A frontal system will move in from the northwest tonight into early Tuesday morning, bringing a small area of small craft winds along the boundary. The strongest winds will mainly be focused across the northern-most areas of the coastal waters and along the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca. The front will then stall along the coast on Tuesday before a low pressure system arrives from the south and tracks towards Vancouver Island Tuesday night into Wednesday. This system will allow for winds to increase as it moves through the area. Gusts to gale and high-end small craft will be possible across the coastal waters and portions of the interior waters north of Puget Sound into Wednesday morning, with latest hi-res guidance showing roughly a 50 percent chance of wind gusts reaching 34 kt. The pattern looks to remain active as additional systems move into the area waters late week and into the weekend, allowing for winds and seas to remain elevated. Seas persist at 8 to 10 ft this afternoon and will build back towards 10 to 13 ft Tuesday night into Wednesday. Seas then look to remain around 10 to 12 ft through Thursday, before subsiding towards 10 ft again. Higher seas, building to 15 ft or greater, will be possible by late in the weekend. (Issued: 804 PM PDT Mon Mar 10 2025 by NOAA)