Alert archive / California / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 59, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this gale warning at Apr 12, 2009, 2:44 PM PDT. It took effect at Apr 13, 2009, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 37 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2009, 2:44 PM PDT (21:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2009, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2009, 3:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
324 WHUS76 KEKA 122144 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 244 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2009 PZZ475-131030- /O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.090413T0700Z-090413T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.090413T1300Z-090413T2100Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0008.090414T0000Z-090415T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0014.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0059.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 244 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL RAPIDLY BUILD THIS EVENING. SWELL HEIGHT IS EXPECTED TO PEAK NEAR 10 TO 11 FEET AT 16 SECONDS. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW GALE FORCE SPEEDS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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 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 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 HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ455-131030- /O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.090413T0700Z-090413T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.090413T1300Z-090413T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0059.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0014.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 244 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL RAPIDLY BUILD OVERNIGHT. THE SWELL HEIGHT IS EXPECTED TO PEAK AT 10 TO 11 FEET AT 16 SECONDS. THIS TYPE OF WAVE WILL CREATE A SHOALING HAZARD WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES FORMING IN SHALLOW WATER AREAS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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 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 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. && $$ PZZ450-470-131030- /O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.090413T0300Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 244 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL WILL RAPIDLY BUILD THIS EVENING. THE SWELL HEIGHT IS EXPECTED TO PEAK NEAR 10 OR 11 FEET AT 16 SECONDS. THIS TYPE OF WAVE WILL CREATE A SHOALING HAZARD WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES FORMING IN SHALLOW WATER AREAS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOMORROW AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$
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974 WHUS76 KEKA 130428 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 928 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2009 PZZ455-475-131230- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.090413T0700Z-090413T2100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.090413T1300Z-090413T2100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0059.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0014.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 928 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM PDT MONDAY. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW GALE FORCE SPEEDS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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 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 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. && $$ PZZ450-470-131230- /O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 928 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOMORROW AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$
813 WHUS76 KEKA 130940 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 240 AM PDT MON APR 13 2009 PZZ455-475-132345- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090413T2100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.090413T1300Z-090413T2100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0059.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0014.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 240 AM PDT MON APR 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW GALE FORCE SPEEDS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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 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. && $$ PZZ450-470-132345- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 240 AM PDT MON APR 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$
708 WHUS76 KEKA 131547 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 847 AM PDT MON APR 13 2009 PZZ455-475-140000- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090413T2100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090413T2100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0059.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0014.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 847 AM PDT MON APR 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW GALE FORCE SPEEDS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ALLOWING SEAS TO SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. 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 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. && $$ PZZ450-470-140000- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.090413T2100Z-090415T1000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 847 AM PDT MON APR 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$
693 WHUS76 KEKA 132137 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 237 PM PDT MON APR 13 2009 PZZ455-475-140545- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 237 PM PDT MON APR 13 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW GALE FORCE SPEEDS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ALLOWING SEAS TO SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-470-140545- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 237 PM PDT MON APR 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$
459 WHUS76 KEKA 140345 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 845 PM PDT MON APR 13 2009 PZZ455-475-141200- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 845 PM PDT MON APR 13 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-470-141200- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 845 PM PDT MON APR 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$
568 WHUS76 KEKA 140946 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 246 AM PDT TUE APR 14 2009 PZZ455-475-141800- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 246 AM PDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-470-141800- /O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090416T0000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 246 AM PDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$
260 WHUS76 KEKA 141602 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 902 AM PDT TUE APR 14 2009 PZZ455-475-150015- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 902 AM PDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-470-150015- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090416T0000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 902 AM PDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$
622 WHUS76 KEKA 150045 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 545 PM PDT TUE APR 14 2009 PZZ455-475-151000- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 545 PM PDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-470-151145- /O.EXT.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090416T0000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090416T0000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 545 PM PDT TUE APR 14 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$
338 WHUS76 KEKA 151014 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 314 AM PDT WED APR 15 2009 PZZ455-475-152330- /O.EXP.KEKA.GL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.EXP.KEKA.SE.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090415T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090416T0700Z/ /O.EXB.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090416T0700Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 314 AM PDT WED APR 15 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS EXPIRED... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ450-470-152330- /O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-090416T0700Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-090416T0000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 314 AM PDT WED APR 15 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Apr 12, 4:45 AM PDT, 9 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 4:45 AM PDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 445 AM PDT SUN APR 12 2009 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO TODAY WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH DRIER WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT ABOUT 450 MILES WEST OF NW CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE EASTWARD TODAY TOWARD THE AREA. AN AREA OF WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE OF RAIN NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE COAST. RAIN WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF MONDAY BEHIND THE FRONT FOR MOST AREAS...WITH A FEW SHOWERS LINGERING NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO. A COLD UPPER LOW WILL DIVE THROUGH THE PAC NW INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON TUESDAY. MODEL AGREEMENT IS VERY GOOD REGARDING THIS FEATURE NOW. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS FOR NORTHERN AREAS THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. AS THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE LOW CLIPS THE NW CORNER OF THE STATE...SNOW LEVELS IN THE SHOWERS WILL LOWER CONSIDERABLY ON TUESDAY. H7 TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO REACH AT LEAST AS LOW AS -14C IN THE EURO AND -16C IN THE GFS AND NAM...WHICH WOULD SUPPORT SNOW LEVELS BELOW 2000 FEET OVER THE FAR NORTH. HOWEVER... GIVEN THE CONTINUING SLIGHT MODEL DIFFERENCES...WILL KEEP SNOW LEVELS AROUND 2000 FEET FOR TUESDAY RATHER THAN GOING MUCH LOWER. IN ANY EVENT...LIMITED MOISTURE (PWATS AROUND 0.25 INCHES) WILL KEEP QPF LOW IN ANY SNOW SHOWERS THAT FALL BEHIND THE FRONT. THE COLD AIR WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FROST/FREEZE ISSUES TUE AND WED MORNINGS. TUE MORNING WILL BE THE WARMER OF THE TWO DAYS SINCE THE COLDEST AIR WILL NOT HAVE QUITE SETTLED IN OVER THE REGION YET...AND AS NORTH WINDS REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT. WED MORNING WILL SEE LIGHT WINDS AND CLEARER SKIES...AND ATTM IT APPEARS FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE INTERIOR WITH TEMPS BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S IN ZONES 3 AND 76. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN SHOWING RIDGING OVER THE WEST COAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...WITH A DRY FORECAST ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS. KL && .AVIATION...CEILINGS HAVE LIFTED TO MVFR WITH VFR VSBYS IN NORTHERN COASTAL AREAS BEHIND WEAK WARM FRONT. RUC13 SHOWS SLIGHT ISENTROPIC LIFT AT OR BORDER ABOUT SUNRISE SO SHOULD SEE FEW AREAS OF IFR CIGS/VSBY. WILL SEE MORE WIDESPREAD IFR CIGS/VSBY BY LATE AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY NORTH OF GARBERVILLE AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES WITH -RA. FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED ABOUT MIDNIGHT NEAR KCEC AND WHATS LEFT OF FRONT PASSED UKI ABOUT DAYBREAK ON MONDAY. LIGHT RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS BEHIND FRONT WITH CIGS LIFTING TO MVFR AND VFR VSBYS. DEAN && .MARINE...LGT WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE S ACROSS MOST OF THE WATERS AS A WEAK FRONT APPROACHES. LONG PERIOD NW SWELL WILL PROPAGATE INTO THE WATERS LATE TODAY. IT PASSED BUOY 46006 AT 1800 SAT AT 17 SECONDS AND HAD BUILT TO 13 FEET AT 15 SEC BY 0300 THIS MORNING. USING SWELL DECAY TOOL IT WOULD ENTER OUR WATERS ABOUT 1600 THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON NW SWELL PEAKING AT 11-12 FT TUE BEFORE SUBSIDING. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ISSUED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FOR ALL WATERS. IN ADDITION TO THE LONG PERIOD SWELL...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION WILL COMBINE WITH A THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST TO PRODUCE INCREASED N WINDS MON AND TUE. SOUTHERN OUTER WATERS LOOKS TO BE IN SOLID GALE CRITERIA WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KT AND ISSUED GALE WATCH. HELD OFF ON ISSUING FOR EITHER NORTHERN OUTER WATERS OR SOUTHERN INNER WATERS AS THE AREAL EXTENT DOES NOT LOOK WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO HOIST WATCH. THESE AREAS WILL SEE LOCAL GALE GUSTS THOUGH MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUE. DEAN. && .EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FOR ALL WATERS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ZONE 475 FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. && VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 12, 3:32 AM PDT | Gale Watch | EKA | 11 hr | |
| Apr 12, 3:32 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | EKA | 4 days | |
| Apr 12, 2:44 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | EKA | 60 hr | |
| Apr 12, 2:44 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | EKA | 3 days |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.