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Marine Weather and Tides Ronald, 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 7:36AM

Sunset 4:51PM

Wednesday January 22, 2020 5:31 AM PST (13:31 UTC)

Moonrise 6:11AM

Moonset 2:47PM

Illumination 7%

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 Ronald, WA

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Area Discussion for - Pendleton, OR

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FXUS66 KPDT 221133 AAA AFDPDT

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pendleton OR 335 AM PST Wed Jan 22 2020

Updated Aviation Discussion

SHORT TERM. Today through Friday night. Satellite showing a fairly strong warm front is moving into the Pacific northwest early this morning. As the front moves across the forecast area today rain and mountain snow likely. The warm advection will cause snow levels to rise. Surface gradients are not that strong as the low center is located well offshore. At most could have some locally breezy southerly winds later today. The region will continue to have a series of upper level troughs and fronts move through over the next couple of days. This will maintain mostly cloudy skies with periods of rain and higher mountain snow. Southwesterly flow aloft will keep the airmass mild with freezing levels at 5-7k feet. High temps will be in the 40s to lower 50s.

LONG TERM. Saturday through Wednesday . The progressive flow pattern will continue through the long term period. Deterministic models are in good agreement through Monday but begin to diverge Monday night through the middle of next week. Saturday and Saturday night look to be particularly wet and mild as two surface lows travel north across WA/OR with warm air advection east of the Cascades. Although there are some minor differences in the position of the secondary low Saturday night, all show decent amounts of QPF with a hint of an atmospheric river Saturday night. Snow levels early Saturday will be around 3500-4000 feet, therefore at least a couple inches of snow can be expected in the mountains before snow changes to rain for elevations below 5k-6k feet. There will likely be sharp rises along rivers and streams during this time, and minor flooding is possible. I do not anticipate any substantial runoff for major hydrological concerns, as the ground is likely moist but not frozen. A cold front is progged to lower snow levels down to near 3500 feet Sunday night followed by scattered rain and mountain snow showers Monday in a W-NW flow aloft. Confidence in the long range forecast is not strong the remainder of the forecast period, but it appears that it will be a continued chance of rain and mountain snow. The devil is in the details on timing and strength of additional Pacific fronts. Wister

AVIATION. 12Z TAFs . VFR conditions will give way to MVFR/IFR by mid morning as precipitation spreads east of the Cascades. The only exception will be at KRDM and KBDN where precipitation will be light and will lift north into WA tonight and Thursday morning. Precipitation will begin as a snow/rain mix at KYKM then change to all rain this afternoon. Conditions at all TAF sites will gradually improve to VFR tonight as the warm front lifts north and out of the region. Winds will be 10 kts or less through 12Z/23rd. Wister


PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS. PDT 44 40 53 42 / 70 70 30 60 ALW 42 39 51 44 / 70 70 40 50 PSC 43 40 51 43 / 70 60 30 60 YKM 41 34 46 39 / 70 70 40 80 HRI 44 39 51 43 / 70 60 30 60 ELN 37 33 42 36 / 70 70 50 80 RDM 46 37 52 38 / 70 20 10 70 LGD 39 36 44 36 / 70 80 40 50 GCD 41 37 46 36 / 80 50 10 50 DLS 44 38 48 42 / 90 50 40 90

PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. OR . Winter Weather Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 4 AM PST Thursday for ORZ502.

WA . Winter Weather Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 4 AM PST Thursday for WAZ030.

Winter Weather Advisory from 7 AM this morning to 10 PM PST this evening for WAZ520.



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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	71 mi	43 min	S 2.9 G 7
TCNW1 - 9446484 - Tacoma, WA	71 mi	49 min		46°F	49°F		1016.8 hPa

Wind History for Seattle, Puget Sound, WA, WA

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Stampede Pass, WA	14 mi	35 min	Var 5	7.00 mi	Overcast	32°F	30°F	92%	1015.2 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KSMP

Wind History from SMP (wind in knots)

	6 AM	7 AM	8 AM	9 AM	10 AM	11 AM	12 PM	1 PM	2 PM	3 PM	4 PM	5 PM	6 PM	7 PM	8 PM	9 PM	10 PM	11 PM	12 AM	1 AM	2 AM	3 AM	4 AM	5 AM
Last 24hr	6	4	4	Calm	Calm	4	3	3	Calm	Calm	Calm	Calm	--	3	Calm	Calm	Calm	3	3	4	W9 G18	5	6	5
1 day ago	6	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	E7	5	6	--	5	6
2 days ago	5	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	--	4	4	4	4	5	NE4	5	4

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Tide / Current Tables for Des Moines, Washington

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Tide / Current Tables for Duwamish Waterway, Washington

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Weather Map

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Wind Forecast for Pendleton, OR (8,2,3,4)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Seattle/Tacoma, WA

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