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PZZ135 Puget Sound And Hood Canal- 244 Am Pdt Wed May 1 2024
Today - S wind 5 to 15 kt becoming to 10 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Tonight - W wind to 10 kt becoming N after midnight. Wind waves 1 ft or less. Thu - N wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Thu night - N wind 5 to 15 kt becoming S after midnight. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Fri - S wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Fri night - SW wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Sat - NW wind 5 to 15 kt becoming sw to 10 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Sun - S wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less.

PZZ100 244 Am Pdt Wed May 1 2024
Synopsis for the northern and central washington coastal and inland waters - High pressure will reside over the coastal waters through the day Wednesday. A system offshore will move southeast Wednesday night and will push into northern oregon Thursday morning. Weak high pressure will rebuild over the waters Thursday night into Friday before the next system moves into the area waters Friday night into Saturday. Another system will arrive late in the weekend.

FXUS66 KSEW 011000 AFDSEW

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Seattle WA 300 AM PDT Wed May 1 2024

SYNOPSIS
Clearing skies and cooler temperatures will allow for areas of frost across much of western Washington this morning.
Another weak system will slide to the south late Wednesday into Thursday, bringing in light shower activity. Drier and warmer conditions are expected Thursday and Friday before more precipitation arrives in time for the weekend and beyond.

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
As an upper trough axis shifts eastward, cool northwest flow over western Washington will continue to bring in drier air. Clearing skies this morning will allow for areas to cool into the low to mid 30s, allowing for areas of frost development. A Frost Advisory remains in effect through the late morning across the Chehalis Valley, Hood Canal and Kitsap Peninsula, south Puget Sound lowlands, and King and Snohomish foothills.

Dry conditions will continue on into the afternoon for much of the region as weak ridging builds inland ahead of an approaching low.
A weak shortwave will cross the region Wednesday afternoon, which may stir up scattered showers mainly over the Olympic Peninsula.
Temperatures for much of the lowlands will peak in the mid to upper 50s.

A weak low pressure system will slide south of the region late Wednesday into Thursday, bringing more light precipitation over the Olympic Peninsula and Chehalis Valley. Showers will linger over southwest Washington into Thursday morning with some wrap- around moisture triggering light showers over the Cascades Thursday afternoon. Continued warming will allow temperatures to return to normal for early May, with highs in the mid 60s.

A deeper low pressure system will drop along the Pacific Coast on Friday, lifting a warm front across the region and allowing temperatures to continue to warm. While ensembles continue to show disagreement in the evolution of this storm system, models continue to highlight the potential for highs near 70 degrees on Friday. Uncertainty also remains over the intensity of precipitation that enters the region Friday afternoon and evening with this system. Ensembles focus the bulk of the incoming moisture over the Olympic Peninsula, with widespread precipitation continuing into the weekend and snow levels above 4000-5000 ft.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
While uncertainty remains throughout the extended forecast period, a wetter and cooler pattern is favored to continue through the weekend and into next week. Ensemble members continue to show different solutions over the path of the low along the coast, with some members pulling the system southward through the weekend and other members bringing the low across Washington which would result in heavier precipitation. Moist zonal flow is favored to develop by the end of the weekend and into next week, maintaining showery conditions with below-normal temperatures.

Lindeman

AVIATION
An upper level trough will continue to shift eastward into Wednesday as upper level ridging resides across the northeast Pacific. An upper level low will then sink into the area along the periphery of the ridge tonight. Northerly flow will continue aloft and low level flow has shifted back to the south overnight.
Most terminals are VFR this morning, except for those in the vicinity of patchy fog. With ample moisture still present in the low levels, can expect fog development to briefly drop conditions down to MVFR to IFR for terminals within its vicinity at times this morning. Latest guidance shows fog mainly persisting across areas of the south Sound and southwest interior. Low clouds and fog look to scatter by 18Z, allowing for more widespread return to VFR conditions. Otherwise, expect for streaming mid level clouds likely to increase after 15Z Wednesday. Winds in the low levels will generally persist from the south at 3-7 kt through the day, before shifting to the north tonight.

KSEA...VFR conditions with a few clouds at 2500 ft. Winds will persist out of the southeast at 3-6 kt. Increasing middle level clouds expected after 14Z, but VFR conditions are likely to continue. Winds look to transition to the north tonight, but look to remain light at 6 kt or less into Thursday. 14

MARINE
Small craft westerly winds along the central and eastern Strait will gradually ease through the early morning hours today.
Onshore flow will continue through the day with high pressure residing over the coastal waters. A low pressure system offshore will then move southeast tonight and move into northern Oregon on Thursday morning, allowing for southerly winds over the outer coastal waters to pick up tonight. Weak high pressure will then rebuild over the area waters Thursday night into Friday, keeping conditions calm across the area waters. The next system will then move into the waters Friday night into Saturday, likely bringing another round of area headlines. This will then be followed by another frontal system that looks to arrive late in the weekend.

Seas generally hovering between 6-8 ft this morning will continue to subside towards 3-5 ft throughout the day today. Seas look to persist at this range into Friday, before building back over the weekend as systems move across the area. 14

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

SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...Frost Advisory until 10 AM PDT this morning for East Puget Sound Lowlands-Everett and Vicinity-Hood Canal Area-Lower Chehalis Valley Area-Southwest Interior-Tacoma Area.

PZ...Small Craft Advisory until 5 AM PDT early this morning for Central U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-East Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.

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Des Moines
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Wed -- 12:28 AM PDT     11.72 feet High Tide
Wed -- 03:14 AM PDT     Moonrise
Wed -- 04:27 AM PDT     Last Quarter
Wed -- 05:51 AM PDT     Sunrise
Wed -- 06:23 AM PDT     7.39 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 10:05 AM PDT     8.53 feet High Tide
Wed -- 12:12 PM PDT     Moonset
Wed -- 05:35 PM PDT     0.08 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 08:21 PM PDT     Sunset
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Des Moines, Washington, Tide feet

Restoration Point
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Wed -- 12:17 AM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Wed -- 03:15 AM PDT     Moonrise
Wed -- 03:31 AM PDT     -0.51 knots Max Ebb
Wed -- 04:27 AM PDT     Last Quarter
Wed -- 05:51 AM PDT     Sunrise
Wed -- 08:49 AM PDT     -0.03 knots Min Ebb
Wed -- 12:11 PM PDT     Moonset
Wed -- 02:33 PM PDT     -0.71 knots Max Ebb
Wed -- 06:25 PM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Wed -- 08:22 PM PDT     Sunset
Wed -- 09:07 PM PDT     0.62 knots Max Flood
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Restoration Point, 0.6 miles ESE of, Washington Current, knots

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