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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
954 AM PST WED DEC 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-
954 AM PST WED DEC 17 2025
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
..GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING
* WHAT...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...UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS COULD CAPSIZE OR CAUSE
DAMAGE TO VESSELS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.
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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
954 AM PST WED DEC 17 2025
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
..GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING
* WHAT...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 9 TO 14 FT AT 11 SECONDS
AND SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXPECTED.
* WHERE...IN THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS COULD CAPSIZE OR CAUSE
DAMAGE TO VESSELS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...EBB CURRENT OF 5.37 KT AT 254 PM WEDNESDAY.
SEAS 11 TO 14 FT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, VISIT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND/MARINE
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