thaxor
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Registered: 08/07/06
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Loc: Olympia, WA
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...A SERIES OF STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT WATERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND... STRONG WINDS WILL COINCIDE WITH DANGEROUS SEAS BUILDING TO 20 TO 25 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
Planned on heading out after work. Wanted to combine w/ a saturday hump float. Doesn't look like the float will happen. Clams might be questionable too.
Friday SW wind 20 to 24 kt, with gusts as high as 31 kt. Rain. W swell 15 ft. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft.
Friday Night S wind around 16 kt. Rain. W swell 14 ft. Wind waves around 2 ft.
Saturday SE wind 21 to 26 kt increasing to 34 to 39 kt in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 50 kt. Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. W swell 18 ft. Wind waves 5 ft building to 10 ft.
Saturday Night SSW wind 26 to 32 kt, with gusts as high as 42 kt. Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. W swell 27 ft. Wind waves 9 ft subsiding to 6 ft.
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Registered: 10/28/09
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I don't think it's an exaggeration to say we won't be fishing the Hump (or anything else) for about 2 weeks once this gets going, if the forecast is even close to right.
Think I'll wait for the next opener to dig clams. Thanks for the heads up, thaxor.
Registered: 12/29/99
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Loc: Vancouver, Washington
We're going to get hit with the remnants of a Pacific typhoon. Lots of rain and high winds. Hunker down and batten the hatches. Make sure you have extra water, flashlights/batteries, and propane.
The last time this happened was September 2013. The high water destroyed the Kalama River weir. So they built another for $2 million. Unless they pull it out in the next couple days, it will happen again.....
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That one was nasty! And with the absence of modern technology warning was non-existent. Was sitting in the football stands watching Edmonds play Roosevelt when the winds started to pick up causing the new stadium cover to flex and the field lighting to sway. Etched in mind mind is Roosevelt's punter having to run backward to catch his own punt! Pretty wild!! Anyway, the game was suspended at halftime.
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Sol Duc
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Registered: 06/18/01
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I've been catching nickel bright Coho all week. What a blast!!!!
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Originally Posted By: steely slammer
if it rains tonight like they say the hump wont be fishable Thursday..
Three inches of rain last night.....pouring now.
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No we cancelled everything planned including a coho fishing trip and a bird hunting trip because we heed dire warnings when they come. I had the state's flooding warning system go off twice, once on the cell, once on the laptop. I also had KC letting us know of the flooding dangers as well as the mudslides, downed trees, and power line warning that may occur. So, like little idyocrocoides we ran home chopped fire wood, layed out power cables, got the backup generators ready to rock, and put the dogs inside, cuz it was possibly the worst ever storm a coming, again.
Six lousy leaves fell, the owl decoy still sits on the deck railing, and the creek didn''t rise. They did get everyone out buying groceries and the gas lines were jammed up last nite, but the wild weather as predicted up until 10:00 pm last night quietly slid on by. At 10:30 pm noaa backed off and moved the disaster warnings to Saturday, leaving last night's predictions nothing more than a fart in a spacesuit...
Being only half stupid, we will be leaving all our Friday night preparations in place through Sunday morning...
Saturday my friend----after Saturday we will see if were in the clear------
There was a clam window for locals last night as the weather completely laid down for an hour on either side of low water. Anyone who was there got a BIG bonus.... LOTSA clams and virtually no competition.
Now... dack to our scheduled stormy programming.
You'd have to friggin nuts to show up this afternoon.
The last time this happened was September 2013. The high water destroyed the Kalama River weir. So they built another for $2 million. Unless they pull it out in the next couple days, it will happen again.....
I can only hope!
Just got word that the stormwater took out the Nemah weir.... a third of it went downriver.
Nearby Willapa River is flowing at 32X historic median flow right now...
Sol Duc
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Registered: 06/18/01
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Fridays dig was the calmest I've seen. Not a single breeze at the low tide. This storm was another media hype BS. Since I've lived here I have seen at least two stronger blows. Sounds like parts of orygun got slammed pretty good.
P.S Today was very doable too, just a little rain/sun/light breeze.
Edited by Sol Duc (10/16/1606:26 PM)
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