Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Hoquiam, WA
March 28, 2024 11:40 PM PDT (06:40 UTC) Change Location
Sunrise 6:58 AM Sunset 7:41 PM Moonrise 10:49 PM Moonset 7:11 AM |
PZZ110 Grays Harbor Bar- 745 Pm Pdt Thu Mar 28 2024
.small craft advisory in effect through Friday morning - .
combined seas 10 to 12 ft subsiding to 7 to 9 ft Friday afternoon. Bar conditions rough becoming moderate Friday afternoon. Maximum ebb currents will occur around 730 am Friday and 745 pm Friday.
combined seas 10 to 12 ft subsiding to 7 to 9 ft Friday afternoon. Bar conditions rough becoming moderate Friday afternoon. Maximum ebb currents will occur around 730 am Friday and 745 pm Friday.
PZZ100 745 Pm Pdt Thu Mar 28 2024
Synopsis for the northern and central washington coastal and inland waters - A surface low remains over the offshore waters. Winds will remain breezy at times as this disturbance tracks closer to the region through Friday. High pressure will then form in its wake for the weekend and into the beginning of next week.
Area Discussion for - Seattle, WA
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FXUS66 KSEW 290301 RRA AFDSEW
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Seattle WA 801 PM PDT Thu Mar 28 2024
SYNOPSIS
Low pressure spinning offshore will maintain scattered showers and isolated thunderstorm activity through the remainder of the day. The low will gradually sink southward towards northern California on Friday, allowing for showers to gradually taper across the area. Warmer and drier conditions are expected over the weekend and into next week as upper level ridging builds into the region. A return to cooler and wetter conditions looks to resume near midweek.
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/
Scattered showers continue to rotate onshore across Western Washington as upper level low spins offshore. With loss of daytime heating, isolated thunderstorm threat has diminished for the remainder of the night.
Recent satellite imagery shows subtle signs that the center of the low is beginning to retrograde offshore before it begins to shift southward on Friday and eventually merge with another upper low approaching north/central California. Shower activity will wind down by Friday morning and we'll likely start to see some clearing by late afternoon. We're still on track for 3 or 4 days of dry weather with temperatures climbing to above normal Sunday through Tuesday.
No forecast updates anticipated this evening. Previous discussion follows with updates to marine/aviation portions. 27
Latest radar shows the heaviest scattered shower activity and some isolated thunderstorm activity moving along the coast this afternoon. Expect shower activity to continue area-wide through the remainder of the day today as a vertically stacked low pressure system continues to spin offshore and eject shortwave perturbations across the region. The main hazards with any thunderstorms that do develop are small hail/graupel, gusty winds, brief heavy downpours, and cloud-to- ground lightning. Expect overall rainfall amounts for the interior (outside of any heavier shower and thunderstorm activity) to remain rather light, with most places receiving a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain through Friday morning. Areas along the coast and Olympics will be wetter - and look to receive a few tenths to 1.25 inches of rain. With snow levels generally hovering between 3000-3500 feet today, can expect another inch of snow for the Cascade passes through this evening.
Scattered shower and isolated thunderstorm activity will wane Friday as a stronger shortwave trough moves into the eastern Pacific, prompts cyclogenesis of a new low, and pulls the current one offshore further southward towards northern California. Expect shower activity to mainly become confined to the coast and mountains by Friday afternoon and evening. Friday will be the start of a warm up across the region, with temperatures increasing a few degrees and topping out in the mid to upper 50s.
An upper level ridge will then build into the Pacific Northwest over the weekend while the aforementioned low continues to move southward towards southern California and become cut off. This upper ridging will bring warmer and drier conditions to the region, with highs expected to increase a few degrees daily- and looking to top out in the upper 50s to low 60s by Sunday.
LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
Warm and dry weather will continue into Monday as upper level ridging remains situated across the Pacific Northwest and a cutoff low resides across southern California. Temperatures on Monday look to climb into the mid 60s for areas across the interior. The ridge then looks to dampen somewhat heading into Tuesday and Wednesday as upper level troughing redevelops over the northeastern Pacific and moves into British Columbia. At the surface, a cold front looks likely to move across the region around midweek, bringing the return of wetter and closer- to-normal temperatures. 14
AVIATION
Southwest flow aloft as an upper-low continues to spin offshore. Mostly MVFR this evening aside from brief instances of MVFR cigs/vis under heavier showers. Again, mostly VFR for tonight but can't rule out patchy MVFR (or IFR) conditions, especially for locations such as KPWT and KHQM. S to SW winds 8-12 kt throughout the interior with gusts up to 20-25 kt possible. SE winds around the same magnitude are in the forecast up at KBLI. Widespread VFR criteria looks to rebound on Friday.
KSEA...VFR will likely persist, with brief drops to MVFR-IFR possible at times throughout the evening under heavier precipitation. S/SW winds 6 to 12 kt, with gusts up to 20 kts possible before diminishing into early Friday morning. More VFR conditions are expected into Friday.
33/McMillian
MARINE
A surface low remains offshore with breezy winds felt throughout area waters. Small craft advisories will remain in place for the East Entrance of the strait, Admiralty Inlet, and the Northern Inland Waters, and coastal waters. These headlines will persist into Friday, before the surface low drifts away from the area, which will let winds relax this weekend. With high pressure building overhead around this time, relatively benign conditions are expected into next week.
Seas look to drop below 10 feet Friday morning, and continue to lower to around 3 to 6 ft this weekend.
33/McMillian
HYDROLOGY
No river flooding is forecast over the next 7 days.
SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...None.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory until 11 AM PDT Friday for Grays Harbor Bar.
Small Craft Advisory until 5 AM PDT Friday for West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.
Gale Warning until 5 PM PDT this afternoon for Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery To James Island 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery To James Island Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville 10 To 60 Nm- Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater Out 10 Nm-East Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.
Small Craft Advisory from 5 PM this afternoon to 8 AM PDT Friday for East Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.
Small Craft Advisory until 8 AM PDT Friday for Admiralty Inlet- Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands.
Small Craft Advisory from 5 PM this afternoon to 11 AM PDT Friday for Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery To James Island 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery To James Island Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater Out 10 Nm.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Seattle WA 801 PM PDT Thu Mar 28 2024
SYNOPSIS
Low pressure spinning offshore will maintain scattered showers and isolated thunderstorm activity through the remainder of the day. The low will gradually sink southward towards northern California on Friday, allowing for showers to gradually taper across the area. Warmer and drier conditions are expected over the weekend and into next week as upper level ridging builds into the region. A return to cooler and wetter conditions looks to resume near midweek.
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/
Scattered showers continue to rotate onshore across Western Washington as upper level low spins offshore. With loss of daytime heating, isolated thunderstorm threat has diminished for the remainder of the night.
Recent satellite imagery shows subtle signs that the center of the low is beginning to retrograde offshore before it begins to shift southward on Friday and eventually merge with another upper low approaching north/central California. Shower activity will wind down by Friday morning and we'll likely start to see some clearing by late afternoon. We're still on track for 3 or 4 days of dry weather with temperatures climbing to above normal Sunday through Tuesday.
No forecast updates anticipated this evening. Previous discussion follows with updates to marine/aviation portions. 27
Latest radar shows the heaviest scattered shower activity and some isolated thunderstorm activity moving along the coast this afternoon. Expect shower activity to continue area-wide through the remainder of the day today as a vertically stacked low pressure system continues to spin offshore and eject shortwave perturbations across the region. The main hazards with any thunderstorms that do develop are small hail/graupel, gusty winds, brief heavy downpours, and cloud-to- ground lightning. Expect overall rainfall amounts for the interior (outside of any heavier shower and thunderstorm activity) to remain rather light, with most places receiving a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain through Friday morning. Areas along the coast and Olympics will be wetter - and look to receive a few tenths to 1.25 inches of rain. With snow levels generally hovering between 3000-3500 feet today, can expect another inch of snow for the Cascade passes through this evening.
Scattered shower and isolated thunderstorm activity will wane Friday as a stronger shortwave trough moves into the eastern Pacific, prompts cyclogenesis of a new low, and pulls the current one offshore further southward towards northern California. Expect shower activity to mainly become confined to the coast and mountains by Friday afternoon and evening. Friday will be the start of a warm up across the region, with temperatures increasing a few degrees and topping out in the mid to upper 50s.
An upper level ridge will then build into the Pacific Northwest over the weekend while the aforementioned low continues to move southward towards southern California and become cut off. This upper ridging will bring warmer and drier conditions to the region, with highs expected to increase a few degrees daily- and looking to top out in the upper 50s to low 60s by Sunday.
LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
Warm and dry weather will continue into Monday as upper level ridging remains situated across the Pacific Northwest and a cutoff low resides across southern California. Temperatures on Monday look to climb into the mid 60s for areas across the interior. The ridge then looks to dampen somewhat heading into Tuesday and Wednesday as upper level troughing redevelops over the northeastern Pacific and moves into British Columbia. At the surface, a cold front looks likely to move across the region around midweek, bringing the return of wetter and closer- to-normal temperatures. 14
AVIATION
Southwest flow aloft as an upper-low continues to spin offshore. Mostly MVFR this evening aside from brief instances of MVFR cigs/vis under heavier showers. Again, mostly VFR for tonight but can't rule out patchy MVFR (or IFR) conditions, especially for locations such as KPWT and KHQM. S to SW winds 8-12 kt throughout the interior with gusts up to 20-25 kt possible. SE winds around the same magnitude are in the forecast up at KBLI. Widespread VFR criteria looks to rebound on Friday.
KSEA...VFR will likely persist, with brief drops to MVFR-IFR possible at times throughout the evening under heavier precipitation. S/SW winds 6 to 12 kt, with gusts up to 20 kts possible before diminishing into early Friday morning. More VFR conditions are expected into Friday.
33/McMillian
MARINE
A surface low remains offshore with breezy winds felt throughout area waters. Small craft advisories will remain in place for the East Entrance of the strait, Admiralty Inlet, and the Northern Inland Waters, and coastal waters. These headlines will persist into Friday, before the surface low drifts away from the area, which will let winds relax this weekend. With high pressure building overhead around this time, relatively benign conditions are expected into next week.
Seas look to drop below 10 feet Friday morning, and continue to lower to around 3 to 6 ft this weekend.
33/McMillian
HYDROLOGY
No river flooding is forecast over the next 7 days.
SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...None.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory until 11 AM PDT Friday for Grays Harbor Bar.
Small Craft Advisory until 5 AM PDT Friday for West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.
Gale Warning until 5 PM PDT this afternoon for Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery To James Island 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery To James Island Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville 10 To 60 Nm- Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater Out 10 Nm-East Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.
Small Craft Advisory from 5 PM this afternoon to 8 AM PDT Friday for East Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.
Small Craft Advisory until 8 AM PDT Friday for Admiralty Inlet- Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands.
Small Craft Advisory from 5 PM this afternoon to 11 AM PDT Friday for Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery To James Island 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From Cape Flattery To James Island Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm-Coastal Waters From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater 10 To 60 Nm-Coastal Waters From Point Grenville To Cape Shoalwater Out 10 Nm.
Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | inHg | DewPt |
WPTW1 - 9441102 - Westport, WA | 10 mi | 65 min | S 12G | 48°F | 52°F | 29.74 | ||
46211 - Grays Harbor, WA (036) | 18 mi | 75 min | 51°F | 15 ft | ||||
TOKW1 - 9440910 - Toke Point, WA | 19 mi | 53 min | SSE 13G | 47°F | 52°F | 29.80 | ||
46099 | 33 mi | 171 min | SSW 19 | 50°F | 51°F | 29.63 | ||
46041 - CAPE ELIZABETH- 45NM Northwest of Aberdeen, WA | 49 mi | 41 min | SSW 19G | 49°F | 29.70 | 45°F |
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Airport Reports
EDIT (hide/show)  Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Vis | Sky | Weather | Temp | DewPt | RH | inHg |
KHQM BOWERMAN,WA | 1 sm | 47 min | SE 13 | 10 sm | Overcast | 45°F | 43°F | 93% | 29.76 |
Tide / Current for Moon Island, North Channel, Grays Harbor, Washington
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Moon Island
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Thu -- 03:22 AM PDT 10.26 feet High Tide
Thu -- 07:01 AM PDT Sunrise
Thu -- 08:10 AM PDT Moonset
Thu -- 09:56 AM PDT 0.41 feet Low Tide
Thu -- 04:23 PM PDT 8.66 feet High Tide
Thu -- 07:40 PM PDT Sunset
Thu -- 09:45 PM PDT 2.88 feet Low Tide
Thu -- 11:48 PM PDT Moonrise
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Thu -- 03:22 AM PDT 10.26 feet High Tide
Thu -- 07:01 AM PDT Sunrise
Thu -- 08:10 AM PDT Moonset
Thu -- 09:56 AM PDT 0.41 feet Low Tide
Thu -- 04:23 PM PDT 8.66 feet High Tide
Thu -- 07:40 PM PDT Sunset
Thu -- 09:45 PM PDT 2.88 feet Low Tide
Thu -- 11:48 PM PDT Moonrise
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Moon Island, North Channel, Grays Harbor, Washington, Tide feet
12 am |
6.4 |
1 am |
8.3 |
2 am |
9.5 |
3 am |
10.2 |
4 am |
10.1 |
5 am |
9 |
6 am |
7 |
7 am |
4.6 |
8 am |
2.5 |
9 am |
1 |
10 am |
0.4 |
11 am |
1.2 |
12 pm |
3 |
1 pm |
5 |
2 pm |
6.6 |
3 pm |
7.9 |
4 pm |
8.6 |
5 pm |
8.5 |
6 pm |
7.4 |
7 pm |
5.8 |
8 pm |
4.2 |
9 pm |
3.2 |
10 pm |
2.9 |
11 pm |
3.8 |
Grays Harbor Entrance
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Thu -- 12:19 AM PDT 2.09 knots Max Flood
Thu -- 03:30 AM PDT -0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 06:55 AM PDT -3.28 knots Max Ebb
Thu -- 07:02 AM PDT Sunrise
Thu -- 08:11 AM PDT Moonset
Thu -- 10:22 AM PDT 0.01 knots Slack
Thu -- 01:00 PM PDT 2.05 knots Max Flood
Thu -- 04:24 PM PDT -0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 07:11 PM PDT -2.18 knots Max Ebb
Thu -- 07:41 PM PDT Sunset
Thu -- 10:12 PM PDT 0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 11:49 PM PDT Moonrise
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Thu -- 12:19 AM PDT 2.09 knots Max Flood
Thu -- 03:30 AM PDT -0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 06:55 AM PDT -3.28 knots Max Ebb
Thu -- 07:02 AM PDT Sunrise
Thu -- 08:11 AM PDT Moonset
Thu -- 10:22 AM PDT 0.01 knots Slack
Thu -- 01:00 PM PDT 2.05 knots Max Flood
Thu -- 04:24 PM PDT -0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 07:11 PM PDT -2.18 knots Max Ebb
Thu -- 07:41 PM PDT Sunset
Thu -- 10:12 PM PDT 0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 11:49 PM PDT Moonrise
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Grays Harbor Entrance, Washington Current, knots
12 am |
2.1 |
1 am |
2 |
2 am |
1.4 |
3 am |
0.6 |
4 am |
-0.6 |
5 am |
-2 |
6 am |
-3 |
7 am |
-3.3 |
8 am |
-3 |
9 am |
-2 |
10 am |
-0.6 |
11 am |
0.8 |
12 pm |
1.8 |
1 pm |
2.1 |
2 pm |
1.8 |
3 pm |
1.3 |
4 pm |
0.4 |
5 pm |
-0.7 |
6 pm |
-1.7 |
7 pm |
-2.2 |
8 pm |
-2 |
9 pm |
-1.4 |
10 pm |
-0.3 |
11 pm |
1 |
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