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PZZ135 Puget Sound And Hood Canal- 239 Am Pdt Fri May 3 2024
Today - S wind to 10 kt rising to 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Tonight - SW wind 5 to 15 kt becoming N after midnight. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Sat - NW wind to 10 kt becoming sw in the afternoon. Wind waves 1 ft or less. Sat night - S wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. Sun - S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. Sun night - S wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. Mon - S wind 15 to 25 kt becoming sw 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 2 ft or less. Tue - SW wind to 10 kt becoming W 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less.

PZZ100 239 Am Pdt Fri May 3 2024
Synopsis for the northern and central washington coastal and inland waters - A frontal system will move across the area waters Friday into Saturday followed by another system Sunday night into Monday. High pressure will then build back into the coastal waters on Tuesday.

FXUS66 KSEW 030940 AFDSEW

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Seattle WA 240 AM PDT Fri May 3 2024

SYNOPSIS
A pattern change is on track for today, in which warm and dry conditions will transition to a cooler and wetter pattern as a deep trough digs into the region. Precipitation and below- normal temperatures will continue into mid-week next week before a potential return to drier and warmer weather.

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
High pressure will remain in place across western Washington for much of the morning as a deep low pressure system drops southward along the Pacific Northwest coast. Temperatures ahead of an incoming warm front will continue to warm up from yesterday, with some areas east of the Puget Sound surpassing 70 degrees. A front will approach the coast early this morning and push inland throughout the afternoon, draping widespread rainfall across the region with the exception of snowfall above 6000 ft. The track of this low pressure system is forecast to dive southwards towards California, so the bulk of the incoming moisture will be focused over the Olympic Peninsula and southwest Washington. The low will meander inland over the weekend, injecting continual moisture into western Washington.
Showers, cooler conditions, and periods of breezy winds will continue through the weekend, with highs in the 50s across the lowlands.

LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
Onshore flow will maintain cooler temperatures heading into next week as moist westerly flow maintains shower activity across the region. A series of weak fronts will cross the region on Monday and Tuesday, with snow levels slowly lowering to below pass level by Tuesday. Any snow accumulations through the Cascade passes will be light, with less than an inch carried by ensembles. A warm front will lift across western Washington mid-week as a ridge settles into the region, allowing for conditions to dry out and warm up to near-normal.
While some uncertainty remains on how long the warmer and drier conditions will stick around, models suggest some potential for these conditions to continue into next weekend.

Lindeman

AVIATION
Winds aloft will become southwesterly today as an upper ridge pushes inland and an upper level trough moves into the region. Mostly clear skies across western Washington early this morning, with satellite showing some mid to high cloud cover starting to approach the coast ahead of the next frontal system.
Surface winds have shifted back to the south-southeast for most terminals this morning and can expect winds to become gusty at times along portions of the coast this afternoon. Overall conditions are VFR this morning and expect this trend to continue for most terminals through much of the day today. Rain ahead of the front looks to approach the coast between 20-23Z, with cigs for coastal terminals looking to gradually decrease to MVFR in the evening (likely between 03-06Z). Rain then looks to slowly make its way into the interior later this afternoon into this evening, with areas north of Seattle likely not seeing much in the way of rain until late tonight into Saturday. Cigs look to slowly lower to more widespread MVFR across the interior by late tonight into early Saturday morning.

KSEA...VFR conditions through much of the day today, with high clouds expected to stream overhead as the next front approaches.
More widespread MVFR cigs look to hold off until late tonight into early Saturday. Southeasterly winds persisting at 3-7 kt this morning will pick up to 8-10 kt and shift southwesterly by this afternoon. Rain showers expected to move into the terminal late this afternoon into this evening (00-03Z), and will only be showery in nature. 14

MARINE
Weak high pressure over the area waters early this morning will make way for the next frontal system moving into the waters today into Saturday. Southerly winds will increase across the outer coastal waters this morning and persist at small craft strength through this evening. Several westerly pushes are expected along the Strait of Juan de Fuca this weekend into early next week, likely yielding additional headlines at times. Another system looks to arrive in the region late Sunday into Monday.
High pressure then looks to build over the northeastern Pacific on Tuesday.

Seas across the coastal waters will generally hover between 3-6 ft through Friday, before increasing towards 6-8 ft over the weekend.
Seas then look to build and approach 9-11 ft Monday night into Tuesday. 14

HYDROLOGY
No river flooding is expected over the next 7 days.

SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...None.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory from 9 AM this morning to 7 PM PDT this evening for Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery To James Island 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater 10 To 60 Nm.

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Shelton
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Fri -- 03:21 AM PDT     14.75 feet High Tide
Fri -- 04:03 AM PDT     Moonrise
Fri -- 05:52 AM PDT     Sunrise
Fri -- 10:25 AM PDT     4.29 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 02:47 PM PDT     10.24 feet High Tide
Fri -- 03:01 PM PDT     Moonset
Fri -- 08:27 PM PDT     Sunset
Fri -- 09:43 PM PDT     1.56 feet Low Tide
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Shelton, Washington, Tide feet

Hammersley Inlet
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Fri -- 12:19 AM PDT     1.82 knots Max Flood
Fri -- 03:35 AM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 04:02 AM PDT     Moonrise
Fri -- 05:51 AM PDT     Sunrise
Fri -- 06:53 AM PDT     -1.30 knots Max Ebb
Fri -- 10:15 AM PDT     0.01 knots Slack
Fri -- 12:46 PM PDT     0.93 knots Max Flood
Fri -- 02:54 PM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Fri -- 03:01 PM PDT     Moonset
Fri -- 06:23 PM PDT     -1.50 knots Max Ebb
Fri -- 08:26 PM PDT     Sunset
Fri -- 09:57 PM PDT     0.01 knots Slack
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Hammersley Inlet, W of Skookum Pt, Washington Current, knots

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