Another big surf day

By Tom Scanlon
Posted Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 at 9:12 AM

Issued by The National Weather Service, Seattle/Tacoma, WA
4:03 am PST, Tue., Jan. 19, 2010

… HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY… WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ABOUT 300 MILES OFFSHORE WILL SEND LARGE WEST TO SOUTHWEST SWELLS TOWARD THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST TODAY. SWELLS WILL BUILD TO 20 FEET THIS AFTERNOON… THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO 17 TO 19 FEET LATE THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO FISH OR OBSERVE WAVES FROM ROCKS DURING HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. UNWARY BEACH WALKERS CAN BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD AS WAVES SUDDENLY RACE FARTHER UP THE BEACH THAN NORMAL.

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One Response to “Another big surf day”

say it ain’t so…….”well unless we get a strong southwest wind and very high tide, twenty foot waves aren’t too bad” she said as she started bailing out the boat.

Written by: Cathy on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 at 9:38 AM