Today’s surface analysis chart, sat pic, and Langley Doppler radar all combine to show a weakening cold front approaching the coast and moving into the Salish Sea. As it passes over the Pacific NW it will continue to weaken and then stall before it moves slowly off to the NE Saturday night and into Sunday morning.
As this system evaporates over the area we’ll be left with scattered showers and the pressure gradient will decrease over the entire area. This will mean very light air over the central and south Sound. The north Sound, Admiralty Inlet, and the eastern end of the Strait of JdF will have a light SE breeze of 5-15 knots until about mid-afternoon when that will evaporate as well.
Sunday will be very much the same as there will be no appreciable pressure gradient over the area.
Enjoy the weekend!
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)