Saturday, November 04, 2006

This Place is Crazy!

Misty rain? HA HA

Today is day 4 of pouring down rain all day. Even the kitties look sad as the stare out the window. And what did I find on the weather report today???




"...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...CLALLAM..JEFFERSON..SKAGIT...WHATCOM...KING..KITSAP... LEWIS...MASON...PIERCE...SNOHOMISH...THURSTON...AND GRAYS HARBOR. * FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * THE CURRENT WET PATTERN WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POTENTIAL RIVER FLOODING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY AS A STRONG...VERY WET STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 6 INCHES...PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN ON TOP OF WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DRIVE A NUMBER OF RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY COULD ALSO RESULT IN SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING BUT FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. "




What? A flood in Western Washington? And no lighting or thunder? This place is crazy!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

it is beautiful in houston today. maybe 70 degrees, blue skies

Anonymous said...

Does no new blog mean you have been dampened by the floods?
Nagging Mom