Standing by the sea, most people enjoy watching waves roll in or noticing when the tide creeps higher than expected, but few really understand why it happens. Here’s a clear breakdown of what drives ...

The high pressure building into the region is warming up temps quickly but there is more to the forecast with tidal concerns, high surf, gusty winds and a rain chance later in the forecast. Today was ...

A new round of king tides — higher-than-usual oceanic tides, caused by the moon’s alignment with the Earth — arrived Friday, ...

King tides are expected to hit parts of Washington state, including Olympia and Bellingham. The unusually high tides are a “dramatic feature of Washington winters,” Washington Sea Grant said in a ...

This week, the sun, earth, and moon are aligned – all leading to a bulked-up gravitational pull that leads to extreme tide levels.