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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
255 AM PST SUN NOV 22 2009
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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
255 AM PST SUN NOV 22 2009
..STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING
THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING.
STRONG LOW PRESSURE PASSED ACROSS THE NORTH OREGON COASTAL
WATERS...AND INLAND NEAR SEASIDE EARLIER THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IS STILL OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS THIS MORNING.
THIS WILL MAINTAIN WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KT...WITH
GUSTS NEAR 50 KT...OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE THIS MORNING...DROPPING TO ONLY GALE
FORCE AT WORST AFTER 7 AM. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO EASE TODAY.
IN ADDITION...CHAOTIC WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 18 AND
22 FT THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AS WINDS RELAX.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE
SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND
CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS
AND WAVES SUBSIDE.
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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
255 AM PST SUN NOV 22 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PST MONDAY...
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PST MONDAY.
IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS NEAR 13 TO 15 FT TODAY...
GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TO 11 FT TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY
NEAR TO 17 FT DURING THE EBB AROUND 815 AM THIS MORNING...AND NEAR
15 FT DURING THE EBB AROUND 8 PM TONIGHT. BREAKERS ARE LIKELY
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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