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Marine Weather and Tides Anacortes, WA Version 3.4

What's New / NOTES 10/6/2018 Colors of tide XTide graphs changed to emphasize that they were upgraded. See next note. Comments welcome. 10/4/2018 I have fixed XTide and updated the harmonic files. There were some name changes so you might have to click EDIT to find the new station name.

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Sunrise 5:19AM

Sunset 8:54PM

Wednesday May 22, 2019 2:00 PM PDT (21:00 UTC)

Moonrise 11:44PM

Moonset 7:31AM

Illumination 85%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Anacortes, WA

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Area Discussion for - Seattle, WA

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Fxus66 ksew 221511 afdsew area forecast discussion national weather service seattle wa 815 am pdt Wed may 22 2019 Synopsis The weather will be dry today and Thursday except for afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms over the mountains. An upper low will bring a chance of showers to the area for the end of the week. Weak high pressure will be in place by early next week. Short term today through Friday It will be mostly sunny days today and Thursday in the lowlands. Afternoon and evening showers will build up over the mountains, and there might be a thunderstorm or two. Highs will warm through Thursday--with the warmest areas up around 77 on Thursday. An upper trough will drop over the area Friday and shift into oregon on Saturday for some shower activity and cooler temps. Long term Saturday through Tuesday Showers should mainly just be over the cascades on Saturday and high pressure builds back over the region Sunday and Monday. The weather pattern next week looks unremarkable for western washington--maybe we will get into a regime of areas of morning clouds otherwise sunny days for a few days. Aviation Northwest flow aloft will continue with an upper ridge offshore and an upper trough inland. At the surface, onshore flow will prevail with high pressure offshore and lower pressure inland. The air mass is somewhat moist and stable, except becoming unstable over the cascades this afternoon and evening. Areas of low clouds, mostly southwest interior, will burn off today. Otherwise, mid level clouds will be around today and tonight. Some low clouds are likely again Thursday morning but they look more patchy compared to this morning. Ksea... Mid level clouds today and tonight. Light south wind this morning will become north to northwest 5-10 knots this afternoon then light again tonight. Schneider

Marine Onshore flow will prevail for the next couple of days with high pressure offshore and lower pressure. Onshore flow will ease Friday and Saturday and turn offshore on Sunday as a thermal trough develops along the coast. There will be small craft advisory strength northwest winds over the outer coastal waters through Friday night with gales possible on Friday. The small craft advisory strength northwest winds will expand into the inner coastal waters Thursday night and Friday. There will be small craft advisory strength west winds in the central and east entrance to the strait of juan de fuca the next couple of evenings. The strongest westerlies will be Thursday evening when it might briefly hit gale in the strait. There will also be 10+ feet west to northwest swell over the coastal waters the next few days, mostly over the outer coastal waters. Schneider Hydrology The daily hydrology discussion has ended until the start of the next rainy season; it will only be updated as needed until then. Sew watches warnings advisories Wa... None. Pz... Small craft advisory until 5 am pdt Thursday 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. Small craft advisory from 5 pm this afternoon to midnight pdt tonight for central u.S. Waters strait of juan de fuca-east entrance u.S. Waters strait of juan de fuca. Small craft advisory from 11 pm this evening to 5 am pdt Thursday for northern inland waters including the san juan islands.

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
46118	15 mi	66 min	NW 7.8	60°F			1014.9 hPa	55°F
SISW1 - Smith Island, WA	18 mi	71 min	SW 6 G 7	57°F			1015.7 hPa (+0.0)	50°F
FRDW1 - 9449880 - Friday Harbor, WA	22 mi	85 min	NNE 6 G 8	62°F	50°F		1015.4 hPa
CHYW1 - 9449424 - Cherry Point, WA	26 mi	31 min					1015.6 hPa
CPMW1	26 mi	37 min	NW 5.1 G 6	56°F
PTWW1 - 9444900 - Port Townsend, WA	29 mi	37 min	WNW 4.1 G 7	66°F	51°F		1016.1 hPa
46088 - New Dungeness, WA (Hein Bank)	32 mi	41 min	SSE 3.9 G 3.9	56°F	52°F	1 ft	1015.5 hPa	51°F
46125	42 mi	39 min	5.8	58°F			1015.1 hPa	52°F

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Burlington/Mount Vernon, Skagit Regional Airport, WA	10 mi	4.8 hrs	N 0	9.00 mi	Fair	70°F	51°F	53%	1015.6 hPa
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station - Ault Field, WA	11 mi	65 min	W 9	10.00 mi	Partly Cloudy	65°F	53°F	66%	1016.6 hPa
Bellingham, Bellingham International Airport, WA	20 mi	68 min	WSW 6	10.00 mi	Partly Cloudy	66°F	52°F	61%	1015.6 hPa
Eastsound, Orcas Island Airport, WA	21 mi	66 min	NW 6	9.00 mi	Fair	61°F	53°F	77%	1015.2 hPa
Friday Harbor Airport, WA	22 mi	68 min	NNE 8	10.00 mi	Fair	71°F	53°F	53%	1015.7 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Anacortes, Guemes Channel, Washington (2)

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Tide / Current Tables for Guemes Channel, West entrance of, Washington Current

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Weather Map and Satellite Images

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Wind Forecast for Seattle, WA (17,4,5,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Seattle/Tacoma, WA

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