Alert archive / California / Hazardous Seas Warnings in 2009
Hazardous Seas Warning 21, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this hazardous seas warning at Jul 13, 2009, 1:59 PM PDT. It took effect at Jul 14, 2009, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 13, 2009, 1:59 PM PDT (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 14, 2009, 12:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2009, 9:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
368 WHUS76 KEKA 132059 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 159 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 PZZ470-141000- /O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090714T0700Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0017.090714T1000Z-090715T1000Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.SE.A.0012.090714T1000Z-090715T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0021.090714T0700Z-090716T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0069.090714T0700Z-090715T1200Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 159 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT...CAUSING AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 10 NM. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE OUTER WATERS STARTING LATE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SHORT PERIOD SEAS. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ475-141000- /O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090714T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0069.090714T0700Z-090715T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0021.090714T0700Z-090715T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 159 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT...CAUSING AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 10 NM. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE OUTER WATERS STARTING LATE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SHORT PERIOD SEAS. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ PZZ455-140400- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-090714T0400Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 159 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
761 WHUS76 KEKA 140113 AAA MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 613 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 PZZ455-140700- /O.CAN.KEKA.SI.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-090714T0400Z/ /O.EXA.KEKA.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090714T0700Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 613 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ470-140915- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090714T0700Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0069.090714T0700Z-090715T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.090714T0700Z-090716T0300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 613 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT... CAUSING AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 10 NM. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE OUTER WATERS STARTING LATE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SHORT PERIOD SEAS. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. 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. && $$ PZZ475-140915- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090714T0700Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0069.090714T0700Z-090715T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.090714T0700Z-090715T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 613 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT... CAUSING AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS BEYOND 10 NM. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE OUTER WATERS STARTING LATE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SHORT PERIOD SEAS. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ450-140700- /O.NEW.KEKA.SI.Y.0048.090714T0113Z-090714T0700Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 613 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT 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. && $$
245 WHUS76 KEKA 140347 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 847 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 PZZ470-141200- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090714T0700Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0069.090714T0700Z-090715T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.090714T0700Z-090716T0300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 847 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT... CAUSING AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SHORT PERIOD SEAS. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ475-141200- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090714T0700Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0069.090714T0700Z-090715T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.090714T0700Z-090715T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 847 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT... CAUSING AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SHORT PERIOD SEAS. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. 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. && $$ PZZ450-140700- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-090714T0700Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 847 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ455-140700- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-090714T0700Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 847 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
661 WHUS76 KEKA 140753 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1253 AM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 PZZ470-141000- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090715T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090716T0300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 1253 AM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT... CAUSING AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SHORT PERIOD SEAS. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ475-141000- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090715T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090715T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 1253 AM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT... CAUSING AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SHORT PERIOD SEAS. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. 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. && $$
971 WHUS76 KEKA 140948 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 248 AM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 PZZ470-151000- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090715T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090716T0300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 248 AM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS TODAY... CAUSING AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SHORT PERIOD SEAS. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ475-151000- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090715T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090715T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 248 AM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS TODAY... CAUSING AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BUILDING SHORT PERIOD SEAS. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. 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. && $$ PZZ450-151000- /O.NEW.KEKA.SW.Y.0038.090714T0948Z-090715T1000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 248 AM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$
119 WHUS76 KEKA 142158 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 258 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 PZZ475-151230- /O.CAN.KEKA.GL.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090715T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090715T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 258 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELED THE GALE WARNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ470-151230- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090715T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090716T0300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 258 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ455-151000- /O.EXA.KEKA.SW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-090715T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 258 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS 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. && $$ PZZ450-151000- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-090715T1000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 258 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$
239 WHUS76 KEKA 150401 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 901 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 PZZ470-151215- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090715T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090716T0300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 901 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... 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. && $$ PZZ475-151215- /O.NEW.KEKA.SI.Y.0049.090715T0401Z-090718T1200Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090715T1800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 901 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-455-151000- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-090715T1000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 901 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...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. && $$
202 WHUS76 KEKA 151003 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 303 AM PDT WED JUL 15 2009 PZZ470-151600- /O.CAN.KEKA.GL.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090715T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KEKA.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-090720T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090715T1600Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 303 AM PDT WED JUL 15 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT MONDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ455-151115- /O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-090715T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 303 AM PDT WED JUL 15 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS. $$ PZZ475-151600- /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090715T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-090720T1000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 303 AM PDT WED JUL 15 2009 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT MONDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-151600- /O.EXT.KEKA.SW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-090715T1600Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 303 AM PDT WED JUL 15 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING. 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this hazardous seas 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 hazardous seas warning went out at Jul 13, 4:58 AM PDT, 9 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 4:58 AM PDT, 9 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 458 AM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BEGINNING TODAY WITH A WARMING AND DRYING TREND PERSISTING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG WILL RETURN TO THE COAST WED NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION TODAY AS A SHORT WAVE RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE PAC NW. FG SAT IMAGERY SHOWS SOME STRATUS OFFSHORE AND ALONG THE COAST RANGE N OF CAPE MENDOCINO ATTM. EXPECT STRATUS TO DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE GIVING WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS NW CA TODAY. THE INCREASED INSOLATION WILL ALLOW WARMING ACROSS THE REGION WITH MAX TEMPS AROUND 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. THE INCREASED TEMPS ACROSS THE REGION WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST. THE RESULTING OFFSHORE FLOW WILL INHIBIT COASTAL STRATUS/FG FORMATION THROUGH WED. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT IN AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE EASTERN PAC BEGINNING THU. THIS WILL BRING A RETURN OF COASTAL CLOUDS/FG DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHILE MODERATING DAYTIME TEMPS ACROSS THE INTERIOR. MODEL SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIVERGE THIS WEEKEND WITH THE ECMWF MOVING THE TROUGH ONSHORE SUN WHILE THE GFS KEEPS IT OFFSHORE UNTIL TUE. WILL SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND SHOW REDUCTION IN COASTAL FG/STRATUS BEGINNING NEXT MON. BC && .AVIATION...1130Z SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF STRATUS OFF THE COAST OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA AND AREAS OF STRATUS FORMING AROUND HUMBOLDT BAY AND THE EEL RIVER DELTA. WITH CALM WINDS ALONG THE COAST WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE MVFR DUE TO CEILING AT KACV FOR A SHORT TIME THIS MORNING. IF ANYTHING DOES FORM IT SHOULD BURN OFF SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. AS OF 1145Z KCEC IS LIFR DUE TO VISIBILITY. THIS IS APPARENTLY EXTREMELY LOCALIZED AS SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THIS AREA CLEAR. THIS SHOULD ALSO BURN OFF SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. THE LOCAL WRF MODEL AND THE NAM SHOW LOW RH VALUES IN THE LOW LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE MIXED. SO WENT WITH VFR THIS AFTERNOON. STROZ && .MARINE...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WATERS TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN TONIGHT...LEADING TO GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS AND STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS OVER THE NORTHERN OUTER WATERS. THE MODELS SHOW THE STRONGEST WINDS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA...MEANING THE WINDS FORECASTED OVER THE WATERS HAVE BEEN DROPPED SLIGHTLY. DECIDED TO DROP THE GALE WATCH OVER THE SOUTHERN OUTER WATERS BUT LEFT IT UP FOR THE NORTHERN OUTER WATERS BECAUSE IT IS STILL MARGINAL FOR WIND GUSTS. AT THIS TIME CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING WIDESPREAD GALE FORCE GUSTS. THEREFORE...WANT THE DAY CREW TO TAKE A FINAL LOOK AT THIS IN THE MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS TO OUR NORTH COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-30 KT OVER THE NORTHERN OUTER WATERS WILL LEAD TO STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS BUILDING/PROPAGATING THROUGH OUR NORTHERN OUTER WATERS. FOR THIS REASON...PUT UP A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN OUTER WATERS. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT THIS WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING. CONFIDENCE IS LOWER REGARDING HAZARDOUS SEAS PROPAGATING INTO THE SOUTHERN OUTER WATERS. JUST LEFT A GENERAL SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OUT FOR THAT ZONE. WINDS AND SEAS ARE NOT A MAJOR CONCERN OVER THE INNER WATERS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. STROZ && .EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WATCH FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT FOR PZZ470. HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WED MORNING FOR PZZ470. SCA FOR WINDS AND SEAS UNTIL FRI NIGHT FOR PZZ475. SCA FOR WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PZZ455. && 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:19 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 21 hr | |
| Jul 13, 3:19 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | EKA | 11 hr | |
| Jul 13, 3:19 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | EKA | 15 hr | |
| Jul 13, 1:59 PM PDT | Gale Warning | EKA | 37 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.