Gale Warning 87, NWS Eureka, CA

826 
WHUS76 KEKA 300444
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
844 PM PST TUE DEC 29 2009

PZZ450-301100-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SI.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-091230T0800Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-091230T1100Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
844 PM PST TUE DEC 29 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
3 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

PZZ470-301300-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-091230T1100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T0600Z-100101T0500Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0040.091231T0600Z-100101T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
844 PM PST TUE DEC 29 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
3 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM
PST THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY
TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNINGS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

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 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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ475-301300-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-091230T1100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-091230T0800Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0035.091231T0600Z-100101T0500Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
844 PM PST TUE DEC 29 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
3 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. A GALE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH IN
ASSOCIATION WITH ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

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.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ455-301100-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-091230T1100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-091230T0800Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
844 PM PST TUE DEC 29 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
3 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. 

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.

&&

$$

662 
WHUS76 KEKA 301030
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
230 AM PST WED DEC 30 2009

PZZ470-302345-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-091230T1100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T0600Z-100101T0500Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0040.091231T0600Z-100101T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
230 AM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM
PST THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM
PST THURSDAY. 


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

&&

$$

PZZ475-302345-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-091230T1100Z/
/O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0035.091231T0600Z-100101T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.091231T0600Z-100103T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T0900Z-100101T0200Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
230 AM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM
THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ450-302345-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-091230T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.091231T0600Z-100103T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T1600Z-100101T0200Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
230 AM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM
THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 


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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ455-302345-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-091230T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SI.Y.0078.091231T0600Z-100101T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.091231T0600Z-100103T0600Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
230 AM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM
THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 


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.

&&

$$

625 
WHUS76 KEKA 302253
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
253 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

PZZ470-311100-
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T0600Z-100101T0500Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0040.091231T0600Z-100101T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
253 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM
PST THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM
PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. 

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

&&

$$

PZZ450-311100-
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.091231T0600Z-100103T0600Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T1600Z-100101T0200Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
253 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM PST
THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. 

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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ475-311100-
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.091231T0600Z-100103T0600Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T0900Z-100101T0200Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
253 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM PST
THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. 

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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ455-311100-
/O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0078.091231T0600Z-100101T1800Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.091231T0600Z-100103T0600Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
253 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM
THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM
THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM
PST SATURDAY. 

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.

&&

$$

450 
WHUS76 KEKA 310502
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
902 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

PZZ475-311330-
/O.UPG.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.091231T0600Z-100103T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.SE.W.0040.091231T0800Z-100101T0500Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T0900Z-100101T0200Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
902 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM
PST THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM
PST THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO
6 PM PST THURSDAY. 

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE WATERS LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DANGEROUS CROSSING SEAS WILL BE
CREATED AS WIND DRIVEN SEAS UP TO 12 FEET IN HEIGHT COMBINE WITH
A LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL. WINDS AND SEAS WILL EASE LATE
THURSDAY EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND.

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

&&

$$

PZZ470-311330-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0040.091231T0600Z-100101T1200Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T0600Z-100101T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
902 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
FRIDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE WATERS LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. DANGEROUS CROSSING SEAS WILL BE
CREATED AS WIND DRIVEN SEAS UP TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT COMBINE WITH A LONG
PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL. WINDS AND SEAS WILL EASE LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ450-311330-
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.091231T0600Z-100103T0600Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T1600Z-100101T0200Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
902 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM PST
THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST SATURDAY. 

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS TO THE WATERS LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. DANGEROUS CROSSING SEAS
WILL BE CREATED AS WIND DRIVEN SEAS NEAR 10 FEET IN HEIGHT COMBINE
WITH A LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL. WINDS AND SEAS WILL EASE LATE
THURSDAY EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND.

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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ455-311330-
/O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0078.091231T0600Z-100101T1800Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.091231T0600Z-100103T0600Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
902 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. 

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.

&&

$$

114 
WHUS76 KEKA 310945
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
145 AM PST THU DEC 31 2009

PZZ450-312330-
/O.UPG.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.000000T0000Z-100103T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.SE.W.0040.091231T1700Z-100101T0400Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0087.091231T1700Z-100101T0200Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
145 AM PST THU DEC 31 2009

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
PST THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM
THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. 


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

&&

$$

PZZ470-312330-
/O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0087.000000T0000Z-100101T0400Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-100101T1200Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
145 AM PST THU DEC 31 2009

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
FRIDAY...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. 


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.

&&

$$

PZZ475-312330-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-100101T0400Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0087.000000T0000Z-100101T0200Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
145 AM PST THU DEC 31 2009

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS
EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 


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

&&

$$

PZZ455-312330-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SI.Y.0078.000000T0000Z-100101T1700Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.000000T0000Z-100103T0600Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
145 AM PST THU DEC 31 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. 

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.

&&

$$

157 
WHUS76 KEKA 312221
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
221 PM PST THU DEC 31 2009

PZZ450-475-010400-
/O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0087.000000T0000Z-100101T0400Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-100101T0400Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
221 PM PST THU DEC 31 2009

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

A COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS
OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND
SEAS. 

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

&&

$$

PZZ470-011100-
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0087.000000T0000Z-100101T0400Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-100101T1200Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
221 PM PST THU DEC 31 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
FRIDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. 

A COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS
OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND
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.

&&

$$

PZZ455-011100-
/O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0078.000000T0000Z-100101T1700Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0073.000000T0000Z-100103T0600Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
221 PM PST THU DEC 31 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
PST FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. 

A COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS
OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND
SEAS.

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.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
936 AM PST TUE DEC 29 2009

.SYNOPSIS...A FRONT WILL PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS...LIGHT
RAIN...AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ACROSS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. A MORE POTENT FRONTAL SYSTEM  WILL PRODUCE MORE
SIGNIFICANT RAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
&&

.UPDATE...MAIN FCST CONCERN REMAINS CENTERED AROUND QPF...SNOW
LEVELS AND SNOW AMOUNTS. RA BEGINNING TO ADVECT ACROSS THE COAST
THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND. LATEST RUC CONTINUES TO
SHOW BEST DYNAMICS AND ASSOCIATED LIFT MOVING INLAND THIS AFTERNOON.
LATEST SFC OBS REMAIN BELOW FREEZING DOWN TO 2500 FT ACROSS TRINITY
COUNTY AND DOWN TO 1500 FT ACROSS MENDOCINO INTERIOR. MODELS
CONTINUE TO SHOW INCREASING SNOW LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION AS WAA
PREVAILS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WITH DECENT CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE
REGION THINK WAA MAY BE OVERDONE...ESPECIALLY OVER TRINITY COUNTY
WHERE COLD AIR POOLED IN VALLEYS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MIX OUT.
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE 4000 FT WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISSUED QUICK UPDATE TO MAKE
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO SNOW LEVELS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE
INTERIOR. BC
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 630 AM PST TUE DEC 29 2009...THE SHORT
TERM FORECAST CONCERN IS QPF AND SNOW LEVELS WITH THE EXPECTED FRONT
TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN SHOULD REACH THE NW CORNER OF THE STATE MID
TO LATE MORNING AND QUICKLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH THE DAY. DYNAMICS STILL LOOK FAVORABLE FOR A DECENT RAIN
EVENT BUT THE QUICK MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT AND LIMITED MOISTURE WILL
LIMIT PRECIPITATION TOTALS. EXPECT LESS THAN A HALF OF AN INCH OF
RAIN AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.25 INCHES IN
OROGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED AREAS.

OBSERVATIONS PLACE CURRENT SNOW LEVELS GENERALLY NEAR 3500 FEET.
HOWEVER THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF TRINITY COUNTY ARE REPORTING BELOW
FREEZING TEMPERATURES DOWN TO 2500 FEET AND VALLEYS IN MENDOCINO
INTERIOR DOWN TO 1500 FEET. THESE TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM A BIT
BEFORE THE ONSET OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN MENDOCINO. HOWEVER...AM
CONCERNED THAT THE MODELS ARE OVERDOING WARM AIR ADVECTION AND THAT
THE COLD AIR MAY REMAIN TRAPPED IN THE TRINITY VALLEYS...WITH
LOCALIZED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DOWN TO 2500 FEET TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH 1 TO 2
INCHES POSSIBLE AROUND 3500 FT AND 4 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FT.
LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF INTERIOR VALLEYS IF THE CURRENT COLD AIR DOES NOT MIX
OUT BY THE AFTERNOON.

A 130+ KT JET BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MAINTAIN INSTABILITY SHOWERS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY BUT DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IF ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN AND
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

THE NEXT STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MORE SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE WARM FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY A MORE POTENT AND
SLOWER MOVING COLD FRONT THU NIGHT AND FRI. ISENTROPIC LIFT ARE
IMPRESSIVE WITH BOTH FRONTS AND MODELED PRECIPITATELY WATER VALUES
EXCEED 1.25 INCHES WITH THE COLD FRONT.

MODELS HINT OF A RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE WEEKEND BUT SOME STILL
TRYING TO GENERATE PRECIPITATION UNDER CUTTING THE RIDGE. HAVE
MAINTAINED SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO POPS FOR SAT WITH A DOWNWARD TREND
SUN AND MON. TH
&&

.AVIATION...AREAS OF LOW IFR CONDITIONS IN FOG IN THE INTERIOR
VALLEYS WILL DISSIPATE LATE THIS MORNINGS AS THE SUN HEATS THE
GROUND. HIGH AND MID CLOUDS WILL BLOCK OUT THE HEATING RAYS OF THE
SUN HOWEVER...AND WILL SLOW THE CLEARING AND PERHAPS KEEP THE FOG
LOCKED-IN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. AT COASTAL AIRPORTS...KACV AND
KCEC WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE VFR UNDER LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW. SE
WINDS WILL INCREASE IN ADVANCE OF A FRONT AND PRODUCE TURBULENT
CONDITIONS AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN AND MIXING WILL BUST UP
THE FOG ACROSS THE INTERIOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT PRODUCE MVFR
CIGS AND VSBYS INTO THIS EVENING. DJB
&&

.MARINE...NEXT FRONT INSIDE 130W EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM A LOW IN
THE GULF OF ALASKA EARLY THIS MORNING.  WINDS WERE LIGHT EARLY
THIS MORNINGS...BUT WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE AND PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON
AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 28-35 KT
WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN OUTER WATERS WITH A FEW GUSTS IN THE
NORTHERN INNER WATERS AND SOUTHERN OUTER WATERS TO 35 KTS. THESE
GALE GUSTS PROBABLY WILL BE SHORT IN DURATION AND LOCALIZED...SO DID
NOT EXTEND THE GALE WARNING TO OTHER ZONES. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY
DECREASE MID TO LATE EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND. IT WILL STAY
FAIRLY LIGHT MOST OF WED. NEXT STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PACIFIC INTO SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH GALE FORCE WINDS TO 40 TO 45
KT...AND MAY BE MORE WIDESPREAD.

FOR THE SEAS...SWELL HAS SUBSIDED WELL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS...6-8
FT AS OF 3 AM. SEAS WILL RISE UP TO THE STRONG WINDS TODAY, SO AN
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WAS ISSUED FOR SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES
OF 6-7 FT. NEXT WESTERLY SWELL EVENT WILL SPREAD INTO THE WATERS
TONIGHT BUT APPEARS TO BE MARGINAL WITHS SWELL OF 9-10 FT @ 13-16
SECS. ENP DID SHOW SEAS REACHING 20-22 FT FRIDAY. ENP HAS BEEN TOO
HIGH WITH THE LAST COUPLE OF BIG WAVE EVENTS...AS MUCH AS 5 FEET
TOO HIGH. THUS UNDERCUT THE ENP BY 2-3 FEET. DJB
&&

.EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GALE WARNING FROM PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM.
SCA FOR ALL WATERS.
GALE WATCH FOR OUTER WATERS WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI.
&&

VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
942 AM PST TUE DEC 29 2009

CAZ001-002-301200-
REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST-
942 AM PST TUE DEC 29 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LIGHT RAIN TODAY
AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND MORE
SIGNIFICANT RAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CAZ003-076-301200-
NORTH COAST INTERIOR-MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
942 AM PST TUE DEC 29 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TODAY AND
TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AT OR
ABOVE 3500 FEET. IN ADDITION...SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED DOWN TO 1500 TO
2000 FEET WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MORE SIGNIFICANT RAIN
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA.

CAZ004-301200-
UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
942 AM PST TUE DEC 29 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET
WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES DOWN TO 3500 FT. IN ADDITION...LOCAL
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AT OR NEAR 2500 FEET IN
THE EASTERN TRINITY VALLEYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MORE SIGNIFICANT RAIN
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA.

PLEASE REFER TO WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA AND/OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.