Time to start building the ark....

The forecast shows a fire hose pointed downward on the OP monday.... Yikes, hope they are wrong. Thats some serious wetness!

No kiddin!

Weather blog link

Cool site Q. Thanks!

Well horse puckey! 10-20-inches by Tuesday!?! There goes the rivers and the skiing....

Man, those are incredible numbers! Maybe have to take my pillow out to the boat in the driveway.

Figures, finally have a weekend to fish next week and...oh well story of my fall so far. Tight lines to those fortunate enough to get out before this mess hits...cheers

I still have an open seat for tomorrow.

Queets at 120,000 cfs?

Here's another discussion:

http://www.komonews.com/weather/

Ain't look'n to good

Where did you see that?

Meh, It will sprinkle. They'll send "Danger Jim" Foreman out to the coast and the few remaining leaves will fall from the trees.

Danger Jim will end up doing a story on how lonely the the Westport boat basin looks in a drizzle.

Took a ride to 1 of the local rivers.....had that "green color" that just "means fish"......but can see that fishing it, is not to be.....maybe by Thanksgiving Day?????? or Christmas???????? grrrrrrrrrrr to all this rain, rain and more rain..............

Looks like it has arrived in Bob's neighborhood....


http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KUIL.html

Yeah it's nasty out here.

Pressure is dropping, wind and waves are rising !

Station 46041 (LLNR 733) - CAPE ELIZABETH- 45NM Northwest of Aberdeen, WA

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?s...;time_label=PST

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?s...;time_label=PST

Oh it's here for sure.

We've already exceeded what the morning forecast said we'd get all day.

Glad I was scheduled off today ... CanyonMan, Kev, and Rico should be coming to my door looking like drowned rats soon

Time to do a little crabbing!!!PEACE

Been a while since I have been blown off of the river. It's time to consider your options when your float is being blown up river. Did you find any willing fish in this mess?

Larry, you are a grand MJO Event Organizer!!!

Did find a few! It was nice yesterday!

That's a great pic. One worth printing and framing. Well done!

PITA carrying a big fish like that back from there...


Sliming up the shoulder is the way.

Couldn't get out to wet a line due to hospital obligations, but did get another chance to sneak out to the beach for another limit of razors... just in the nick of time.

South wind probably kicked up to 30-35 knots with stronger gusts as f4b and I left the beach this afternoon.

I saw something posted about sustained winds of 50-60 with gusts to 90+ mph on the OR Coast.

Close on our coast as well for the wind forecast ... 3 inches now here in Forks, and the winds are just really starting to go with some serious rain after a couple of hours of slightly mellower weather ...

3 weeks of blown rivers and no fishing. . .1 windy and rainy day on the river. . .and repeat. Oh the joys of fall.

That south wind that was picking up was the front of the system, it's howlin out there now. I'd bet those good showing clams are heading south right about now.

Cool pic!!

ok new background pixfor the puter--very cool--

Ray Troll-"walk softly and carry a big Fish"

I picked a good time to get my chicken wing fixed!

I won't feel so bad in PT today as the nice PT lady is making me cry in pain.....

What an incredible representation of our life in this neck of the woods. Love it!

we did ok sat found some willing fish. woke up sunday and just went back to bed and bagged it. although the rivers did hold out fairly well but after rowing sat i did not want to deal with all the wind and leaves.

Looks like the Bogy will be spilling over this evening, and will the Hoh top 30k? Nasty!

Matt

Time to head south.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

Here we go. . . .again. Now I can focus on my finishing fishing shack while the sky is still falling.

Yeah, time for some boat maintenance/upgrades. I wonder if November is over. If so, bring on the steel.

best is just arriving

Hoh's at 20,000, and rising.....Yikes!

There is not a single drop of rain falling right now ... but it did get with it the last few hours ...

Looking at the forecast on flows I am stuck as I am going to flood so............new plan! Got three bottles of Lady in Red, two books, one Patron, and girlfriend is dropping by, screw the weather.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN... CLALLAM COUNTY... JEFFERSON COUNTY... MASON COUNTY... GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1115 PM PST TUESDAY.

* AT 1117 AM PST HEAVY RAIN OVER THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD HIGH WATER... INCLUDING FLOODING... ON SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER... ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS COULD TRIGGER LANDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO SHOWERS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. RIVERS WILL REMAIN HIGH... IN SOME CASES FLOODING ADJACENT AREAS... THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

Okay, the drough i sover and it is now raining fairly hard again. Not quite like early this morning ... but it's still early

A little bit of rain never hurt anyone.
But a whole ....... bunch can kill you!

Glad I made it out there before the river went. It seemed the harder it rained and blew yesterday, the more willing the coho were! I think I need an automatic bailing pump in the driftboat.

LOL Reminds me of 1996. Scrambling like a looter to the WSLCB store and 4 of us bringing out an armload each and making it back before the highway closed. 4 couples cooped up in a house for 3 days straight with a few decks of cards and a lot of mixer. Passing out on top of each other.
The 90's sure were fun!

3 1/4" in my rain guage since yesterday afternoon(Montesano). It is an absolute DELUGE as I type this. Then, the fun begins tonight around 10 when the sustained 50+ mph winds kick in.

Generator full of gas......check.
Power cords ready........check.
Candles ready..............check.
Matches/flashlight.........check.
Cell phone alarm
to wake up in morning.....check.
Whiskey & Coke in
good supply..................check.

Hope everyone comes through it one piece!

Patron......................ALWAYS Patron!

Tonights NOAA Regional Web Brief:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/WebBrief_16_Nov_2009.pdf

Just strting to go into overdrive now ... wind has been light from the NE for a few hours, now back to normal big blow SE direction and the screens are rattling. The rain went from heavy, to a solid sheet of water

Got the fire & big screen going and the dog at my feet ... Corey, U didn't read the last part

WOW,
I think the weather service may have underestimated this one, strap em down and head for high ground !

pressure, wind, gust

all hell seems to be breaking loose here in N hoquiam. yard's full of standing water, but that happens any time it rains. i just hope i still have all my shingles when i wake up tomorrow!

Temp now up 10 degrees and .50 in the last hour at Quillayute ...

Lights just blinked. Get ready................

Just tested the genset here and topped off on gas @ Costco. Seems like we lose power on each major storm here in Woodinmilf these days.


Stay safe out there on the coast, looks like a pretty good blow.

Buddy in Tokeland is recording 45-50 sustained with gusts to 70.

Hoping his newly shingle-sided house doesn't look like a power-washed platinum coho in the morning!

been there, done that!!!

Pretty tame here right now, light rain and very little wind, but it must be warm and raining up high because the river has come up far more than predicted. Had to hook a strap on the jet boat and just pull it up into the yard to above the high tide mark.

i saw that to
figured it may be wise not to notice too much

Fish were definitely willing yesterday...duc held good despite 3+ inches of rain....Kev, Addicted, and myself went out of salmon season in style!

CM

How is the boy addicted doing?

I'm doing fine, but man did we have a big blow for a couple hours last night, one tree broke half way up and down she came. We've had no power since 10 last night, so down here at the 1504 coffee shop I sit to drink my coffee and read a little internet. I'll swing by your place and check on all your new debris I'm sure you have laying in the yard.

It was a non event here, not much wind at all and only rained somewhat hard for very short time last night. The river is up with some small stuff floating down, but it only came to about the same point it did a couple of weeks ago (which is pretty high).

The sky cleared for a break. The wind kicked up again and it's once again pouring in my neck of the woods.

Whole trees came down earlier, on dialup to check the weather and reports.

It's not Thanksgiving until there are reports of chum crossing the roads, locally. Wonder how the new Hwy 101 bridge in the Skok Valley will effect the fish.
The old phone booth has been removed, no longer a current seam to allow them hold and rest there.

Blowing pretty good in Oly right now, just waiting for the rain.

Been pouring half rain and snow for a few hours ... power blew about an hour ago. Just got to try out the newly installed generator transfer switch for the 1st time ... works like a champ

Power's out here too. Was out night before last as well. Love my generator! Sitting here watching TV, messing on the 'puter, with my hot cup of coffee.
I run the porch lights just to bug the neighbors.

16 trojan L-16 batteries in the box and a pair of 3648 outback inverters here
systems good for a bit over three days before i have to fire a generator up
too bad the cable company goes dead at the lightest fart

Not much going on here right now, a little rain and a light breeze.