108  
FZPN23 KWNM 202224  
OFFN08  
 
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS  
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC  
224 PM PST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
CONDITIONS GIVEN REPRESENT THE HIGHEST WITHIN THAT PERIOD.  
 
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE  
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL  
WATERS FORECASTS...  
   
SYNOPSIS  
A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED SW TO NE ACROSS THE  
NORTHERN HALF OF THE WATERS THIS EVENING WILL PERSIST TONIGHT. IT  
WILL THEN LIFT N AS A WARM FRONT THU AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE  
DEVELOPS JUST W OF THE NORTHERN WATERS. AS THAT LOW MOVES QUICKLY  
N AWAY FROM THE AREA, A COLD FRONT EXTENDING S FROM THE LOW WILL  
MOVE SE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS THU NIGHT AND FRI,  
REACHING THE SOUTHERN WATERS LATE FRI NIGHT. ON SAT, A NEW WEAKER  
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP W OF THE WATERS. IT WILL MOVE E  
INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS SAT NIGHT AND SUN BEFORE WEAKENING INTO  
A TROUGH SUN NIGHT. THE LOW WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE  
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WATERS SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT. AN  
ADDITIONAL WEAK TROUGH OR TWO EXTENDING S FROM BROAD LOW PRESSURE  
N OF THE AREA WILL MOVE E ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS MON AND MON  
NIGHT.  
 
POINT SAINT GEORGE TO POINT ARENA  
   
..GALE WARNING  
 
   
TONIGHT  
S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 TO 18 FT. SCATTERED  
SHOWERS.    
THU  
S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 18 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS  
WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.    
THU NIGHT  
S TO SW WINDS 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 11 TO 17 FT.  
SHOWERS LIKELY.    
FRI  
SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 11 TO 17 FT. CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS.    
FRI NIGHT  
W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT.    
SAT  
SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.    
SAT NIGHT  
S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.    
SUN  
S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.    
SUN NIGHT  
S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.    
MON  
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.    
MON NIGHT  
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.  
 
POINT ARENA TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS  
   
..GALE WARNING  
 
   
TONIGHT  
S WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 13 TO 19 FT. SCATTERED  
SHOWERS.    
THU  
S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 17 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS.    
THU NIGHT  
S WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT. SHOWERS  
LIKELY.    
FRI  
S TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT. SHOWERS  
LIKELY WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.    
FRI NIGHT  
W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT.    
SAT  
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.    
SAT NIGHT  
S WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.    
SUN  
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.    
SUN NIGHT  
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.    
MON  
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.    
MON NIGHT  
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.  
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