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High water – day 3

High water peaked at 13:10 today (2020.02.11) and at 406 cm, which is about 20 cm higher than yesterday. Today the weather was nicer so I was able to take more pictures. The sun was shining and there was no wind. The only waves were when a boat went by.

A high tide at 406 cm occurs roughly every 50 years. The highest astronomic high tide is 364 cm. Anything higher will be caused by weather, which at the moment has to do with an unusually low pressure storm off the coast of Norway. The low pressure pushes the ocean onto the shore creating higher tides than normal.

This picture was taken at 13:23 shortly after high water at Vangshylla on Tuesday, 11 February 2020.
The end of the breakwater was definitely under water, though the table and signs showed where there was something under the water.
The breakwater was dry until a boat went by and the boat’s wake broke over the top of the breakwater.
Not much beach to walk along today.
It was definitely uphill to get onto the dock.
Definitely uphill to get to the boats.
Note that the left end of the ramp onto the dock is almost in the water. There may have been one or two centimeters of air between the ramp and the water.

The forecast is for high water to be a little less tomorrow, but still much higher than normal.

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