Keep your hats on~! They didn't cry wolf!

[Jennie@ifish]

The last four or so storms predicted haven't come to be, but.... just so you know before you go:
Emergency alert:

ORZ001-002-WAZ021-261900-
CENTRAL OREGON COAST-NORTH OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMOND...CATHLAMET...TILLAMOOK...
NEWPORT...FLORENCE & ASTORIA
500 AM PST THU DEC 26 2002

..A HIGH WIND WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT & FRI FOR THE
NORTH & CENTRAL OREGON COAST & THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST...

A HIGH WIND WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT & FRI FOR THE
NORTH & CENTRAL OREGON COAST & THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST.
STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ALONG THE CENTRAL
OREGON COAST & SPREAD NORTH TO THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST BY EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY
FRIDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ALONG THE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO
40 T0 45 MPH...WITH PEAK GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH.

They downed it to a watch.... the warning expired for yesterday without so much as a breath of wind here. Well, we had a peak gust of 14. :smile:

Bill and I were laughing about the crying wolf weathermen, but just wait... One of these days they are going to predict sunny and 60, and it will blow 120 while you are drifting the Wilson! YIKES!

Jen

[ 12-27-2002, 06:33 AM: Message edited by: Jennie@ifish ]

[Rock Stick or Fish]

I was listening to NPR the other day while driving out to fish, and a weatherman was complaining that they don't have the big costal dopplers that the other regions of the country do. Because of that its harder to gauge what's really going on out to sea(I guess the weather bouys don't represent a complete enough picture or something). So according to this guy, yes, they are just guessing what's coming into the NW.

A pair of doppler stations would be about 9 million dollars.

RSF

[Jennie@ifish]

Let's start a donation drive, k?
:smile:

[SafetyChain]

RSF,

I remember a new story a few weeks ago where they just put up a new satellite for this very reason. Don't remember when it is supposed to be operational, but it is supposed to be able to help deal with the lack of coverage in the Pacific.

[slamin salmon]

:hoboy:

[Lured In]

Updated ...back to a high wind warning...

NORTH OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
PACIFIC CITY...NORTH COVE...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...NASELLE
300 PM PST THU DEC 26 2002

...HIGH WIND WARNING LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FRIDAY...

.TONIGHT...RAIN AT TIMES. LOWS 40 TO 45. SOUTH WIND RISING TO 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH NEAR COASTAL HEADLANDS BY MORNING.
.FRIDAY...RAIN AT TIMES. HIGHS NEAR 50. SOUTH WIND REACHING 40 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH...DIMINISHING.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS. LOWS NEAR 40. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO
15 MPH.

[Tilla]

It's time to go catch ducks. :grin:

[BigBeanCounter]

All you coastal bank-bound ifishers need to break out the kids kite & pull some plugs... :grin: :grin: :grin:

[Jennie@ifish]

Kilchis Canyon Weather Station (http://www.ifish.net/Weather/Kilchis.htm)

Our weather station, in the Kilchis Canyon recorded a 60 mph gust. It says on the emergency e mails they recorded 58 MPH at Tillamook. We beat it!
I got up at 2:30 and watched the station for a bit. For 5 minutes or more, we had sustained gusts of over 40... Scary!
Jen

[Miss B Haven]

Hmm... Wind chimes on the porch are doing over time here. Supposed to be 40 here today. I think I'll go check the dock lines and hang out for a while. :shrug:

Oops - no more than posted that than a big one hit. Our bear WELCOME log fell over and can't get up! First time he's blown over! :shocked:

[ 12-27-2002, 07:13 AM: Message edited by: Miss B Haven ]

[Jennie@ifish]

Trampoline is holding firm with the big anchor set out.

I feel like boarding the tramp and throwing a line out in the river. :smile:

[KingFisher85]

ITs really windy out here

[fishy2k]

It's howling down here in tidewater. I see out behind my house a tree has blown over. I know I did feel one big gust last night, I woke me from a dead sleep. Hey Jennie, hang on to that trampoline. Ours got caught in the wind last year, went airborneabout 60 feet, and almost landed into the Wilson !! Did we have much rain or just a lot of wind?

[fishingfirst]

Just saw Dorothy and Toto fly by! :shocked: Pretty windy here this morning, started about 5 am.

Hold on to those Ruby slippers! :grin:

Scott

[WaterDog]

Scott, I figured all this wind was from you flapping your gums again. :rolleyes: graemlins/dork.gif

:wink:

[fishingfirst]

And I thought it was from all of the Chili that you ate last night! :hoboy:

Are you fishing this weekend? I am taking a few rookies (yes including me!) down to Kelly point, Tacklebuster said he would be down there as well.

Scott

[WaterDog]

Dont know for sure. Tides arent quite right for a full day. If the wind isnt too bad might have to head to the fishery. But then chasing some steelies around on the coast sounds fun too. :shrug:

Sooooo many fish, so little time off. :depressed:

[fishingfirst]

I can only fish for half a day anyway, we have our company Christmas party tomorrow night, so hopefully the fish will be biting early! Good luck where ever you go!

Scott