High Tides and tropics update

As noted yesterday, the high astronomical tides (full moon plus fall equinox) plus onshore winds means shallow coastal flooding in the usual spots that flood when tides run one to two feet above normal. A lot of the US East Coast is under various advisories …

and the Frogmore Metroplex in particular has coastal flood and rip current advisories up for the next couple of days:

TL;DR on this is if you live right on the coast or marshes, or out on the islands and travel roads like US 80 (which shouldn’t flood this time but it might be close), you see this kind of event a couple times a year. An hour or so either side of high tide until Thursday will be approximately 1.5 ft above normal. Otherwise, don’t worry about it. Enjoy the cooler weather with the green grass and high tides if not forever, at least this week …

In the tropics, the rapidly degrading Kiko is passing north of Hawai’i as forecast, and only a wave issue along the north and east facing shores. Expert surfers probably love it, everybody else should be careful.

Atlantic is scary quiet due to all the dry air. Another indication of fall is we already have a small storm in the Southern Hemisphere, in the South Indian Ocean. More on that if it develops.