017
FZPN24 KWNM 181738
OFFN09
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1038 AM PDT WED MAR 18 2026
CONDITIONS GIVEN REPRESENT THE HIGHEST WITHIN THAT PERIOD.
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL
WATERS FORECASTS...
SYNOPSIS
A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN STALLED JUST W OF THE
WATERS TODAY INTO THU, THEN SLOWLY PRESS E ACROSS THE REGION LATE
THU NIGHT, FRI, AND INTO FRI NIGHT. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL
THEN BUILD OVER THE WATERS BEHIND THE FRONT SAT. THE RIDGE WILL
WEAKEN SUN AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE NORTHERN WATERS. THE
FRONT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE SUN NIGHT WITH MODEST RIDGING AND
HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE MON BEFORE A WARM FRONT APPROACHES LATE
MON NIGHT.
CANADIAN BORDER TO 45N
TODAY
S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN AND PATCHY FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
TONIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF RAIN AND PATCHY FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
THU
S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
THU NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF RAIN AND PATCHY FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
FRI
W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
FRI NIGHT
NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
SAT
SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
SAT NIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT.
SUN
W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT.
SUN NIGHT
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT.
45N TO POINT SAINT GEORGE
..GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SAT NIGHT
TODAY
S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
TONIGHT
S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
THU
S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
THU NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
FRI
W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
FRI NIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
SAT
N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 11 FT.
SAT NIGHT
N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT.
SUN
N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT.
SUN NIGHT
N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT.
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