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Marine Weather and Tides University Place, WA Version 3.4

NOTICE 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports. 6/2/2019. Many thanks to a user for reporting an error on one of the Edit pages. The switch to PHP 7.2 caused many pages that previously worked to quit working. I fixed many but I still depend on users to report ones I missed. Please report errors HERE or send an email to me at L-36.com. Allen

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Sunrise 6:13AM

Sunset 8:13PM

Wednesday August 21, 2019 9:42 AM PDT (16:42 UTC)

Moonrise 10:08PM

Moonset 11:19AM

Illumination 65%

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 University Place, WA

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Area Discussion for - Seattle, WA

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Fxus66 ksew 211536 afdsew area forecast discussion national weather service seattle wa 836 am pdt Wed aug 21 2019 Synopsis A cold front will bring rain to the region today. Dry weather by Thursday afternoon with weak high pressure over the area. A series of systems will pass generally to our north Friday into the weekend with temperatures near normal and bringing a chance of showers mainly to the coast and northern areas. Warmer and drier conditions are expected to develop early next week. Short term today through Friday Light rain across western washington this morning as the frontal systems slides through the area. Amounts so far generally around a half an inch along the coast with around a trace to two tenths of an inch in the puget sound area. Expect showers around through the afternoon as the front slides east of the area. Mesoscale models develop a convergence zone behind the front later this evening through tonight across king snohomish counties. Temperatures this afternoon will be cooler with highs in the 60s across the area. Drier weather expected into Thursday morning as an upper level ridge begins to build back into the pacific northwest. Some sunshine Thursday afternoon with temperatures in the mid 60s to mid 70s. The upper level ridge will flatten by Friday as the next system passes by to the north of the area. Slight chance for a few showers across the northern tier of western washington with most dry throughout Friday. Mix of Sun and clouds on Friday with temperatures in the upper 60s to mid 70s across the area. Jd Long term Saturday through Tuesday Another system moves to the north on Saturday. While still rather weak, heights will fall further and there will be a chance of showers for the coast and the interior from seattle northward. Partly to mostly cloudy conditions are expected with temperatures a little below normal. Sunday looks much the same as the last in the series of upper level disturbances passes through british columbia. And this is where things begin to change. For much of the past few weeks, the longwave pattern has favored upper level troughing to our west and a broad ridge over the interior west. As the trough over british columbia pushes eastward early next week, it is expected to carve out a decent trough over the northern plains states. In response to this, a fairly high amplitude ridge is expected to develop over the pacific northwest with 500mb heights well into the 580s Tuesday and beyond. In addition, a thermal trough may develop along the coast with low level flow turning offshore. The models have been hinting at this for a couple days now. It is still several days out, but we may be looking at at least a few very warm days to close out the month of august. Summer isn't over yet... Meteorological or astronomical. 27 Aviation An upper level trough will push across the area thru tomorrow morning with an accompanying cold front at the sfc. A rather extensive rain shield will continue along and ahead of the cold front. Ceilings ahead of the rain shield areVFR, with ceilings dropping to MVFR some embedded ifr possible within the rain shield. Once ceilings lower to MVFR, expect this category to largely rule through Thursday morning. Widespread rain should taper into the evening hours with a puget sound convergence zone likely to develop this evening in the central north sound vicinity into snohomish and king counties. This zone will have the greatest affect on terminals

in this general area into Thursday morning. Southerly wind ahead of the front will be stronger from pae to bli thru the afternoon at 10- 15kts, with post frontal winds from the NW along the coast at 10- 15kts. Elsewhere, generally S SW at 5-10kts. Ksea...VFR ceilings likely to give way to MVFR brief potential for ifr conditions by mid-morning with MVFR likely to hold through Thursday morning. After widespread rain shield begins to pull east towards the cascades this evening, a pscz will likely develop and continue into the early morning hours of Thursday. Winds S SW 5- 10kts. Kovacik Marine A robust closed area of low pressure will weaken as it moves into bc thru the day today. With it, a cold front will push east across the pacific northwest continuing to bring widespread rainfall to most waters through the evening hours. Winds ahead of the front currently located roughly across the outer coastal waters at 15z will be southerly, with breeziest conditions found roughly from admiralty inlet north thru the eastern strait and into the northern inland waters, as well as the offshore waters. These conditions will largely dominate into Thursday morning, with then some enhanced NW winds moving in behind the front. Headlines are in place for the offshore waters and thru the central and eastern strait to account for this. A 10ft+ swell will likely accompany the nw winds across the outer coastal waters but current SCA will cover this concern along with the winds. The remainder of this forecast discussion has been left as is: an onshore flow pattern will continue Friday and into the weekend with the usual diurnal small craft advisory strength west winds in the strait each evening. A weak frontal system will approach the area on Friday and then dissipate over the area on Saturday. The main impact will be to turn the winds a bit more southerly but speeds should remain sub-advisory strength. Kovacik 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 11 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-northern inland waters including the san juan islands. Small craft advisory until 11 am pdt this morning for coastal waters from CAPE flattery to james island out 10 nm-coastal waters from james island to point grenville out 10 nm- coastal waters from point grenville to CAPE shoalwater out 10 nm. Small craft advisory until 5 am pdt Thursday for east entrance u.S. Waters strait of juan de fuca. Small craft advisory from 5 pm this afternoon to 5 am pdt Thursday for central u.S. Waters strait of juan de fuca. Small craft advisory until noon pdt today for admiralty inlet.

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
TCMW1 - 9446482 - Tacoma Met, WA	9 mi	60 min	ENE 2.9 G 5.1
46121	9 mi	51 min		60°F			1015.9 hPa	59°F
TCNW1 - 9446484 - Tacoma, WA	9 mi	60 min		62°F	56°F		1016.4 hPa
WPOW1 - West Point, WA	31 mi	42 min	SSE 14 G 15	59°F			1016 hPa (+0.4)	58°F
46120	39 mi	47 min	S 7.8	60°F			1014.6 hPa	58°F

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Tacoma, Tacoma Narrows Airport, WA	3 mi	1.8 hrs	SSW 4	2.00 mi	Rain Fog/Mist	58°F	57°F	97%	1016.4 hPa
Tacoma / McChord Air Force Base, WA	7 mi	1.7 hrs	N 0	3.00 mi	Overcast	59°F	57°F	94%	1016.4 hPa
Fort Lewis / Gray U. S. Army Airfield, WA	9 mi	1.7 hrs	ESE 4	6.00 mi	Light Rain Fog/Mist	59°F	59°F	100%	1016.5 hPa
Pierce County-Thun Field, WA	17 mi	87 min	N 0	4.00 mi	Light Drizzle	61°F	59°F	94%	1016.9 hPa
Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, WA	21 mi	1.8 hrs	S 4	10.00 mi	Overcast	62°F	55°F	80%	1016.6 hPa
Bremerton, Bremerton National Airport, WA	21 mi	1.8 hrs	SW 8	6.00 mi	Rain Fog/Mist	59°F	57°F	96%	1017.5 hPa
Olympia, Olympia Airport, WA	24 mi	1.8 hrs	N 0	4.00 mi	Light Rain Fog/Mist	59°F	57°F	93%	1015.9 hPa

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Tide / Current Tables for Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Washington

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Tide / Current Tables for Gibson Point, 0.8 miles E of, Washington Current

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Weather Map and Satellite Images

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Wind Forecast for Seattle, WA (12,3,4,5)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Seattle/Tacoma, WA

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