May 4, 2009: INSTANT REPLAY... well almost....different day. Winds are high enough to warn of unsafe travel south and the warning lights are on. High wind on the cape just before 1 PM 76... Rain: .55 so far. Like I said... instant replay.

May 2, 2009: We were expecting rain, so far we had .35 yesterday and .24 so far today (1PM). Winds are high enough to warn of unsafe travel south (warning lights are blinking), and high gust on the cape was 76 mph.

March 15, 2009: Total rain yesterday was .55, more up Elk River where the river is 5.1' and rising. Our rain here on the beach is 1.46' at 9:30, so expect the Elk River to have raised at least 1.5' from that early morning check. Expect travel advisories on 101 for travel between Gold Beach and Port Orford. Winds hit 63 mph over the Humbug Bridge at 3 am and 62 mph at 9 am. Weird wind... Cape wind gusts are much hit 63 at 6 am, but gusts are running at 40+ at the moment. There is no alert on Trip Check... somebody is asleep... Battle Rock wind gauge is reporting almost no wind, with the direction N, while everyone else is reporting winds from the south. S winds across the dock at 40+-.... No explanation for the Battle Rock N winds, but that's what the report says.

March 14, 2009: The weatherman called for lots of rain... so far .47" -- with winds on the cape 69mph so far and travel south is under advisory for high winds; wind gusts have been 45 and above since 5:45 pm.

March 10, 2009: We're on the downhill slide to Spring. However, it's still cold, we had snow, ice hail and rain this last weekend. Yesterday was cold, and hopefully, today the weather will warm. Signs of spring: spring flowers are blooming!  Time now for some serious golf.

February 25, 2009: Looks like winter is in full swing... wind, rain, lightning, thunder... Wind across the Humbug bridge hit 63 mph last hour (5-6am); 62 on the Cape after midnight; 37 mph last hour at Battle Rock; 57 mph across the dock. Please drive safe if you have to be out. Rain is sporadic, and with hard driving rain at times.

March 2, 2009: Rains ended just after midnight. Total 1.77" yesterday, and .08 early this morning. Winds are still up, even though the sun is out. Battle Rock high gust just before midnight was 38 mph, gusting into the teens still this morning. That last blast of storm last night sent at 72 mph gust across Humbug Bridge, my guess the lights for travel didn't go out until about 6am this morning. Cape Blanco registered a gust of 41 mph last hour, but nothing else since Saturday when it "broke". Wind on the dock hit 53 mph, 47 this morning, and it's still blustery. Expect the rivers to be up with this amount of rain: Elk is 6.9' and brown.

March 1, 2009: Rain gauge reached 1.61" by 10:46 PM, currently not raining. Winds across Humbug were 45 mph, no wind readings from Cape Blanco, Battle Rock hit 29 mph. Dock over 40 mph. A good guess would put Cape Blanco wind gusts over 60 mph... possibly close to 70 mph. Expect rivers to be up significantly tomorrow.
                            GALE WIND WARNINGS ARE POSTED  >>> LIGHTS ARE ON FOR TRAVEL SOUTH

February 26, 2009: Currently no rain. .55" yesterday on the beach. Elk looked murky green yesterday, Sixes was ugly, as was the Coquille. Elk was a little over 7' yesterday. All rivers should be dropping as the rains have let up.

February 25, 2009: Looks like the storm has calmed, winds are down. Total rain for yesterday was 1.14" with .12" so far today.
2009 total rain accumulated here on the beach: 10.12".

February 24, 2009: Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras: Rain yesterday totaled .75" with another .83" since midnight (8:30 am report). High wind gust on the Cape: 79 mph at 10 pm; high gust this morning: 62 mph, last hour 48 mph. High gust at Battle Rock 36 mph, running in the mid 20s this morning. Humbug bridge high was 70 mph last night, with winds with wind gusts still running in the mid 40 mph and above range. Expect the lights to be flashing at least part of the morning for travel south. Drive safe. Elk River is up: 6.7' murky green.

February 23, 2009:  8:30 PM UPDATE: The winds on the cape have hit 75 mph, 65 mph at Humbug Bridge, and 32 at Battle Rock... makes no sense other than the gauge is protected. My gauge is also 32, and I know the wind can't get too it. Likely the lights are on for travel south, be careful even if they aren't. It's been windy since 3:30 this afternoon, give or take.

Rain yesterday was .55" winds 47 mph on the Cape. So far another .24" has accumulated. Expect river levels to be on the rise. Elk is at 5.9'.

February 22, 2009: Rain report: through midnight last night .39, this morning .43, likely most of that around 2-3am this morning. High gust on Cape Blanco was 61 at 4 this morning. Still a bit blustery, and the sun is trying to peep through the clouds.

February 15, 2009: Some rain the last few days, .63 yesterday, .04 Friday, and .43 Thursday. Really not enough to make a difference in any of the rivers. Today we had .20 so far, with a few drops falling now (about 5pm). Hope you had a great Valentine's Day, and celebrated Oregon's 150th birthday someplace. 

February 12, 2009: So far, we had a total of .35" of rain Tuesday and .55" yesterday. Given an inch of rain brings the rivers up at foot, you can expect the rivers to be up some this morning over the summer low they have been running. Color will be toward green on the Elk, but likely clearing since the rain stopped after mid-day yesterday, and today's total is .04". The winds have all but stopped, the Cape had a couple 25 mph gusts the last hour or so.

February 11, 2009: Loud clap of thunder late last night. Not terribly windy, but it is wet, over a quarter of an inch so far this morning. Bits of hard rain are hitting my office window, but no real hail.

February 10, 2009: Blustery today with high gust on Cape Blanco reaching 74 mph. Topped 60 from 7:40 this morning until 1:30 this afternoon. Not much rain with .35"... so if any fisher-people are reading this... the river is more or less till at summer lows.

January 8, 2009: A wind storm brewed again last night, beginning in early evening and ending around 3 am this morning. High gust on the cape was 64. Yesterday we had .04" of rain and .83" since midnight.

January 6, 2009: Cape winds gusts this morning in the 40 mph range. Rain gauge reads .43 this morning, with .28 yesterday.

January 5, 2009: It was a dark and stormy night, with very little rain. High wind gust on the Cape was 77 mph after 10 pm. Winds started picking up around noon and started to calm about 5:30 this morning. Rain: .04 after 10 last night and .20 since midnight.

January 1, 2009: Happy New Year! Last nights high gust on the cape was 70 mph.

Elk River Hatchery 12 29 2008

Sixes / Edson Creek Swimming Hole and Boat Launch 12 29 2008

December 27, 2008: This storm brought in a smidge over 4" of rain. The lights were flashing south bound late yesterday, as a few gusts hit over 40 mph on the Humbug bridge. Today, the winds are down. Last chance to take part in the Lighthouse & Hughes House holiday festivities. The House has a brand new paint job, and looks nothing like what we have seen for the last 20 some years. Noon to Five.

Elk River 12 28 2008

December 27, 2008: Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday! Apparently we traded the cold and intermittent hail for high winds this morning. The winds picked up late last night hitting a high of 72 mph on the Cape around 1:30 am. This morning Cape wind most gusts have remained between 55 and 70 mph. 40 mph plus across the dock.

December 20, 2008: Winds on the Cape hit 70... ok this is a storm with very little rain at .16 so far today. (Update: high wind was 75 on the Cape for this storm.)

December 14, 2008: Almost storm... little wind, several hail storms.

December 13, 2008: It isn't quite winter yet, so really not much to report about this storm, other than Highway 42 at Camas is a bit snowy, if your headed east. We had a couple hail storms through the night and it's a warm 35 degrees outside. I thought this was the beach, where it never gets below 50, what do I know?

November 11, 2008: Veteran's Day:   Thank you Veteran's for serving our country!
So far while the weather is wet, it's not as stormy as predicted. Winds on the cape hit 64 mph about 7:30 this morning. Most other local areas winds were in the 20 mph category for the same time period. Rain: .51" so far. Storm Update:  that was pretty much it for the predicted Veteran's Day storm.

November 5, 2008: 1.38" of rain as of 10 pm.

November 4, 2008: Short burst or rain this morning. Almost 2" of rain since the first, highest gust 59 on the Cape.

October 31, 2008: Winds are picking up, but gusts are still under 50 mph on the cape and in the teens in town. Very little rain has fallen: .08 is it.

October 2, 2008: Rain yesterday totaled .32, with .12 already today. Winds on the cape hit 59 a few minutes after 7 this morning.  High gust for the day was 78 mph at 2:10 pm.  Steady winds on the Cape were over 35 mph from very early this morning, until 9:40 when the steady winds dropped to 33.  Rain through the day increased the early morning total of .12 to .35 by 10:30 pm.

September 20, 2008: Summer is over, cranberry harvest begins, and many eagerly await the first rains that will bring salmon into the streams. I'll be back as soon as we have some rain or a storm to report. If you have a comment, feel free to hit the Contract link and send your question or suggestion.

Coast Guard Coastal Warning System (Flags) Reinstated by the U.S. Coast Guard on June 1, 2007

Small Craft Winds 24 to 38 mph

Gale Warning Winds 39 to 54 mph

Storm Warning Winds 55 to 73 mph

Hurricane Force Winds Winds from 74 mph and up

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