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Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Bay Center, WA

April 23, 2025 11:34 AM PDT (18:34 UTC) Change Location
Sunrise 6:10 AM   Sunset 8:16 PM
Moonrise 3:27 AM   Moonset 2:15 PM 
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NOTE: Zones were updated 3/20/2025
PZZ110 Grays Harbor Bar- 153 Am Pdt Wed Apr 23 2025
combined seas 5 to 7 ft. Bar conditions light to moderate. Maximum ebb currents will occur around 145 pm Wednesday, 230 am and 245 pm Thursday.
PZZ100 153 Am Pdt Wed Apr 23 2025

Synopsis for the northern and central washington coastal and inland waters - A broad surface ridge centered offshore will gradually weaken into Thursday. A weak trough moving into the oregon offshore waters late in the week will increase northwesterlies over the coastal waters, but will otherwise produce little impact across area waters.

7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Bay Center, WA
   
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Tide / Current for Bay Center, Palix River, Willapa Bay, Washington
  
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Bay Center
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Wed -- 04:24 AM PDT     2.91 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 04:27 AM PDT     Moonrise
Wed -- 06:13 AM PDT     Sunrise
Wed -- 09:59 AM PDT     7.71 feet High Tide
Wed -- 03:14 PM PDT     Moonset
Wed -- 04:51 PM PDT     0.66 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 08:15 PM PDT     Sunset
Wed -- 11:08 PM PDT     8.14 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
        
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Bay Center, Palix River, Willapa Bay, Washington, Tide feet
12
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6.7
1
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5.7
2
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4.7
3
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3.7
4
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3
5
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3.1
6
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4.1
7
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5.4
8
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6.5
9
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7.3
10
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7.7
11
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7.4
12
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6.4
1
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5
2
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3.5
3
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2.1
4
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1
5
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0.7
6
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1.5
7
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3
8
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4.6
9
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6.2
10
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7.5
11
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8.1

Tide / Current for Grays Harbor Entrance, Washington Current
  
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Grays Harbor Entrance
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Wed -- 01:36 AM PDT     -2.07 knots Max Ebb
Wed -- 04:28 AM PDT     Moonrise
Wed -- 04:35 AM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Wed -- 06:13 AM PDT     Sunrise
Wed -- 07:20 AM PDT     1.19 knots Max Flood
Wed -- 10:07 AM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Wed -- 01:44 PM PDT     -2.64 knots Max Ebb
Wed -- 03:15 PM PDT     Moonset
Wed -- 04:50 PM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Wed -- 08:08 PM PDT     2.03 knots Max Flood
Wed -- 08:16 PM PDT     Sunset
Wed -- 11:06 PM PDT     -0.01 knots Slack
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Grays Harbor Entrance, Washington Current, knots
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-1.5
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-2
2
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-2
3
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-1.5
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-0.5
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0.3
6
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0.9
7
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1.2
8
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1.1
9
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0.9
10
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0.1
11
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-1
12
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-2
1
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-2.5
2
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-2.6
3
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-2.1
4
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-1
5
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0.2
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1.2
7
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1.8
8
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2
9
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1.9
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1.3
11
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0.2

Area Discussion for Portland, OR
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FXUS66 KPQR 231735 AAA AFDPQR

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Portland OR 1034 AM PDT Wed Apr 23 2025

Updated aviation discussion.

SYNOPSIS
A stretch of dry, sunny weather continues today and Thursday as high pressure remains over the region. However, a shift in the weather pattern is expected late Thursday into Friday, bringing increasing clouds, cooler temperatures, and a chance of rain as a new system approaches from the Pacific.

SHORT TERM
Now through Thursday night...Expect dry and mostly clear weather through Thursday as high pressure maintains sunny skies and light winds. A ridge aloft is gradually building inland, with upper-level winds beginning to shift more northerly later today. Temperatures will continue a warming trend, with interior valleys reaching the upper 60s to low 70s today, then rising into the low to upper 70s on Thursday. A few spots, especially around the Portland and Vancouver metro, could briefly hit 80 degrees, with probabilities in the 30-60% range.
Overnight lows remain seasonably cool, generally in the 40s across the lowlands. Along the coast, expect some gusty northwesterly winds this afternoon, topping out around 20-25 mph.

Thursday night, a broad upper-level trough begins to approach from the Pacific, shifting the flow aloft more southerly. This pattern favors increasing moisture and elevated instability, particularly over the Cascades. While thunderstorms potential remains limited, some models suggest a small window for elevated convection over the Linn and Lane County Cascades Thursday evening. The NAM indicates modest instability (MUCAPE ~300-400 J/kg), though other guidance is less supportive. As a result, thunderstorm chances have been nudged slightly higher to around 10-15% in that area. Will need to keep an eye on how models trend today. Otherwise, conditions begin to trend cooler and cloudier late Thursday night into Friday as the system moves inland. ~Hall

LONG TERM
Friday through Monday...A more active pattern sets in Friday as a large upper level trough drops into Northern California. This will pull moisture northward into northwest Oregon and southwest Washington, increasing the chance for rain by Friday afternoon. Rainfall totals between Friday morning and early Saturday will vary by location. Current model guidance shows a 10-30% chance of over 0.25 inches along the coast and Willamette Valley, with 30-60% probabilities in the Coast Range and Cascades. Behind the front, cooler air settles in, bringing daytime highs down to the upper 50s to low 60s across much of the area west of the Cascades. Saturday looks to remain unsettled, with intermittent showers persisting as the system exits east into the Intermountain West.

Conditions begin drying out by late Sunday into Monday, as ensemble guidance supports high pressure rebuilding across the region, favoring a return to quieter and drier weather into early next week. ~Hall

AVIATION
The forecast remains on track for the 18z TAF package.
Clear skies/VFR flight conditions should continue across the airspace through 18z Thursday. A few thin high clouds around 25 kft will move in from the south after 12z Thursday. However, there is a 10-30% chance of broken coastal stratus forming around 13-16z Wednesday if northerly winds along the coast take on more of a northwesterly component, which could produce MVFR or high end IFR ceilings. That said, most guidance continues to indicate coastal winds will instead turn to the northeast, which is why skies will most likely stay clear at the coast. Winds remain northerly and generally less than 10 kts for inland areas. Along the coast, north winds increase after 18-20z Wednesday with gusts 20-25 kts possible along the central Oregon coast, including KONP.
Coastal winds will decrease after 02-04z Thursday. -TK/HEC

PDX AND APPROACHES...VFR conditions and clear skies continue through the TAF period. Northwesterly winds become north-northeast after 19-21z Wednesday, generally around 5-10 kts through the period. -TK/HEC

MARINE
Strong high pressure offshore along will maintain northerly winds across all waters through the end of the week. A surface level thermal trough remains over the southern and central Oregon coast through today, which combined with the high pressure offshore will continue increased winds across the waters with gusts up to 25-30 kts at times. A Small Craft Advisory remains in effect for all zones (except the Columbia River Bar)
until 11 PM tonight. Strongest winds are expected in the late afternoon to overnight hours, as well as for the central Oregon coastal waters. The thermal trough will break down tonight, allowing winds to ease Thursday into Friday. Seas are expected to persist around 5 to 8 ft around 10 seconds through the middle of the week. -HEC

PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

OR...None.
WA...None.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory until 11 PM PDT this evening for PZZ251>253-271>273.


Weather Reporting Stations
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Stations Dist Age Wind AirWater WavesinHgDewPt
TOKW1 - 9440910 - Toke Point, WA 5 mi65 min0G1.9 53°F 54°F30.14
WPTW1 - 9441102 - Westport, WA 21 mi59 minENE 4.1G6 50°F 51°F30.15
46211 - Grays Harbor, WA (036) 22 mi39 min 50°F4 ft
46243 - Clatsop Spit, OR - 162 30 mi39 min 53°F4 ft
46029 - COL RIVER BAR - 20NM West of Columbia River Mouth 43 mi35 minN 18G21 51°F30.14


Wind History for Toke Point, WA
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Airport Reports
   
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AirportDistAgeWind ktVisSkyWeatherAirDewPtRHinHg
KHQM BOWERMAN,WA 23 sm41 minSW 0410 smClear48°F45°F87%30.14

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