It's supposed to be 1.5- 2 ft higher than normal Sunday morning at around 8AM.

Sea level rise!

It’s king tide season

Global warming can be fun! /s

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Just wait until it really starts. Supposed to rise 60ft from ice sheet melts.

Plus all the rain from the last week is flowing into the sound. So many flooded areas by rivers.

I’m reminded of that Blondie song.

Lots of rain has no effect on sea level. Come on.

That reminds me of this

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Can’t tell if you’re trying to be funny or not, but I’ll reply for the benefit of everyone else.

Yes, localized rain does impact peak king tides. Puget Sound is fed by one inlet, the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The volume of water entering and exiting during tidal cycles is massive. If rainwater and its associated runoff is fed into the Sound at the same time as an incoming tide, the effect is amplified. Runoff simply cannot push against the sheer volume of water coming into the region.

The sea level is projected to rise 8 inches on the west coast by 2050

> Runoff simply cannot push against the sheer volume of water coming into the region.

Precisely. That's exactly why heavy local runoff has no effect on sea level. If there's an 13' king tide predicted for Potlach State Park while there's high volumes in the Skykomish River, you don't see higher tides at Point No Point. The "extra" water backs up into the Skykomish River valley and you get flooding there. Sea Level sees no significant increase.