Chinook Observer

10/29/2025

https://chinookobserver.com/2025/10/29/wdfw-approves-seven-days-of-coastal-razor-clam-digs-beginning-nov-3/

OLYMPIA — Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers confirmed razor clam digging opportunities at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, and Mocrocks beaches from Nov. 3 to 9. “The upcoming digs have some of the lowest tides of the season,” said Bryce Blumenthal, a WDFW coastal...

10/29/2025

Good afternoon Pacific County! Slash burn season is upon us. This means that smoke will ebb and flow through our neighborhoods and over our roads. This is a routine and normal part of our fall season. Please do not call 911 unless you actually see an active fire threatening property.

¡Buenas tardes, Condado de Pacific! La temporada de quemas controladas ya comenzó. Esto significa que el humo se extenderá por nuestros vecindarios y carreteras. Es algo habitual en otoño. Por favor, no llame al 911 a menos que vea un incendio activo que amenace su propiedad.

10/27/2025

Always a welcome sign of our area's natural rhythms when the chum return to Willapa.

https://chinookobserver.com/2025/10/26/willapa-caviar-chum-are-bays-autumn-bounty/

10/27/2025

Congratulations to all these friendly folks!

https://chinookobserver.com/2025/10/27/strand-insurance-celebrates-100-years-longtime-agents-elevated-to-officers/

10/26/2025

Looking ahead from Oct. 26 over the next week, the Center For Western Weather and Water Extremes is currently predicting an extreme AR4 atmospheric river rain/wind event centering on the south Washington/north Oregon coast. (These predictions often change in intensity and area of arrival as plumes of moisture cross the Pacific.) Saturday's storm was an AR2 on a scale of zero to 5.

10/26/2025

Satellite feed from 6:40 a.m. Sunday shows unsettled weather off the Washington coast ... but not as well organized as Saturday's storm.

10/26/2025

https://chinookobserver.com/2025/10/25/fallen-trees-impacting-travel-in-sw-washington/

NORTH COUNTY — Strong wind from an offshore low-pressure system downed many trees and resulted in a highway closure Saturday night, Oct. 25, in north Pacific County. The Washington State Patrol authorized the complete shutdown of State Route 105 between Raymond and Tokeland at about 8:30 p.m. Tree...

10/25/2025

Lots of thunderstorms today. This particular warning expires at 2:15, but keep an eye on the weather throughout the weekend.

10/25/2025

Lots going on this morning (Saturday, 7:06 a.m.) in the North Pacific and Bering Sea, with the satellite showing cyclonic low-pressure systems spinning off the Washington coast, the Gulf of Alaska and the northern Kamchatka Peninsula. A high-wind warning with gusts to 65 mph remains in effect throughout the day until 11 p.m. tonight.

10/24/2025

https://chinookobserver.com/2025/10/24/warning-issued-for-wind-beach-hazards/

LONG BEACH — After prolonged weeks of pleasant autumn weather, the National Weather Service in Portland on Friday issued the storm season’s first high-wind warning, in effect from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. An ocean cyclone with 986 hPa low-pressure is predicted to be west of the Washi...

10/24/2025

Satellite feed from 6:23 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24, shows the rain and wind streaming up from the southwest — a typical autumn storm.