High pressure will continue to build over the waters into tonight with a thermal trough moving up the coast and advancing inland later Friday into Saturday. Northerly winds will remain a bit more elevated for the Coastal Waters into this evening with periods of SCA winds for the central and southern inner Coastal Waters. In addition, brief west wind gusts will occur into this evening for the central Strait of Juan de Fuca. Winds will generally remain more northerly into the weekend before transitioning more onshore early next week. Seas of 5 to 8 feet through late week. JD (Issued: 222 PM PDT Wed May 8 2024 by NOAA)