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Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait

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Issued 04:00 AM PST 28 January 2020

Today Tonight and Wednesday.

Wind light except southeast 15 to 25 knots over western sections overnight. Wind becoming west 15 to 25 Wednesday morning then becoming west 15 Wednesday afternoon.

Showers ending this evening. Rain overnight and Wednesday.

Extended Forecast

Issued 04:00 AM PST 28 January 2020
Thursday Wind easterly 10 to 20 knots becoming westerly 10 to 20 in the afternoon.
Friday Wind westerly 10 to 20 knots becoming southeast 15 to 25.
Saturday Wind west 25 knots diminishing to west 15 late in the day.

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Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 4:00 AM PST 28 January 2020 Today Tonight and Wednesday At 4:00 a.m. PST today low located near Explorer.
By 10:00 a.m. PST today weakening low located over the Washington
Coast.

At 4:00 p.m. PST today frontal system located west of Bowie.
By 1:00 a.m. PST Wednesday departing frontal system located on a
line north-south over the North Coast.

At 4:00 p.m. PST Wednesday frontal system located near the offshore
waters.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 3:59 AM PST 28 January 2020 A low pressure center near Explorer will continue to spread
northwesterlies to Southern Explorer this morning.

Another intense frontal system will track across the offshore waters
this afternoon and onto the North Coast overnight. Ahead of the
system, storm force southeasterlies will develop over the northern
and central waters late today. A short period of hurricane force
southeasterlies is expected over the North Coast overnight. In its
wake, winds will veer to gale to storm force southwesterlies.

A third system will approach the offshore waters late Wednesday
bringing gale to storm force southerlies to the northern waters
Wednesday evening.

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