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Marine Weather and Tides University Place, WA Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

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Sunrise 5:29AM

Sunset 9:03PM

Thursday July 16, 2020 10:48 AM PDT (17:48 UTC)

Moonrise 1:11AM

Moonset 4:36PM

Illumination 14%

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 161613 AFDSEW

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Seattle WA 913 AM PDT Thu Jul 16 2020

SYNOPSIS. Marine layer clouds will spread across the lowlands of Western Washington today ahead of an approaching trough. Friday will be cool and cloudy with some areas of showers or drizzle as the trough moves eastward. An upper ridge will build over the weekend and into early next week for a period of sunny warm weather before another marine push by the middle of next week.

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/. A shallow marine layer continues to advance into Puget Sound from both north and south, with low stratus and areas of fog continuing for the next couple of hours. With diurnal heating, the lower clouds should begin to mix out, but increasing mid level clouds will advance into Western Washington through the day. Afternoon high temperatures will run 6 to 10 degrees cooler than Wednesday across much of the region. The marine layer will deepen tonight as onshore flow increases with some areas of drizzle or light showers developing overnight into Friday morning. Friday will be the coolest day of the next several, but clouds should break up by late afternoon as upper ridging begins to build back into the area. Heights continue to rise on Saturday as upper ridging gains amplitude offshore. After some brief areas of morning clouds, sunshine returns for Saturday with temperatures bouncing back to near or a little above normal with upper 60s coast and 75 to 80 for much of the interior lowlands.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/. The offshore ridge continues to strengthen to round out the weekend. Low level flow will only be weakly onshore on Sunday and this will keep morning clouds limited to the coast. High temperatures will continue their climb with 70s coastal areas and mid 70s to mid 80s interior. By Monday, strong ridging remains in place aloft and thermally induced low pressure at the surface will extend northward from Oregon's Willamette Valley into the Western Washington interior lowlands. Areas from Seattle southward should reach the mid to upper 80s. Tuesday could be much the same as Monday, but low level onshore will be increasing by late in the day. That'll cool the coastal areas, but it's likely to remain quite warm inland. A system passing well to our north will induce a marine push around the middle of next week. Temperatures will cool somewhat with more prevalent morning clouds. But unlike the recent past, we'll see temperatures merely return to seasonal levels with dry conditions continuing. 27

AVIATION. Westerly flow aloft with strengthening low level onshore flow has resulted in widespread marine stratus across much of the northern and southern portions of the Sound this morning. Current conditions are a mixed bag across the terminals, with primarily IFR and even LIFR in areas of fog. Expect ceilings to lift through the day and return to VFR conditions for much of the interior by the afternoon hours, however expect ceilings along the coast to likely remain near MVFR levels through much of the day. Ceilings will lower back down to MVFR again tonight and into Friday morning, with pockets of IFR possible in areas of drizzle, especially along the coast. Onshore flow will strengthen today, so can expect a few gusty winds across the region this afternoon and evening.

KSEA . Some low clouds have crept into the terminal this morning which could lead to a brief reduction in visibility over the next 1-2 hours, however expect VFR ceilings to persist again by late morning. Winds SW 6-8 kts through this morning will strengthen through the afternoon to 8-10 kts gusting to 15 kts. Winds will then ease to 6-8 kts during the late evening and remain SW.

MARINE. Persistent offshore high pressure will remain in place for the next couple of days, with a thermally induced surface trough along the south Oregon coast. This will support persistent north to northwest flow over the coastal waters with the strongest winds during the evening hours as well as through Juan de Fuca. Onshore pressure gradients again support gale conditions developing through the central and eastern strait late this afternoon and evening. Seas over the coastal waters will remain 3 to 6 ft, building in conjunction with the stronger winds and will remain rather steep through much of the week.

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 noon PDT today for Central U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-East Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.

Gale Warning from noon today 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 4 PM this afternoon to 5 AM PDT Friday for Admiralty Inlet-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
46121	9 mi	37 min	1.9	60°F			1018 hPa	59°F
TCNW1 - 9446484 - Tacoma, WA	9 mi	78 min			57°F
WPOW1 - West Point, WA	31 mi	48 min	NNE 5.1 G 5.1	60°F			1017.5 hPa (+0.0)	60°F
46120	39 mi	30 min		57°F			1016.5 hPa	57°F
46125	48 mi	36 min		57°F			1016.7 hPa	57°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	55 min	SSW 5	5.00 mi	Fog/Mist	56°F	55°F	100%	1017.6 hPa
Tacoma / McChord Air Force Base, WA	7 mi	52 min	SW 6	10.00 mi	Overcast	61°F	56°F	85%	1018.2 hPa
Fort Lewis / Gray U. S. Army Airfield, WA	9 mi	51 min	S 7	2.50 mi	Fog/Mist	61°F	60°F	100%	1018.2 hPa
Pierce County-Thun Field, WA	17 mi	53 min	W 5	10.00 mi	Mostly Cloudy	64°F	59°F	83%	1017.9 hPa
Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, WA	21 mi	55 min	SW 7	10.00 mi	Mostly Cloudy	61°F	57°F	87%	1018.2 hPa
Bremerton, Bremerton National Airport, WA	21 mi	52 min	SW 7	10.00 mi	Fair	63°F	57°F	84%	1017.9 hPa
Olympia, Olympia Airport, WA	24 mi	54 min	Var 4	10.00 mi	Overcast	62°F	55°F	80%	1018 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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Wind Forecast for Seattle, WA (13,3,4,5)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Seattle/Tacoma, WA

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