King Tide in Palm Beach County: Advisory Runs to Saturday Night as Sunday Storms Approach
A Coastal Flood Advisory for Palm Beach County runs until 8 p.m. Saturday, with high surf and rip currents continuing into Sunday and thunderstorms in the station forecast for Sunday and Monday.
Palm Beach County's long king-tide week is not finished yet. The Weather.com listing for West Palm Beach, read this cycle, shows a Coastal Flood Advisory in effect until 8 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Oct. 31, a High Surf Advisory from Saturday afternoon until 7 p.m. EST on Sunday, and a Rip Current Statement running until Sunday evening, along with a Small Craft Advisory for boaters.
The Palm Beach Post reported, in an article read in full this cycle, that the highest king tide of the year has passed but at least minor flooding is forecast through the weekend in low-lying areas near the coast, according to National Weather Service Miami meteorologist George Rizzuto. The same reporting said waves could reach 2 to 4 feet on Halloween and up to 6 feet around high tide on Sunday morning, with high tide forecast between 10 and 11 a.m. that day, and that Midtown Beach in Palm Beach, closed on Monday, Oct. 26 after heavy surf carried away sand, was expected to reopen after lifeguards checked access points and debris.
The station's live weather feed, read this cycle, puts Saturday's high at 82.7 degrees with a low of 76.2 and a 21 percent chance of precipitation, before a wetter turn: thunderstorms are in the feed for Sunday, with a high of 80.7 and a 74 percent precipitation chance, and for Monday, with a 79 percent chance. Residents in flood-prone coastal streets should expect the usual high-tide ponding until the advisory expires Saturday night, and beachgoers should heed lifeguard flags while rip currents remain a risk through Sunday.
