A small trough will drive a surface system over the waters today. Gusty winds ahead of the warm front continue this morning over the inland waters, with a couple isolated gale gusts (particularly around Smith Island). With the warm front moving quick to the east this morning, the southwest winds will decrease over the inland waters. A cold front will follow the warm front going into the afternoon. Unstable air in between fronts will introduce a chance of thunder this afternoon. The best chance for seeing thunder will be for inland waters, as a convergence zone is expected to develop going into the evening post-front. Main threats are lightning, downpours, and potential for erratic wind gusts. Otherwise, seas will continue to remain around 8 to 10 feet in the coastal waters today into Saturday morning (small craft advisory remains). A push of westerlies is expected later this evening into Saturday morning in the central/east Strait of Juan de Fuca (issued a new small craft advisory). Finally, the seas at buoy 211 remain at 11 to 14 feet this morning just outside of Grays Harbor (will continue the advisory for rough seas through this afternoon). Going into the weekend, another disturbance will likely bring breezy 20-25 kt southerly winds over the coastal waters (a few interior waters may see winds up to 20 kt as well). The seas will remain at 8 to 10 feet through the weekend (higher seas further out). Expect a drop below 10 feet going into the work week before another potential system Wednesday/Thursday brings seas and winds up over the coastal waters. HPR (Issued: 340 AM PDT Fri Mar 21 2025 by NOAA)