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The following satellite photograph could have been utilized by Sebastian Junger in his best seller "The Perfect Storm"

What looks like a swift boot to the balls of the Pacific Northwest is the very strong rotation of a dandy low pressure system that is pretty well organized and poised to do a dump run on our rivers. Magic Seaweed is calling for 15 foot combined seas with a 10 second period, sort of a square wave wall of water for those bold souls venturing off shore… Tobeck suggested we "Man up" and go.  I suggested a more conservative "Man down" approach to stay home and watch football…

How much rain??? This graphic should give you an idea.

The black and purple hues are the scary portion of a precipitation forecast that calls for up to 8" in the Olympics and 5-6" in the central Cascades over the weekend. Thanks to the USGS River Level page we can track the effect of the deluge on the coast…

…and here on our local Puget Sound streams just getting the leading edge right now…

While it's tough to catch a salmon on a stream that looks like the Queets right now, the Snohomish system should be offering some excellent action until we lose water clarity. When the rivers start dropping…. HAMMER TIME!!!!

Stay tuned…and GO DAWGS!!!!