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Gale Warning 21, NWS Portland, OR

October 15, 2009

NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Oct 15, 2009, 3:15 AM PDT. It took effect at Oct 15, 2009, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 16 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
Oct 15, 2009, 3:15 AM PDT (10:15 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 15, 2009, 8:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2009, 12:18 PM PDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

982 
WHUS76 KPQR 151015
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
315 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

PZZ270-275-151815-
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/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-091016T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0021.091016T0300Z-091016T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
315 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT
FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING...RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE
EVENING THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH MOST OF SATURDAY BEFORE
FALLING BELOW 10 FT LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-151815-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-091015T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.091015T1500Z-091016T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0021.091016T0600Z-091016T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
315 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS
MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT
FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS
MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. 

SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL DEVELOP MID
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN
INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL
THEN DROP BELOW 10 FEET FOR THE AFTERNOON...THEN BUILD BACK ABOVE
10 FT 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.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-151815-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-091015T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.091015T1800Z-091017T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
315 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING
TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT BY
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...EXCEPT GUSTS
TO 30 KT ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH THIS MORNING.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-151815-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0358.000000T0000Z-091016T1200Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
315 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY...

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 9 TO 10 FT TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY BUILDING TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING
THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 245 AM THIS MORNING...TO 14 FT WITH
BREAKERS DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
AND TO 14 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND
345 AM FRI MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
7 follow-up statements
150 
WHUS76 KPQR 151608
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
908 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

PZZ270-275-160015-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091016T0300Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-091016T0300Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0021.091016T0300Z-091016T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
908 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING...RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE
EVENING THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH MOST OF SATURDAY BEFORE
FALLING BELOW 10 FT LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-160015-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-091016T0600Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091016T0600Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0021.091016T0600Z-091016T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
908 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

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

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL DEVELOP MID
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN
INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

SEAS WILL REMAIN NEAR 10 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN BUILD
ABOVE 10 FEET AS GALE FORCE GUSTS DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY
FRIDAY.

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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-160015-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-091016T0000Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.091015T1800Z-091017T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
908 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT BY
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...EXCEPT GUSTS
TO 30 KT ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-160015-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0358.000000T0000Z-091016T1200Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
908 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT FRIDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT FRIDAY. 

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 10 FT TODAY AND
TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY BUILDING TO 10 TO 12 FT WITH
BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 330 PM THIS
AFTERNOON...AND TO 11 TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE
EBB CURRENT AROUND 345 AM FRI MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$
836 
WHUS76 KPQR 151923
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1223 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

PZZ270-275-160330-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SW.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-091016T0300Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091016T0300Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0021.091016T0300Z-091016T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1223 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING...RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE
EVENING THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH MOST OF SATURDAY BEFORE
FALLING BELOW 10 FT LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-160330-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SW.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-091016T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091017T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
1223 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE REMAINING BELOW 20 KT TODAY ALONG THE CENTRAL
OREGON COAST...AND SEAS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 10 FEET. THEREFORE THE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND SEAS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

HOWEVER...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER ABOUT 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON...OUT OF A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION UP TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS.
THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SEAS MAY ALSO
BUILD ABOVE 10 FEET FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-160330-
/O.UPG.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091016T0600Z/
/O.UPG.KPQR.SW.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-091016T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.GL.W.0021.091016T0300Z-091016T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
1223 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT
FRIDAY...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

SEAS WILL BUILD ABOVE 10 FEET AS GALE FORCE GUSTS DEVELOP LATER
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY...PEAKING AROUND 12 TO 14 FEET BY MIDDAY
FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-160330-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0358.000000T0000Z-091016T1200Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
1223 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT FRIDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT FRIDAY. 

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 10 FT TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY BUILDING TO 10 TO 12 FT WITH BREAKERS
LIKELY DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON...AND
TO 11 TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND
345 AM FRI MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$
949 
WHUS76 KPQR 152145
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
245 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

PZZ270-275-160545-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091016T0300Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0021.091016T0300Z-091016T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
245 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING...RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE
EVENING THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

MAINLY WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD BACK ABOVE 10 FEET TONIGHT AS
GALE FORCE WIND DEVELOPS. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 12 TO
14 FEET FRIDAY MORNING.

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 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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-160545-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0021.091016T0300Z-091016T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
245 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 15 TO 25
KT...WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT DEVELOPING LATE IN THE EVENING AND
CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

SEAS WILL BUILD ABOVE 10 FEET AS GALE FORCE GUSTS DEVELOP LATER
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY...PEAKING AROUND 12 TO 14 FEET BY MIDDAY
FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-160545-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0358.000000T0000Z-091016T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.RB.Y.0359.091016T0800Z-091016T1400Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
245 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM
PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS 
EVENING. ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER 
BAR IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM FRIDAY MORNING.

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 10 FT TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY BUILDING TO 10 TO 12 FT WITH BREAKERS
LIKELY DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON...AND
TO 11 TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND
345 AM FRI MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$

PZZ255-160545-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091017T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0065.091016T0700Z-091017T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
245 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER ABOUT 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
OUT OF A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION UP TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. THESE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD
TO 10 TO 12 FT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

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.

&&

$$
457 
WHUS76 KPQR 160323
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
823 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

PZZ270-275-161130-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091016T0300Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-091016T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
823 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT FRIDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL RISE TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT TONIGHT
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.


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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-161130-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-091016T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
823 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT EARLY THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE
TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL
DECREASE BY MIDDAY 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-161130-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0359.091016T1000Z-091016T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.RB.Y.0360.091016T1900Z-091017T0600Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
823 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO
8 AM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO
11 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT FRIDAY. 

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 7 FT TONIGHT...BUILDING TO 
10 FT BY FRI AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO
12 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 345 AM
FRI MORNING...AND TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB
CURRENT AROUND 415 PM FRI AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$

PZZ255-161130-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091017T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0065.091016T0700Z-091017T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
823 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 15 TO 25 KT. THESE
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS ARE EXPECTED
TO BUILD TO 10 TO 12 FT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

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.

&&

$$
393 
WHUS76 KPQR 160954
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
254 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

PZZ250-270-275-161800-
/O.EXT.KPQR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-091016T2000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
254 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THROUGH ABOUT 1
PM TODAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-161800-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091017T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
254 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL RISE TO 20 TO
25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT TODAY...THEN WEAKEN BELOW 20 KT LATE
THIS EVENING. 

SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 10 TO 12 FT LATER THIS MORNING AND
THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE
FALLING BELOW 10 FT ON 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-161800-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0359.091016T1000Z-091016T1500Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0360.091016T1900Z-091017T0600Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
254 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM
PDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 7 FT THIS MORNING...BUILDING
TO 10 FT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL
TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 11 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB CURRENT
AROUND 345 AM THIS MORNING...AND TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE
STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND 415 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
079 
WHUS76 KPQR 161642
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
942 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

PZZ250-270-275-162000-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-091016T2000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
942 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THROUGH ABOUT
1 PM TODAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-170045-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091017T0300Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
942 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL RISE TO 20 TO
25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT TODAY...THEN WEAKEN BELOW 20 KT LATE
THIS EVENING.

SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 10 TO 12 FT TODAY...AND CONTINUE ABOVE
10 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE FALLING BELOW 10 FT ON 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-170045-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0360.091016T1900Z-091017T0600Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
942 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS BUILDING TO 10 FT THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND 8 FT SAT. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY
BUILD TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND
415 PM THIS AFTERNOON...AND TO 11 FT DURING THE VERY STRONG EBB
AROUND 330 AM SAT MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$
829 
WHUS76 KPQR 161918 AAA
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1218 PM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

PZZ250-270-275-170330-
/O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-091016T2000Z/
/O.EXA.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091017T0300Z/
/O.EXA.KPQR.SW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1218 PM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...GALE WARNING REPLACED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... 

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT TODAY...THEN
WEAKEN BELOW 20 KT LATE THIS EVENING.

SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 10 TO 12 FT TODAY...AND CONTINUE
ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE FALLING BELOW 10 FT ON
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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-170330-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-091017T0300Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
1218 PM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT TODAY...THEN
WEAKEN BELOW 20 KT LATE THIS EVENING.

SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 10 TO 12 FT TODAY...AND CONTINUE
ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE FALLING BELOW 10 FT ON
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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-170330-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0360.000000T0000Z-091017T0600Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
1218 PM PDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 9 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND 8 FT SAT. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL
TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB
CURRENT AROUND 415 PM THIS AFTERNOON...AND TO 11 FT DURING THE
VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 330 AM SAT MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Oct 15, 2:52 AM PDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 2:52 AM PDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
252 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THIS WEEKEND. THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE WET
CONDITIONS INLAND AREAS FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM...RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER LANE AND
SKAMANIA COUNTIES THIS MORNING WHILE SURFACE OBS SHOW PATCHY FOG
FORMING IN RAIN FREE AREAS. BOTH FEATURES ARE BEING CAUSED BY A WEAK
AND RATHER INCONGRUENT WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH. LIGHT SHOWERS SHOULD
SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH TODAY. THE WARM FRONT BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED AND
SPREADS ANOTHER SHOT OF PRECIP TO THE COAST EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND
INLAND FRIDAY WITH DECENT QPFS WHICH ONLY GET MORE AND MORE
PRONOUNCED THROUGH THE WEEKEND PARTICULARLY WHEN THE COLD FRONT
ARRIVES SATURDAY MORNING AND STALLS OVER THE AREA. AS A FIRST
SHOT...APPEARS NORTH COAST RANGE COULD SEE A FEW INCHES OF PRECIP AS
THAT APPEARS TO BE WHERE THE FRONT WILL STALL WHILE ELSEWHERE MAY SEE
NEAR AN INCH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ALL IN ALL LOOKS TO BE A WET
START TO THE WEEKEND. THE FLOW WILL BE FROM THE S-SW GENERALLY
LIMITING OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT OVER THE COAST RANGE AND OREGON
CASCADES. WITH A SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW OVER THE AREA EXPECT MILD TEMPS
TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRI. WOLFE

.LONG TERM...MODELS CONTINUE TO SWING MORE SYSTEMS THROUGH THE
PACIFIC NW. BY SAT EVENING...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE
COAST FOR WET CONDITIONS. AS THIS TROUGH PASSES IT IS POSSIBLY
FOLLOWED BY TWO STRONG UPPER LOWS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THE FIRST
IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AROUND MON AND THE SECOND LATE TUE. STARTING
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...THE ECMWF AND GFS GET OUT OF PHASE. BUT
LEFT HIGHER PRECIP VALUES IN FOR THE TIME BEING. RAMIREZ

&&

.AVIATION...PRECIPITATION HAS LET UP EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT THE
MODELS SHOW A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH WILL LIFT NORTH AS
A WARM FRONT TODAY. WE HAVE A VERY MOIST AIR MASS THIS MORNING...AND
MAY SEE SOME POCKETS OF MVFR OR EVEN IFR FOG. OTHERWISE CONDITIONS
ARE CURRENTLY VFR BUT MAY SEE SOME MVFR CIGS AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS
NORTH TODAY. WILL LIKELY SEE VFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT...THOUGH BREAKS
IN THE CLOUDS WILL AGAIN LEAD TO A BIT OF MVFR CIGS OR EVEN IFR
FOG.

.KPDX AND APPROACHES...CURRENTLY HAVE VFR CIGS. AS A WARM FRONT
LIFTS NORTH...MAY SEE A BIT OF MVFR CIGS WITH SOME LIGHT
PRECIPITATION TODAY. CAN NOT RULE OUT A BRIEF SHOT AT IFR FOG THIS
MORNING EITHER AS THE AIR MASS IS VERY MOIST. TOLLESON
&&

.MARINE...WINDS AGAIN FLIRTING WITH SMALL CRAFT LEVELS NEAR BUOY 29
THIS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS SHOULD INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING
TO SMALL CRAFT LEVELS ALL WATERS AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH. THE
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING AND BRING LOW END GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE OUTER WATERS THIS
EVENING AND THE NORTHERN INNER WATERS LATE TONIGHT...DECREASING BACK
TO SMALL CRAFT LEVELS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR SMALL
CRAFT WINDS AGAIN WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY
A HIGH END SMALL CRAFT OR EVEN POSSIBLY A LOW END GALE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM. SEAS ARE ABOVE 10 FT...WILL DROP
BELOW 10 FEET LATER TODAY ESPECIALLY NEAR SHORE...THEN RISE ABOVE 10
FT LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING THE MID TEENS. SEAS
EASE A LITTLE LATER SATURDAY TO JUST BELOW 10 FT. WE MAY GET ABOVE
10 FT AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. TOLLESON
&&

.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA/OR....SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE
	   10 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
	 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS CAPE SHOALWATER TO CASCADE
	   HEAD OUT 10 NM FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
	   EVENING.
	 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OUT
	   10 NM FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
	 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS CAPE SHOALWATER TO
	   FLORENCE 10 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
	 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS CAPE SHOALWATER TO
	   FLORENCE OUT 10 NM THROUGH 11 AM THIS MORNING.
	 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR THROUGH
	   TONIGHT.
	 GALE WARNING CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE 10 TO 60 NM
	   OFFSHORE FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
	 GALE WARNING CAPE SHOALWATER TO CASCADE HEAD OUT 10 NM FROM
	   11 PM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

&&

MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND

THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM
THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 5:08 AM PDT, 22 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
508 AM PDT WED OCT 14 2009

ORZ001-003>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-151215-
NORTH OREGON COAST-COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
508 AM PDT WED OCT 14 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE NEEDED TODAY.

ORZ002-151215-
CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
508 AM PDT WED OCT 14 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST
THIS MORNING. SEE PDXNPWPQR FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

PZZ250-255-270-275-151215-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
508 AM PDT WED OCT 14 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SEE PDXCWFPQR FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE NEEDED TODAY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 3:15 AM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsPQR41 hr
Oct 15, 2:45 PM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarPQR17 hr
Oct 15, 2:45 PM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPQR30 hr

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Gale Warnings in Oregon, 2009Every gale warning in 2009

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