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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
239 AM PDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
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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-  
239 AM PDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS  
AFTERNOON...  
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY  
THIS MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...FOR THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY, DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE  
VISIBILITY TO 1 NM OR LESS. FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, SEAS  
7 TO 9 FT AT 9 SECONDS AND NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.  
 
* WHERE...OUTER COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE  
10 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.  
 
* WHEN...DENSE FOG ADVISORY, UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON.  
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. LOW  
VISIBILITY WILL MAKE NAVIGATION DIFFICULT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 
IF YOU MUST NAVIGATE, PROCEED WITH CAUTION. USE PROPER FOG  
SIGNALS. MAKE SURE ALL RUNNING LIGHTS ARE ON. REMEMBER TO USE  
YOUR RADAR AND COMPASS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-  
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-  
239 AM PDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1 NM OR LESS.  
 
* WHERE...INNER COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE  
OUT 10 NM, AND IN THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITY WILL MAKE NAVIGATION DIFFICULT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU MUST NAVIGATE, PROCEED WITH CAUTION. USE PROPER FOG  
SIGNALS. MAKE SURE ALL RUNNING LIGHTS ARE ON. REMEMBER TO USE  
YOUR RADAR AND COMPASS.  
 

 
 

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