Gale Warning 36, NWS Eureka, CA

057 
WHUS76 KEKA 030955
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
255 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

PZZ470-032230-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SI.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-081003T1600Z/
/O.UPG.KEKA.SW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-081003T2000Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0036.081003T1600Z-081004T0300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0031.081003T2000Z-081005T0600Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
255 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...

A VIGOROUS FALL FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY.
THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL GENERATE GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY
WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS BY THIS AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND
WASHINGTON COASTS WILL PROPAGATE A WEST SWELL WITH HEIGHTS UP TO
15 FT WITH 13 SECOND PERIODS ACROSS THE WATERS SATURDAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP AND TREACHEROUS SEAS. 

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THE FIRST LARGE SWELL EVENT
SINCE LAST SPRING. AS A RESULT...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS
LIKELY. SWELL OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUS SURF AND PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY VIGILANT
OF SURF CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP
AND SWEEP YOU INTO THE COLD WATERS.

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.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ475-032230-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SI.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-081003T1800Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-081004T1400Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0036.081003T1800Z-081004T0100Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.A.0007.081004T1400Z-081005T0600Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
255 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

A VIGOROUS FALL FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY.
THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL GENERATE GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY
WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS BY THIS AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND
WASHINGTON COASTS WILL PROPAGATE A WEST SWELL WITH HEIGHTS UP TO
15 FT WITH 13 SECOND PERIODS ACROSS THE WATERS SATURDAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP AND TREACHEROUS SEAS.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THE FIRST LARGE SWELL EVENT
SINCE LAST SPRING. AS A RESULT...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS
LIKELY. SWELL OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUS SURF AND PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY VIGILANT
OF SURF CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP
AND SWEEP YOU INTO THE COLD WATERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. 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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AND OR STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE POTENTIAL
HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

PZZ450-032230-
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-081004T1400Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0036.081003T2000Z-081004T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.A.0006.081004T1400Z-081005T0600Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
255 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

A VIGOROUS FALL FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY.
THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL GENERATE GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY
WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS BY THIS AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND
WASHINGTON COASTS WILL PROPAGATE A WEST SWELL WITH HEIGHTS UP TO
15 FT WITH 13 SECOND PERIODS ACROSS THE WATERS SATURDAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP AND TREACHEROUS SEAS.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THE FIRST LARGE SWELL EVENT
SINCE LAST SPRING. AS A RESULT...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS
LIKELY. SWELL OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUS SURF AND PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY VIGILANT
OF SURF CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP
AND SWEEP YOU INTO THE COLD WATERS.

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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AND OR STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE POTENTIAL
HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

PZZ455-032230-
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-081004T1400Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0061.081003T1800Z-081004T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.A.0006.081004T1400Z-081005T0600Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
255 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

A VIGOROUS FALL FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE BRING INCREASED
SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON COASTS WILL PROPAGATE A
WEST SWELL WITH HEIGHTS UP TO 15 FT WITH 13 SECOND PERIODS ACROSS
THE WATERS SATURDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP AND
TREACHEROUS SEAS.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THE FIRST LARGE SWELL EVENT
SINCE LAST SPRING. AS A RESULT...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS
LIKELY. SWELL OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUS SURF AND PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY
VIGILANT OF SURF CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY
RISE UP AND SWEEP YOU INTO THE COLD WATERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR
LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.  IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

375 
WHUS76 KEKA 032150
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
250 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

PZZ450-041030-
/O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-081004T0100Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-081004T1600Z/
/O.UPG.KEKA.SE.A.0006.081004T1400Z-081005T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.SE.W.0031.081004T1600Z-081005T0100Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
250 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM PDT
SATURDAY...

A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL GENERATE GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY WINDS...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS UNTIL 6 PM TODAY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON
COASTS WILL GENERATE A LARGE WEST SWELL WHICH WILL PROPAGATE
INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WATERS ON SATURDAY. SWELL HEIGHTS
WILL BUILD TO 15 FT WITH PERIODS NEAR 13 SECONDS AND RESULT IN
VERY STEEP AND TREACHEROUS SEAS.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST LARGE SWELL EVENT SINCE LAST SPRING. SWELL
OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF AND
BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY VIGILANT OF
SURF CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND
SWEEP YOU INTO THE COLD WATERS.

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<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT
OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AND OR STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE POTENTIAL
HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

PZZ475-041030-
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-081004T0100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-081004T1400Z/
/O.UPG.KEKA.SE.A.0007.081004T1400Z-081005T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.SE.W.0031.081004T1400Z-081005T0100Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
250 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PDT
SATURDAY...


A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL GENERATE GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY WINDS...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS UNTIL 6 PM TODAY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON
COASTS WILL GENERATE A LARGE WEST SWELL WHICH WILL PROPAGATE
INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WATERS ON SATURDAY. SWELL HEIGHTS
WILL BUILD TO 15 FT WITH PERIODS NEAR 13 SECONDS AND RESULT IN
VERY STEEP AND TREACHEROUS SEAS.


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<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT
OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AND OR STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE POTENTIAL
HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

PZZ455-041030-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-081004T1600Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0061.000000T0000Z-081004T0600Z/
/O.UPG.KEKA.SE.A.0006.081004T1400Z-081005T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.SE.W.0031.081004T1600Z-081005T0100Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
250 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM PDT
SATURDAY...

A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL GENERATE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...WITH GUSTS
UP TO 30 KNOTS UNTIL 12 AM TONIGHT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON
COASTS WILL GENERATE A LARGE WEST SWELL WHICH WILL PROPAGATE
INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WATERS ON SATURDAY. SWELL HEIGHTS
WILL BUILD TO 15 FT WITH PERIODS NEAR 13 SECONDS AND RESULT IN
VERY STEEP AND TREACHEROUS SEAS.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST LARGE SWELL EVENT SINCE LAST SPRING. SWELL
OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF AND
BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY VIGILANT OF
SURF CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND
SWEEP YOU INTO THE COLD WATERS.



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<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT
OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AND OR STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE POTENTIAL
HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

PZZ470-041030-
/O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-081004T0100Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0031.000000T0000Z-081005T0100Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
250 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SATURDAY...


A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL GENERATE GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY WINDS...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS UNTIL 6 PM TODAY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON
COASTS WILL GENERATE A LARGE WEST SWELL WHICH WILL PROPAGATE
INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WATERS ON SATURDAY. SWELL HEIGHTS
WILL BUILD TO 15 FT WITH PERIODS NEAR 13 SECONDS AND RESULT
IN VERY STEEP AND TREACHEROUS SEAS.


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.

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.

&&

$$

826 
WHUS76 KEKA 040107 AAA
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
607 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

PZZ470-040915-
/O.CAN.KEKA.GL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-081004T0100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0031.000000T0000Z-081005T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0037.081004T0107Z-081004T0700Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
607 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SATURDAY.

A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL GENERATE GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY WINDS...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS UNTIL 6 PM TODAY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON
COASTS WILL GENERATE A LARGE WEST SWELL WHICH WILL PROPAGATE INTO
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WATERS ON SATURDAY. SWELL HEIGHTS WILL BUILD
TO 15 FT WITH PERIODS NEAR 13 SECONDS AND RESULT IN VERY STEEP
AND TREACHEROUS SEAS.

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.

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.


&&

$$

PZZ450-040915-
/O.CAN.KEKA.GL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-081004T0100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-081004T1600Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.SI.Y.0061.081004T0107Z-081004T1200Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0031.081004T1600Z-081005T0100Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
607 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY.
THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT
SATURDAY. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON
COASTS WILL GENERATE A LARGE WEST SWELL WHICH WILL PROPAGATE INTO
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WATERS ON SATURDAY. SWELL HEIGHTS WILL BUILD
TO 15 FT WITH PERIODS NEAR 13 SECONDS AND RESULT IN VERY STEEP AND
TREACHEROUS SEAS.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST LARGE SWELL EVENT SINCE LAST SPRING. SWELL
OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF AND
BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY VIGILANT OF
SURF CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND
SWEEP YOU INTO THE COLD WATERS.

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<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT
OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AND OR STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE POTENTIAL
HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

PZZ475-040915-
/O.CAN.KEKA.GL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-081004T0100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-081004T1400Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.SI.Y.0061.081004T0107Z-081004T1200Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0031.081004T1400Z-081005T0100Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
607 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY.
THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT
SATURDAY. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON
COASTS WILL GENERATE A LARGE WEST SWELL WHICH WILL PROPAGATE INTO
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WATERS ON SATURDAY. SWELL HEIGHTS WILL BUILD
TO 15 FT WITH PERIODS NEAR 13 SECONDS AND RESULT IN VERY STEEP AND
TREACHEROUS SEAS.

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<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT
OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AND OR STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE POTENTIAL
HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

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CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
607 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM PDT
SATURDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON
COASTS WILL GENERATE A LARGE WEST SWELL WHICH WILL PROPAGATE INTO
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WATERS ON SATURDAY. SWELL HEIGHTS WILL BUILD
TO 15 FT WITH PERIODS NEAR 13 SECONDS AND RESULT IN VERY STEEP
AND TREACHEROUS SEAS.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST LARGE SWELL EVENT SINCE LAST SPRING. SWELL
OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF AND
BEACH EROSION. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY VIGILANT OF
SURF CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...AS WAVES CAN SUDDENLY RISE UP AND
SWEEP YOU INTO THE COLD WATERS.

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<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT
OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AND OR STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE POTENTIAL
HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
500 AM PDT THU OCT 2 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT RAIN TO
COASTAL AREAS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY  ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE ON THE HEELS ON THIS SYSTEM...WILL BRING MORE SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL AND COOLING TO ALL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY. A DRYING TREND WILL FOLLOW SUNDAY THROUGH MUCH OF
TUESDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN ARRIVING BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...RADAR IMAGERY IS SHOWING SOME
WEAK RETURNS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE FINAL SIGNIFICANT
PRECIP BAND ASSOCIATED WITH LAST NIGHTS FRONTAL PASSAGE. AT THIS TIME
NO MEASURABLE RAIN WAS RECORDED AT WOODLEY ISLAND HOWEVER 0.15 INCHES
FELL AT CRECSENT CITY WHILE UKIAH REPORTED A FEW HUNDRETHS. BASED ON
CURRENT RADAR IMAGERY ANOTHER .05 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT
HOUR.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10-15 DEGREES COOLER INLAND ON
TODAY AS THE CLOUDS AND RAIN MOVE THROUGH. THE RAIN FROM THIS
FIRST SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STICK AROUND THROUGH THURSDAY. AFTER A
SHORT BREAK...RAIN FROM A SECOND...MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM WILL MOVE
THROUGH FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS MUCH MORE
POTENT WITH ITS MOISTURE AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. THE ENTIRE AREA
WILL LIKELY RECEIVE WETTING RAINS...WITH NORTHERNMOST SECTIONS
EASILY SEEING OVER AN INCH.

&&

.PREV LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...CONSENSUS IS GOOD THAT
A SHARP AMPLITUDE BUT STEADILY PROGRESSIVE SHORT-WAVE RIDGE WILL
APPROACH...THEN TRAVERSE NRN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
RESULTANT SENSIBLE WEATHER SHOULD BRING A DRYING PERIOD AND A
DAYTIME WARMING TREND LATE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. COOLISH
MORNING LOWS WILL REFLECT AUTUMN COUPLED WITH TRAPPED PATCHY FOG IN
COASTAL VALLEYS. LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGS A PATTERN CHANGE
TOWARD WETTER COOLER AS BOTH GFS AND ECMWF DEPICT AN UPPER TROUGH
MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NW. AFTER A FEW DAYS BREAK FROM RAIN...THIS
PACKAGE WE ADVERTISE A SLIGHT CHANCE LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
COLBY

&&

.AVIATION...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND LIGHT RAIN
ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
MVFR TO VFR TODAY. TH

&&

.MARINE...A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH THE WATERS THIS
MORNING. THE WEST SWELL THAT IS CURRENTLY PROPAGATING THROUGH THE
WATERS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT...WITH MARGINAL
GALES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE 00Z MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON THE
STRENGTH OF THE FRONT AND CONFIDENCE WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO UPGRADE
THE WATCHES TO WARNINGS FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. THE BIG STORY
WITH THIS STORM IS THE LARGE NW SWELL THAT WILL PROPAGATE THROUGH
THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. ENP IS FORECASTING WAVE HEIGHTS UP TO
20 FT ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS SATURDAY. HAVE WENT 3 TO 5 FT BELOW
GUIDANCE SINCE THE WAVE MODELS TEND TO OVERFORECAST BUILDING NW
SWELLS. HAVE EXTENDED THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY TO
ACCOUNT FOR THIS LARGE SWELL. TH

&&

.EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SCA FOR SEAS FROM PT ST GEORGE TO PT ARENA OUT 10NM.

SCA FOR WINDS AND SEAS FROM PT ST GEORGE TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM.

GALE WATCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FROM PT ST
GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM.

GALE WATCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FROM PT ST
GEORGE TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM.

HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FROM PT
ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 60 NM.

HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FROM
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 60 NM.

&&

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