Bruce’s Briefs: Wx for 11, 12, 13, and 14 October. CYC-PSSC

Color radar

A spectacular day today with a great northerly up and down the Sound. Plus there are boats headed for Blake Island and other boats just out sailing around and enjoying the day. Unfortunately, conditions won’t hold for CYC’s Puget Sound Sailing Championship (PSSC) tomorrow and Sunday.

The surface analysis chart shows a nice ridge of high-pressure (1033-1034MB) just east of the Salish Sea but still dominating our weather. This will weaken and shift to the east overnight. As you can see from the station reports, the barometer is already falling, signaling the arrival of a weak frontal system that will break up as it hits the coastal buffer zone late tomorrow afternoon and into the evening. This will leave the Sound with a mixed bag of wind for the weekend and before a stronger system hits our area on Tuesday.

For the central Sound it appears that the best chance for wind will be Saturday afternoon as a weak northerly (5-10 knots) will fill down the Sound. Watch for the northerly to fill as the flood tide builds. This will hold into the evening before it all goes light Sunday morning. Sunday will remain light with 4-6 knots of northerly starting to fill by mid-Sunday afternoon.  

Tidal current at West Point:

Saturday

0806      Slack

1300      Max Flood            .81 knots

1624      Slack

Sunday

0848      Slack

1336      Max Flood            .83 knots

1654      Slack

Enjoy the weekend!

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