WEATHER ALERT: ‘Wind Advisory’ for West Seattle and vicinity tomorrow; Alki Point Lighthouse tours canceled

WEATHER ALERT: The National Weather Service now has a “Wind Advisory” up for our area for 11 am-5 pm Saturday, forecasting wind from the south at 15 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. That could be enough to bring down trees/limbs and cause power outages, so be sure to charge everything you need to have charged, as well as taking other steps. Significant rain remains in the forecast, too.

CANCELLATION: Just before news of the alert, we heard from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, which is canceling Alki Point Lighthouse tours for tomorrow, and will assess Sunday’s outlook later. Debra Alderman from the Auxiliary says they do plan to host tours all three days on Labor Day weekend, but after that, your next chance won’t be until Memorial Day weekend 2016. (Any other weather-related cancellations/postponements? Please let us know so we can help get the word out.)

WSince86 August 28, 2015 (4:44 pm)

Tides are fairly high tomorrow as well. May get interesting!

Northwest August 28, 2015 (5:21 pm)

I recommend having a look and possibly creating interest in volunteering in our city parks here in WS I am so may start it up. There seems to be no community volunteer for the parks both at mee kwa mooks and further north at constellation park. As a lot of us know these two parks have heavy usage thru spring summer and fall then winter dies off a bit. With the traffic comes a appalling amount of litter primarily cigarette butts. I may try and get down to one this evening before the high tides combined with high winds drag it all out into puget sound. Seattle parks web page has a listing of volunteer work parties in the city parks and although there is some in West Seattle I see it on a whole poorly represented with the amount of usage and parks here on the peninsula. Do we really care about the environment we live beside?