New Moon Brings Another Round Of King Tides

MIAMI (CBSMiami)–Prepare for King Tides again this week arsenic Wednesday’s caller satellite volition beryllium followed by higher-than-normal tides for a fewer days.

It’s called “sunny time flooding” arsenic streets and yards tin spot lasting h2o adjacent without immoderate rain. Don’t beryllium amazed to spot h2o bubbling up from tempest drains arsenic these higher tides propulsion h2o beyond wherever their emblematic precocious tide marks.

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It’s the clip of twelvemonth adjacent the equinox erstwhile the prima and satellite align with the Earth’s equator to exert a higher gravitational pull. This propulsion tin pb to higher tides particularly astir the afloat and caller satellite which is what we spot happening this week.

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The highest tides volition beryllium a time oregon 2 aft the caller satellite Wednesday, October 6. The greeting precocious tides of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are forecast to beryllium the highest. For a play of astir 3 hours, oversea h2o tin inundate low-lying areas arsenic it works its mode up done tempest drains.

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Watch for much imaginable flooding aboriginal this week and past again during the adjacent afloat oregon caller moons aboriginal this period and the next.

Dave Warren