Thermal low pressure located near the coast will shift onshore this afternoon before pushing east of the Cascades overnight, bringing an increase in onshore flow. The strongest winds (that is, most consistently around 20-25 kt) will remain over the outer coastal waters, but with frequent gusts to 25 kt over all of the coastal zones, as well as in the central and eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, have maintained the existing advisories. Over the coastal waters, the seas will remain rather choppy and approaching if not meeting steepness criteria, as well, further supporting the maintaining of the advisories. Elsewhere, with a weak front dropping north of the area Sunday night and Monday, expect the onshore flow to further increase. Have upgraded the gale watch to a warning for the central and eastern Strait for late Sunday as a result. Additional frontal systems will continue to cross the waters through much of next week, with winds periodically building to near advisory thresholds. Meanwhile, seas over the coastal waters will build a bit with each passing system and remain generally short period, around 7 to 9 seconds, through the middle of next week. Cullen (Issued: 219 PM PDT Sat May 11 2024 by NOAA)