Small craft westerly winds along the central and eastern Strait will gradually ease through the early morning hours today. Onshore flow will continue through the day with high pressure residing over the coastal waters. A low pressure system offshore will then move southeast tonight and move into northern Oregon on Thursday morning, allowing for southerly winds over the outer coastal waters to pick up tonight. Weak high pressure will then rebuild over the area waters Thursday night into Friday, keeping conditions calm across the area waters. The next system will then move into the waters Friday night into Saturday, likely bringing another round of area headlines. This will then be followed by another frontal system that looks to arrive late in the weekend. Seas generally hovering between 6-8 ft this morning will continue to subside towards 3-5 ft throughout the day today. Seas look to persist at this range into Friday, before building back over the weekend as systems move across the area. 14 (Issued: 300 AM PDT Wed May 1 2024 by NOAA)