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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
113 PM PDT THU JUL 17 2025
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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-
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-
113 PM PDT THU JUL 17 2025
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, SEAS 8 TO 10 FT AT 10
SECONDS AND NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. FOR THE DENSE FOG
ADVISORY, DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1 SM OR LESS.
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE OUT 60
NM.
* WHEN...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. DENSE FOG
ADVISORY, FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PDT FRIDAY.
* 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-
113 PM PDT THU JUL 17 2025
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING
TO 4 FT FRIDAY EVENING.
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY.
* 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 4.88 KT AT 1053 PM THURSDAY.
SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. EBB CURRENT OF 3.08 KT AT 1059 AM FRIDAY. SEAS 5
FT. EBB CURRENT OF 5.14 KT AT 1157 PM FRIDAY. SEAS 4 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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, VISIT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND/MARINE
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