​National Weather Service Issues Coastal Flood Advisory for Miami

The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory for Miami, Miami-Dade County, Broward and Palm Beach Counties as a lingering effect of the supermoon.

Meteorologist James Thomas with the National Weather Service in Miami told Patch on Tuesday that the advisory will remain in effect until 4 p.m. Wednesday.

“The main impacts from these high tides are going to be during the periods of actual high tides — 8 to 10 tonight and around 10 a.m. tomorrow morning,” Thomas told Patch on Tuesday.

South Florida has been experiencing so-called king tides this week due in large part to the presence of the supermoon.

“This one is being caused by the proximity of the supermoon to the earth,” according to Thomas. “It's 15,000 or 16,000 miles closer than normal.”

King tide is not a scientific term, nor does there appear to be a consensus as to whether it’s singular or plural. Rather, it's a colloquial way of referring to the highest tides of the season and South Florida can expect more of the same at least through Wednesday.

An octopus reportedly found its way through a drainage system along Miami Beach and popped out in a South Beach parking garage on Monday thanks to the king tides.

The moon is going to be in a very similar position as it was last night,” Thomas forecasted for Tuesday night. “It will go back to normal, but it will be a slow process. … After Wednesday, it looks like the predicted tides start decreasing — at least out of our deviation range.”