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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1106 PM PST TUE DEC 16 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-
1106 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2025
..GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE GALE WARNING, SEAS 13 TO 17 FT AT 12 SECONDS
AND WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. FOR THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING, VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 10 TO 15
FT AT 12 SECONDS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT EXPECTED.
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE OUT 60
NM.
* WHEN...GALE WARNING, UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING, FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY.
* 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-
1106 PM PST TUE DEC 16 2025
..GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE GALE WARNING, SEAS 12 TO 17 FT AT 11 SECONDS
AND WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. FOR THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING, VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 9 TO 14
FT AT 11 SECONDS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KT WITH GUSTS
UP TO 25 KT EXPECTED.
* WHERE...IN THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.
* WHEN...GALE WARNING, UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING, FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS SEAS WHICH COULD
CAPSIZE OR DAMAGE VESSELS AND REDUCE VISIBILITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...EBB CURRENT OF 2.4 KT AT 237 AM WEDNESDAY.
SEAS 12 TO 16 FT. EBB CURRENT OF 5.37 KT AT 254 PM WEDNESDAY. SEAS 11
TO 13 FT.
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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, VISIT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND/MARINE
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