW 15 FEET AROUND 900 PM THIS EVENING.
PEOPLE ALONG THE WASHINGTON COAST ON SATURDAY SHOULD BE AWARE OF
THE FIRST HAZARDOUS SURF OF THE SEASON.
