Ed. Note: Please share with anyone who might be affected. The area mentioned in the headline above will be subject to a real blast of Fraser River outflow starting tomorrow afternoon and extending through Saturday. The reason for those is one very large high-pressure system positioned over eastern BC which has been as high as 1055mb which is really high. The charts show the compression of the isobars immediately to the NE of Bellingham and Vancouver. This will bring strong NE breeze, 30-50 knots with higher gusts, to the area as well as significantly cooler temperatures.
March 14 Surface Forecast 
March 14 0500 Surface Forecast 
March 13 1700 Surface Forecast 
March 13 Surface Forecast
With the low that you see offshore this will also bring Strait Effect snow to the US side of the Straits from Port Townsend to Sekiu especially in the Olympics.
Add the extra mooring lines and fenders for this one.
Bruce has raced and cruised the Pacific Northwest his entire life. He earned a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Washington in Biological Oceanography and learned meteorology “to keep from getting kicked around on the race course.” Bruce spent nearly two decades as Associate Publisher for Northwest Yachting Magazine, retiring in mid-2015, and was the chairman of the board of trustees for the Northwest Marine Trade Association in 2014. (photo of Bruce driving Playstation is a bit dated, but cool)