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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
249 PM PST SAT NOV 7 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-
249 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST MONDAY...
..GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST MONDAY. THESE SMALL CRAFT ADVIORIES REPLACE THE GALE
WARNING WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.
SQUALLY WEATHER CONTINUES TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED GUSTS TO NEAR GALE
FORCE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE
WIDESPREAD GUSTS TO GALE FORCE HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COASTAL
WATERS AND THEREFORE THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL NEAR GALE GUSTS IN
SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL BACK
TO THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT.
SEAS OF 20 TO 22 FEET CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SEAS WILL VERY SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
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.
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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
249 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
PST MONDAY...
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 AM PST MONDAY.
IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 20 TO 24 FT...SUBSIDING TO
18 TO 20 FT SUNDAY. BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THIS
EVENING...MOST FREQUENT DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 745 PM THIS
EVENING. 20 FT SEAS WITH BREAKERS ARE ALSO LIKELY DURING THE
WEAKER EBB AROUND 845 AM SUNDAY MORNING.
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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