Alert archive / California / Hazardous Seas Warnings in 2009
Hazardous Seas Warning 5, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this hazardous seas warning at Feb 12, 2009, 1:35 PM PST. It took effect at Feb 13, 2009, 8:00 AM PST. It was in force for 49 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
- Feb 12, 2009, 1:35 PM PST (21:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2009, 8:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2009, 9:08 AM PST
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
423 WHUS76 KEKA 122135 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 135 PM PST THU FEB 12 2009 PZZ450-470-130545- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1600Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.SE.A.0003.090213T1600Z-090214T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T1600Z-090214T1200Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 135 PM PST THU FEB 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST FRIDAY. 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 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. && $$ PZZ455-475-130545- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1900Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.SE.A.0003.090213T1900Z-090214T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T2200Z-090214T1600Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 135 PM PST THU FEB 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 8 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 8 AM PST SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$
11 follow-up statements
749 WHUS76 KEKA 130025 AAA MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 425 PM PST THU FEB 12 2009 PZZ450-470-130830- /O.NEW.KEKA.SI.Y.0013.090213T0025Z-090213T0500Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1600Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T1600Z-090214T1200Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 425 PM PST THU FEB 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST FRIDAY. 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 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. && $$ PZZ455-475-130830- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1900Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T2200Z-090214T1600Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 425 PM PST THU FEB 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 8 AM PST SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 8 AM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$
341 WHUS76 KEKA 130436 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 836 PM PST THU FEB 12 2009 PZZ450-470-131245- /O.CAN.KEKA.SI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090213T0500Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1600Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T1600Z-090214T1200Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 836 PM PST THU FEB 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... A MODERATE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING INCREASED WINDS AND HIGH SEAS. THIS STORM WILL GENERATE A NORTHWEST SWELL THAT IS EXPECTED TO PEAK NEAR 23 FT AT 13 SECONDS FRIDAY BEFORE IT QUICKLY SUBSIDES OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND AND BRING MORE HAZARDOUS SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. && $$ PZZ455-475-131245- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1900Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T2200Z-090214T1600Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 836 PM PST THU FEB 12 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 8 AM PST SATURDAY... A MODERATE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING INCREASED WINDS AND HIGH SEAS. THIS STORM WILL GENERATE A NORTHWEST SWELL THAT IS EXPECTED TO PEAK NEAR 23 FT AT 13 SECONDS FRIDAY BEFORE IT QUICKLY SUBSIDES OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND AND BRING MORE HAZARDOUS SEAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$
534 WHUS76 KEKA 131224 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 424 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 PZZ470-132330- /O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SI.Y.0014.090213T1224Z-090213T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T1600Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 424 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING TOWARDS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA HAS GENERATED A LARGE AND LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELL. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE WATER EARLY THIS MORNING AND PEAK NEAR 22 FT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TONIGHT. ANOTHER STORM WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS TO THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A 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. && $$ PZZ475-132330- /O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SI.Y.0014.090213T1224Z-090214T2000Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T1900Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 424 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING TOWARDS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA HAS GENERATED A LARGE AND LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELL. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE WATER EARLY THIS MORNING AND PEAK NEAR 22 FT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TONIGHT. ANOTHER STORM WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS TO THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ450-132330- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T1600Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 424 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING TOWARDS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA HAS GENERATED A LARGE AND LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELL. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE WATER EARLY THIS MORNING AND PEAK NEAR 22 FT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TONIGHT. ANOTHER STORM WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS TO THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. 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 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. && $$ PZZ455-132330- /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1900Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T1900Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 424 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING TOWARDS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA HAS GENERATED A LARGE AND LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELL. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE WATER EARLY THIS MORNING AND PEAK NEAR 22 FT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TONIGHT. ANOTHER STORM WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS TO THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$
889 WHUS76 KEKA 131716 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 916 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 PZZ455-140130- /O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090213T1900Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T1716Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 916 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELED... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SEVERAL STORMS WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS TO THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ475-140130- /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.090213T1716Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090214T2000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 916 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SEVERAL STORMS WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS TO THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ450-140130- /O.EXB.KEKA.SI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090214T0100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 916 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SEVERAL STORMS WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS TO THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ470-140130- /O.EXT.KEKA.SI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090214T0100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 916 AM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ANOTHER STORM WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS TO THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS<85>AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$
956 WHUS76 KEKA 132235 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 235 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 PZZ450-140645- /O.EXT.KEKA.SI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090214T0400Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0048.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 235 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE WATERS BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 KT MAY BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A LONG PERIOD SWELL AT AROUND 18 TO 19 FT WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SATURDAY MORNING...BUT SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS AS STRONG WINDS CREATE HIGH WIND DRIVEN 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 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. && $$ PZZ470-475-140645- /O.EXT.KEKA.SI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090214T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0048.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 235 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE WATERS BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 KT WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A LONG PERIOD SWELL AT AROUND 18 TO 19 FT WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SATURDAY MORNING...BUT SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS AS STRONG WINDS CREATE HIGH WIND DRIVEN 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 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. && $$ PZZ455-140645- /O.EXB.KEKA.SI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090214T0400Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0004.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0048.090214T2000Z-090215T2000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 235 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE WATERS BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. A LONG PERIOD SWELL AT AROUND 18 TO 19 FT WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SATURDAY MORNING...BUT SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS AS STRONG WINDS CREATE HIGH WIND DRIVEN 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 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. && $$
643 WHUS76 KEKA 140504 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 904 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 PZZ470-475-141315- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090214T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0048.090215T0200Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 904 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 KT WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND STEEP WAVES AND THE SEAS WILL BE DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-455-141315- /O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0048.090215T0200Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 904 PM PST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 KT WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND STEEP WAVES AND THE SEAS WILL BE DANGEROUS. 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. 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. && $$
937 WHUS76 KEKA 141105 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 305 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 PZZ450-455-470-475-142330- /O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0048.090214T2200Z-090215T1700Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 305 AM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST APPROACHES NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND STEEP WIND WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$
783 WHUS76 KEKA 142130 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 130 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 PZZ450-470-150530- /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0008.090214T2130Z-090215T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0048.090215T0200Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 130 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST SUNDAY... MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST APPROACHES NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND STEEP WIND WAVES. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ455-475-150530- /O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0048.090215T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 130 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST APPROACHES NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 KT MAY BE EXPERIENCED OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS BEYOND 20 NM. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND STEEP WIND WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$
472 WHUS76 KEKA 150456 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 856 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 PZZ450-455-470-475-151300- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 856 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST SUNDAY... MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST APPROACHES NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND STEEP WIND WAVES. 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. && $$ BK
958 WHUS76 KEKA 151111 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 311 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 PZZ450-455-470-475-151915- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 311 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... SOUTHEASTERLY GALES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST APPROACHES NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 KT WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS THROUGH THIS MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND STEEP WIND WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$
728 WHUS76 KEKA 151708 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 908 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 PZZ450-455-470-475-160115- /O.CAN.KEKA.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0009.090215T1708Z-090216T1500Z/ /O.CAN.KEKA.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090215T2000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 908 AM PST SUN FEB 15 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELED... STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS BEYOND 10 NM THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS AND STEEP WIND WAVES. 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. && $$
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 Feb 12, 5:35 AM PST, 8 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 5:35 AM PST, 8 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 535 AM PST THU FEB 12 2009 .SYNOPSIS...A BRIEF BREAK FROM THE PRECIPITATION TODAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT BRINGING MORE RAIN AND SNOW TO THE REGION. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...A BRIEF BREAK FROM THE PRECIPITATION TODAY AS A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BRIEFLY BUILDS OVER THE REGION. THE NEXT WINTER WEATHER PRODUCER WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT ORIGINATED IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD AND WILL BE OFF THE COAST OF OREGON BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE ONSHORE AROUND 06Z (10PM)THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL BRING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE CWA TONIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY. THIS LOW WILL BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER AND COLDER THAN THE PREVIOUS LOW...BUT ITS TRACK WILL BE FURTHER TO THE NORTH. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 2500 FEET...3000 FEET IN MENDOCINO COUNTY TODAY. COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY ADVECT IN TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BEHIND THE FRONT AND SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO NEAR 1500 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY SO RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. DO EXPECT HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SO HAVE UPGRADED THE WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TRINITY COUNTY AND THE INTERIOR OF DEL NORTE AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. FOR THE INTERIOR MENDOCINO COUNTY HAVE ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IS NOT AS GREAT AS THE LOW WILL TRACK FURTHER TO THE NORTH. WITH 500 MB TEMPERATURES NEAR MINUS 33 CELSIUS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE LOW...DID CONTINUE THE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY IN HE COASTAL ZONES. AGAIN IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. DEPENDING ON HOW LOW THE SNOW LEVELS FALL FOR FRIDAY MORNING...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY YET BE NECESSARY FOR THE REDWOOD COAST DUE TO THE TRAVEL IMPACTS OF THIS WINTER WEATHER. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FRIDAY EVENING AND THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WITH COLD AIR WILL BE TRAPPED IN THE VALLEYS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS SNOW IN MANY OF THE INTERIOR VALLEYS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BRINGING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT BE QUITE AS COLD...BUT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND ABOVE 3000 FEET...SNOW. KENNEDY .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE WINTER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A LONG WAVE TROUGH PERSISTS ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC. THE SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FT. KENNEDY && .AVIATION...COASTAL SITES ARE BORDERLINE IFR/MVFR DUE TO CLOUDS. WITH LIGHT WINDS AND THE SATELLITE FOG PRODUCT HINTING AT SOME STRATUS DEVELOPMENT RIGHT ALONG THE COAST...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THE COASTAL SITES STAY MVFR UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE. INLAND SITES ARE MOSTLY VFR WITH SOME MVFR DUE TO CEILINGS THAT ARE NOT RISING VERY FAST. EXPECT ALL SITES TO BECOME VFR AFTER SUNRISE. CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND LOWER AS THE NEXT STORM TO HIT NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA MOVES IN THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS AT ALL SITES THIS AFTERNOON AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ALONG THE COAST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. RAIN WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST AND START AROUND 00 UTC ALONG THE COAST. THE RAIN WILL LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BE MODERATE AT TIMES. MS && .MARINE...THE BUOYS SHOW THE SEAS ARE MUCH LOWER THIS MORNING THAN THEY WERE DURING THE DAY YESTERDAY. THE EXCEPTION IS BUOY 14...WHICH HAS JUMPED UP IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. REGARDLESS...THE SEAS SHOULD KEEP ON DIMINISHING TODAY INTO TONIGHT. A MODERATE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING INCREASED WINDS AND HIGH SEAS. THIS STORM WILL GENERATE A NORTHWESTERLY SWELL THAT IS EXPECTED TO PEAK NEAR 23 FT AT 13 SECONDS ON FRIDAY BEFORE IT QUICKLY SUBSIDES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THEREFORE...HAVE ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FOR ALL WATERS FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY EVENING. HAVE ALSO ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE COAST FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD. BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 23 TO 27 FT ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE SWELL WILL SUBSIDE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. YET ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS STORM WILL BRING MORE HAZARDOUS SEAS ALONG WITH GALE FORCE WINDS. MS && .EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY FOR THE NORTH COAST INTERIOR AND UPPER TRINITY RIVER ZONES. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE REDWOOD COAST ZONE. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 3 AM PST SATURDAY FOR THE MENDOCINO COAST ZONE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY FOR THE MENDOCINO INTERIOR ZONE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 8 AM PST FRIDAY FROM PT ST GEORGE TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY FROM PT ST GEORGE TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM. HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY EVENING FROM PT ST GEORGE TO PT ARENA OUT 60 NM. && VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 5:59 AM PST, 7 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 559 AM PST THU FEB 12 2009 CAZ001-131400- REDWOOD COAST- 559 AM PST THU FEB 12 2009 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST FRIDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER STORM MOVING TOWARDS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILL GENERATE A LARGE AND LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELL TO NEAR 22 FEET. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REDWOOD COASTLINE FRIDAY MORNING. BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 23 TO 27 FT ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE SWELL WILL FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN EUREKA. CAZ002-131400- MENDOCINO COAST- 559 AM PST THU FEB 12 2009 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 3 AM PST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER STORM MOVING TOWARDS NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILL GENERATE A LARGE AND LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELL TO NEAR 22 FEET. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE MENDOCINO COASTLINE FRIDAY MORNING. BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 23 TO 27 FT ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE SWELL WILL FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN EUREKA. CAZ003-004-131400- NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER- 559 AM PST THU FEB 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY FILTER IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER FROM NEAR 2500 FEET TODAY TO NEAR 1500 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 3000 FEET...AND 8 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY FILTER IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO NEAR 1500 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 3000 FEET...AND 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN EUREKA. CAZ076-131400- MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 559 AM PST THU FEB 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY FILTER IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER FROM NEAR 3000 FEET TODAY TO NEAR 1500 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 3000 FEET...AND 3 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY FILTER IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO NEAR 1500 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 3000 FEET...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN EUREKA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 7:30 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | 7 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:11 AM PST | Hazardous Seas Watch | EKA | 10 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:11 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | EKA | 30 hr | |
| Feb 12, 4:12 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | EKA | 48 hr | |
| Feb 12, 4:12 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | EKA | 48 hr | |
| Feb 12, 4:26 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | EKA | 41 hr |
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