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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
830 PM PST SUN NOV 8 2009
WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS FROM 60 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE.
SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
PZZ080-091130-
830 PM PST SUN NOV 8 2009
SYNOPSIS FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS
A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL PASS E ACROSS THE WATERS OVERNIGHT INTO MON. A WEAK COLD
FRONT WILL PASS E OVER THE WATERS LATE MON AND MON NIGHT. A LOW
PRES TROUGH WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUE INTO WED.
DEVELOPING LOW PRES WILL PASS SE OVER THE AREA WED INTO THU. A
HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE WATERS LATE THU...THEN SHIFT
SE OF THE AREA FRI AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES SE AND APPROACHES
THE WATERS.
PZZ081-091130-
CAPE FLATTERY TO CAPE LOOKOUT
830 PM PST SUN NOV 8 2009
..GALE WARNING
OVERNIGHT...E PORTION
S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO 30 TO
40 KT AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN SHIFTING TO W TO NW 20 TO 30 KT BY
MORNING. W PORTION...WINDS SHIFTING TO NW 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 14 TO
20 FT THROUGHOUT...HIGHEST NW. AREAS OF RAIN AND ISOLATED TSTMS
THROUGHOUT.
MON...WINDS BECOMING W TO SW 15 TO 25 KT
EXCEPT FAR E PART S
TO SW 25 TO 35 KT EARLY. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 15 FT
THROUGHOUT. AREAS OF RAIN AND ISOLATED TSTMS MAINLY E PART
EARLY. OTHERWISE SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT.
MON NIGHT...WINDS INCREASING TO SW 20 TO 30 KT
HIGHEST SW.
SEAS SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 14 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE...WINDS BECOMING W TO SW AND DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT
HIGHEST SE LATE. SEAS BECOMING 11 TO 13 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE NIGHT
WINDS BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12
FT.
WED...W TO NW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT
EXCEPT NW PART
TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 11 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL.
THU
N TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 11 FT...HIGHEST SW.
FRI
S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS
BUILDING TO 8 TO 14 FT...HIGHEST NW.
PZZ082-091130-
CAPE LOOKOUT TO POINT ST GEORGE
830 PM PST SUN NOV 8 2009
..GALE WARNING
OVERNIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO 30 TO 40
KT...EXCEPT W PORTION SHIFTING TO W TO NW 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS
15 TO 19 FT SUBSIDING TO 14 TO 17 FT. AREAS OF RAIN AND ISOLATED
TSTMS THROUGHOUT.
MON...WINDS BECOMING W 15 TO 25 KT
EXCEPT FAR E PART SW 25 TO
35 KT EARLY. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 14 FT. AREAS OF RAIN AND
ISOLATED TSTMS EARLY...TAPERING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MON NIGHT
W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 10 TO
13 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT
EXCEPT NW PART BECOMING W TO NW 15
TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 11 TO 14 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE NIGHT
WINDS BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT THROUGHOUT LATE.
SEAS 10 TO 13 FT.
WED...W TO NW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT
EXCEPT FAR W
PART TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT.
THU
WINDS BECOMING N TO NW 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT.
FRI
S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST FAR NW.
.FORECASTER MILLS. OCEAN FORECAST BRANCH.
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