817  
WHUS76 KPQR 231705  
MWWPQR  
 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
905 AM PST MON NOV 23 2009  
 
PZZ255-240115-  
/O.CAN.KPQR.SI.Y.0135.000000T0000Z-091124T0200Z/  
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0078.000000T0000Z-091125T0200Z/  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-  
905 AM PST MON NOV 23 2009  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL  
6 PM PST TUESDAY...   
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED
 
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL  
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS  
SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY.  
 
A WARM FRONT IS APPROACHING THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY...AND WILL  
BRING INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS BY THIS AFTERNOON.  
HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY 20 KNOTS OR LESS...  
SO THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED.  
 
SEAS WILL REMAIN IN THE 9 TO 12 FOOT RANGE THROUGH TUESDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID  
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING  
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK  
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.  
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.  
 

 
 

 
 
PZZ250-270-240115-  
/O.EXB.KPQR.SW.Y.0078.000000T0000Z-091125T0200Z/  
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0136.000000T0000Z-091124T0200Z/  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT  
10 NM-  
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO  
60 NM-  
905 AM PST MON NOV 23 2009  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM  
PST TUESDAY...  
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM  
PST THIS EVENING...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT  
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST  
TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL  
6 PM PST THIS EVENING.  
 
A WARM FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATER ON TODAY...WITH WINDS INCREASING A  
BIT...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 30 KNOTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS  
AFTERNOON.  
 
SEAS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 13 FOOT RANGE THROUGH  
TUESDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO  
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE  
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE  
CONDITIONS.  
 
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID  
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING  
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK  
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.  
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.  
 

 
 

 
 
PZZ275-240115-  
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0078.000000T0000Z-091125T0200Z/  
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0135.000000T0000Z-091124T0200Z/  
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-  
905 AM PST MON NOV 23 2009  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL  
6 PM PST TUESDAY...  
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM  
PST THIS EVENING...  
 
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT  
UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS  
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING.  
 
A WARM FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATER ON TODAY...WITH WINDS INCREASING A  
BIT...WITH GUSTS OF TO 25 KT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS  
AFTERNOON.  
 
SEAS WILL REMAIN IN THE 9 TO 12 FOOT RANGE THROUGH TUESDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO  
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE  
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE  
CONDITIONS.  
 
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID  
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING  
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK  
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.  
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.  
 

 
 

 
 
PZZ210-240115-  
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0382.000000T0000Z-091124T0800Z/  
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-  
905 AM PST MON NOV 23 2009  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL  
MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...  
 
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL  
MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT.  
 
IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 11 FT TODAY AND  
TONIGHT...SUBSIDING TO 9 FT LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SEAS  
TEMPORARILY NEAR 13 FT DURING THE EBBS...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND  
915 AM THIS MORNING AND AGAIN AROUND 845 PM TONIGHT. BREAKERS ARE  
NOT EXPECTED DURING THE EBBS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS  
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR  
ENTRANCES.  
 

 
 

 
 
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