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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
149 PM PST TUE DEC 23 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-
149 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
..GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, SEAS 7 TO 10 FT AT 12
SECONDS AND EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. FOR
THE GALE WARNING, SEAS 9 TO 13 FT AT 11 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST
WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT EXPECTED. ISOLATED
GUSTS UP TO 65 KT POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE OUT 60
NM.
* WHEN...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. GALE
WARNING, FROM 4 AM TO 4 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-
149 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
..GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED, WITH SEAS 7 TO 10 FT AT 12 SECONDS AND EAST WINDS 10
TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. FOR THE GALE WARNING, SEAS 9 TO
12 FT AT 11 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS
UP TO 50 KT EXPECTED. ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 65 KT POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...IN THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.
* WHEN...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. GALE
WARNING, FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS SEAS WHICH COULD
CAPSIZE OR DAMAGE VESSELS AND REDUCE VISIBILITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...FIRST EBB CURRENT OF 5.41 KT AT 624 PM
TUESDAY. SEAS 8 FT. SECOND EBB CURRENT OF 3.0 KT AT 715 AM
WEDNESDAY. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. THIRD EBB CURRENT OF 5.06 KT AT 704
PM WEDNESDAY. SEAS 6 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.
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HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND/MARINE
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