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10-Minute Ship Reports: Monday through Thursday, featuring Daily Ship Traffic, Marine Weather, News and Interviews Ship Report Minutes: On Fridays, where we answer listener questions. Short and sweet!
More weather, ships arriving, and a look at a common cargo: toluene
We’ll take a look at a tanker coming into Kalama, whose cargo is a liquid called touene. We’ll talk about what it is and what it’s used for. Turns our we all probably have some toluene in our lives.
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King Tides and weather are here
King Tides are happening today, so expect high tides around midday and an atmospheric river event that will amplify hazards on beaches and in flood prone areas. Be careful out there.
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King Tides FAQ
We’ve got King Tides happening starting tomorrow through Friday this week, and you’ve probably heard about it if you live in our coastal region.
But what does that mean really? Today we’ll talk about the nuts and bolts of King Tides – a sort of “King Tides FAQ.”
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King Tides happening this week, plus an atmospheric river, could bring beach and flooding hazards
We’ve got King Tides arriving later this week, around the same time as the arrival of an atmospheric river weather system. Higher than normal tides and weather effects could mean increased beach hazards, and some inland flooding.
We’ll keep an eye on it.
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Big atmospheric river in store next week
I’m afraid it ‘s more weather – we’ll take a look at a forecast from UW meteorologist Cliff Mass that bears watching, predicting a big atmospheric river headed our way next week.
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A look at our evolving weather, and good thoughts for those in the path of Hurricane Melissa
We’re looking at our evolving weather, and ships traveling on the river, with a “there but for the grace of God go I” moment of humility and solidarity for those in the path of Hurricane Melissa – which is battering Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba with sustained winds of 185 mph.
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Who’s on the river, and what’s next for the weather?
Today, a look at who’s traveling on the river, including tugboats and a Military Sealift Command vessel. And a look at the next round of weather headed our way.
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Accurate sources for weather (marine and land-based), road and emergency info
With so much misinformation flying around on social media, and more bad weather on the way this week. I thought it would be helpful to share some trusted resources you can use to keep yourself up to date with trusted weather, road and emergency info.
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Stormy weather is upon us – get ready for wind and rain, and possible power outages
The stormy weather we’ve been promised all week is arriving today – be ready for gusty winds and heavy rain. We may see interruptions in ship traffic today and through the weekend.
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The coastal jet is here again – a disconcerting weather quirk of our maritime environment
Ship captains don’t like the coastal jet much. It’s a quirky local weather phenomenon that can cause the weather to get worse the closer approaching ships get to the Columbia River Bar.
Today we’ll hear from Capt. Thron Riggs, who spent many years as a Columbia River Bar pilot, explaining what a coastal jet is.
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The USS Plainview, a relic of lower Columbia history, beached in the shallows of Hungry Harbor
Today we take a look at the USS Plainview, a once-innovative, prototype hydrofoil ship design that was decommissioned by the Navy in the 1960s. She ended up sidelined by her civilian owner after plans to make her into a seafood processing vessel didn’t pan out. She remains, partially dismantled, on the shores of the Columbia on the Washington side of the river, a few miles east of the Megler Bridge, beached on private property.
Today we’ll take a look at her once exciting history, and why she remains where she is.
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We’ve got some weather comin’ in
A look at this week’s weather, which seems poised to take things up a notch in terms of stormy conditions. We’ve got an atmospheric river event coming out way. We’ll see how it shakes out.
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