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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
203 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
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WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-  
WATERS FROM CAPE FALCON TO CAPE FOULWEATHER OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-  
WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-  
203 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY  
THIS MORNING...  
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM  
PST THIS AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, SEAS 8 TO 11 FT AT 15  
SECONDS. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO  
30 KT. FOR THE GALE WARNING, SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH  
GUSTS UP TO 43 KT EXPECTED. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT AT 10 SECONDS.  
 
* WHERE...OUTER COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE  
10 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.  
 
* WHEN...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, UNTIL 6 AM PST FRIDAY. GALE  
WARNING, FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM PST FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS SEAS WHICH COULD  
CAPSIZE OR DAMAGE VESSELS AND REDUCE VISIBILITY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR  
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES  
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY  
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE  
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-  
203 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM  
PST SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED.  
   
IN THE MAIN CHANNEL
 
 
   
GENERAL SEAS
 
9 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT SATURDAY MORNING. SOUTH TO  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 23 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT.  
 
* WHERE...IN THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT,  
ESPECIALLY WHEN OPERATING NEAR TO, OR ATTEMPTING TO CROSS, THE  
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...EBB CURRENT OF 2.98 KT AT 812 AM FRIDAY.  
SEAS 9 FT. EBB CURRENT OF 4.42 KT AT 805 PM FRIDAY. SEAS 10 TO 11  
FT. EBB CURRENT OF 3.02 KT AT 905 AM SATURDAY. SEAS 12 TO 14  
FT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO  
BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER  
BAR. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO OBTAIN THE LATEST BAR CONDITIONS  
FROM THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE  
BAR.  
 

 
 

 
 
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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON OR OUT  
10 NM-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FALCON TO CAPE FOULWEATHER OR OUT 10 NM-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-  
203 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST  
SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SEAS 7 TO 12 FT AT 18 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO  
25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.  
 
* WHERE...INNER COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE  
OUT 10 NM.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 6 AM PST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, VISIT:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND/MARINE  
 
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