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Gale Watch 31, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this gale watch at Nov 19, 2011, 2:24 PM PST. It took effect at Nov 21, 2011, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2011, 2:24 PM PST (22:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 21, 2011, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 20, 2011, 4:41 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
358 WHUS76 KEKA 192224 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 224 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK... .SOUTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ON MONDAY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING FRONT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE OUTER WATERS...WITH THE STRONGEST PERIOD OF WINDS FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE OUTER WATERS. PZZ475-201200- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0096.000000T0000Z-111120T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T1200Z-111123T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 224 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT TONIGHT. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SOLID GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY. * SEAS...NW SWELL OF 9 TO 12 FT AT 13 SECONDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD AS HIGH AS 15 TO 18 FT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE 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. && $$ PZZ470-201200- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0096.000000T0000Z-111120T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 224 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS EVENING. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SOLID GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...NW SWELL OF 10 FT AT 13 SECONDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD AS HIGH AS 18 TO 22 FT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ450-200800- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0096.000000T0000Z-111120T0800Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 224 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOUTHERLY GALES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. * SEAS...NW SWELL OF 10 FT AT 13 SECONDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ455-200800- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0096.000000T0000Z-111120T0800Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 224 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 KT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOUTHERLY GALES ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. * SEAS...NW SWELL OF 10 TO 12 FT AT 13 SECONDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
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458 WHUS76 KEKA 200508 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 908 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK... .SOUTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ON MONDAY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING FRONT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE OUTER WATERS...WITH THE STRONGEST PERIOD OF WINDS FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE OUTER WATERS. PZZ450-200615- /O.CAN.KEKA.SC.Y.0096.000000T0000Z-111120T0800Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 908 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. $$ PZZ470-201100- /O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0096.000000T0000Z-111120T1100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 908 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...NW SWELL OF 8 TO 10 FT AT 12 SECONDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD ON TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 18 TO 22 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ455-201100- /O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0096.000000T0000Z-111120T1100Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 908 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT NEAR CAPE MENDOCINO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOUTHERLY GALES ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. * SEAS...NW SWELL OF 8 TO 10 FT AT 12 SECONDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ475-201100- /O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0096.000000T0000Z-111120T1100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T1200Z-111123T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 908 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY. * SEAS...NW SWELL OF 9 TO 12 FT AT 12 SECONDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 15 TO 18 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
511 WHUS76 KEKA 201159 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 359 AM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE COMING WEEK... .SOUTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING FRONT. GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS LATE TONIGHT OVER THE OUTER WATERS NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO...WITH THE STRONGEST PERIOD OF WINDS FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH STORM FORCE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. PZZ450-210000- /O.EXB.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T0600Z-111123T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 359 AM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD ON TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 14 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ PZZ470-210000- /O.EXT.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111121T1200Z-111123T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 359 AM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD ON TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 18 TO 22 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ475-210000- /O.CON.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T1200Z-111123T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 359 AM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 15 TO 18 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
685 WHUS76 KEKA 202317 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 317 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDWEEK.. .SOUTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING FRONT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE OUTER WATERS NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST DURING THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST PERIOD OF WINDS WILL BE FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. PZZ470-211200- /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111121T1200Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0034.111121T1800Z-111123T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 317 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS WILL BUILD ON TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 18 TO 22 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-211200- /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T0600Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0034.111121T2200Z-111123T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 317 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD ON TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 14 TO 18 FT. 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. && $$ PZZ475-211200- /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T1200Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0034.111122T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 317 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 15 TO 18 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ455-211200- /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.A.0032.111122T1800Z-111124T0500Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 317 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS: GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE MENDOCINO AS EARLY AS MONDAY EVENING...BUT GALE CONDITIONS WILL NOT SPREAD OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE ZONE UNTIL TUESDAY. * SEAS: STTEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD AS HIGH AS 13 TO 16 FT...HIGHEST IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE MENDOCINO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
722 WHUS76 KEKA 210033 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 423 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDWEEK.. .SOUTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING FRONT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE OUTER WATERS NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST DURING THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST PERIOD OF WINDS WILL BE FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. PZZ470-211315- /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111121T1200Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0034.111121T1800Z-111123T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 423 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS WILL BUILD ON TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 18 TO 22 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-211315- /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T0600Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0034.111121T2200Z-111123T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 423 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD ON TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 14 TO 18 FT. 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. && $$ PZZ475-211315- /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T1200Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0034.111122T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 423 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 15 TO 18 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ455-211315- /O.NEW.KEKA.GL.A.0032.111122T1800Z-111124T0500Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 423 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS: GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE MENDOCINO AS EARLY AS MONDAY EVENING...BUT GALE CONDITIONS WILL NOT SPREAD OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE ZONE UNTIL TUESDAY. * SEAS: STTEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD AS HIGH AS 13 TO 16 FT...HIGHEST IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE MENDOCINO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
950 WHUS76 KEKA 210042 CCA MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 441 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDWEEK.. PZZ470-211330- /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111121T1200Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.COR.KEKA.GL.W.0034.111121T1800Z-111123T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 441 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS WILL BUILD ON TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 18 TO 22 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ450-211330- /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T0600Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.COR.KEKA.GL.W.0034.111121T2200Z-111123T2300Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 441 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD ON TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 14 TO 18 FT. 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. && $$ PZZ475-211330- /O.UPG.KEKA.GL.A.0031.111122T1200Z-111123T2300Z/ /O.COR.KEKA.GL.W.0034.111122T0000Z-111123T2300Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 441 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD TUE AND WED AS HIGH AS 15 TO 18 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ455-211330- /O.COR.KEKA.GL.A.0032.111122T1800Z-111124T0500Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 441 PM PST SUN NOV 20 2011 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS: GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE MENDOCINO AS EARLY AS MONDAY EVENING...BUT GALE CONDITIONS WILL NOT SPREAD OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE ZONE UNTIL TUESDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SHORT PERIOD SEAS MAY BUILD AS HIGH AS 13 TO 16 FT...HIGHEST IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE MENDOCINO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Nov 19, 10:02 AM PST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 10:02 AM PST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1002 AM PST SAT NOV 19 2011
.UPDATE...
GIVEN LATEST MODEL TRENDS SUPPORTED BY SATELLITE AND RADAR HAVE
INCREASED POPS FOR LATER TODAY/TONIGHT AND ADJUSTED WX GRIDS
ACCORDINGLY. SYSTEM WILL TRACK MUCH CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN
EXPECTED WITH A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF RAIN ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE
CAPE AND ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. MUCH OF THE REDWOOD COAST WILL
BE DOWNSLOPED BY SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY EASTERLY FLOW AFTER AN
INITIAL SHOT OF RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON/THIS EVENING. MAY HAVE TO
CONSIDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MENDOCINO COUNTY BUT AM
LEANING AWAY FROM THAT IDEA GIVEN SNOW LEVELS AROUND 3500 FEET OR
SO AND SUBSEQUENTLY MINIMAL HIGHWAY IMPACTS. AAD
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 519 AM PST SAT NOV 19 2011/
SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON NORTH OF THE CAPE. BY THIS AFTERNOON A SYSTEM WILL
APPROACH THE COAST WITH INCREASING SHOWER ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF THE CAPE. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY PRIMARILY
FROM THE CAPE NORTH IN HUMBOLDT AND DEL NORTE COUNTIES THIS
MORNING. BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL
DIVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH A DEEPENING SURFACE
LOW OFF THE COAST. THE MAJORITY OF THE MODELS THE LAST SEVERAL
DAYS HAD KEPT MOST OF THE PRECIP OFF THE COAST WITH THIS SYSTEM
AND SLID THE UPPER LOW SOUTH OF THE AREA OFF THE COAST. HOWEVER A
MAJOR SHIFT IN THE MODELS OCCURRED LAST NIGHT WITH THE NEW
GFS...NAM...ECMWF..AND GEM ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LOW
MOVING OVER THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AND THEN SLIDING SOUTH.
THIS HAS RESULTING IN A DRASTIC CHANGE IN THE FORECAST WITH
HEAVIER RAINFALL NOW EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE CAPE. A HALF TO THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG THE MENDOCINO
COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS
FURTHER NORTH AND INLAND. SNOW LEVELS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RISE
TO AROUND 3500 FT WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW
REMAINING ABOVE 4000 FT WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE YOLLA BOLLY MOUNTAINS. THIS IS BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT DETAILS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE HWO.
ADDITIONALLY THERE SHOULD BE SOME MARGINAL INSTABILITY WITH THIS
SYSTEM WITH 500 MB TEMPS AROUND -29C AND MUCAPE AROUND 100 J/KG
OVER THE WATERS. THUS ISOLATED THUNDER HAS BEEN INCLUDED OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS TODAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SHOULD THE
SYSTEM MOVE ANY FURTHER EAST THEN IS NOW FORECAST HEAVIER RAINFALL
AND SNOWFALL COULD OCCUR ALONG WITH THUNDER ACTIVITY OVER LAND.
850 MB TEMPS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO BE AROUND 1C TO -1C WHICH
IS NOT VERY CONDUCIVE FOR SMALL HAIL.
BY SUNDAY MORNING THE UPPER AND SURFACE LOWS WILL BE MOVING SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE AREA LEAVING BEHIND BUILDING RIDGING OVER NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN CLEARING SKIES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY WITH PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT IN THE VALLEYS OVERNIGHT. A NEW
SYSTEM WILL APPROACH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY TO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. WITH PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW AND WARM AIR ADVECTION MONDAY
AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE
NORTH...POTENTIALLY HEAVY...AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS OREGON. A
WIDE PLUME OF GREATER THEN 1 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL INFLUENCE
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BEGINNING MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODELS
INDICATE UP 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN ALONG THE OREGON COAST WITH 1 TO 4
INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST CA. ANY ADJUSTMENT SOUTH COULD RESULT IN
HIGHER TOTALS IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS. THUS TRENDS WILL BE CLOSELY
MONITORED. SNOW LEVELS SHOULD BE AROUND 5-7K FT WITH THIS
SYSTEM...SO WINTER ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME. ON WEDNESDAY THE FRONT WILL FINALLY MOVE TOWARD THE COAST
WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OUT AHEAD OF IT. GFS 925MB WINDS
ARE NOW PREDICTED TO REACH UP TO 75 KT JUST OFF THE COAST AND AROUND
55 KT NEAR THE COAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT
IN VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND POSSIBLY STRONG
GUSTS OVER THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE...ESPECIALLY IN THE KING RANGE.
THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND ON THURSDAY WITH SHOWERY
CONDITIONS BEHIND. TROUGHING WILL REMAIN OVER THE WEST COAST THUS
SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO POPS HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED IN THE EXTENDED. /RPA
AVIATION...HAVE CONTINUED -SHRA AT KCEC AND KACV THRU MUCH OF THE
DAY. HOWEVER...HAVE KEPT VFR EXCEPT FOR SOME TEMPO MVFR A BIT LATER
THIS MORNING. EXPECT MORE PRECIP AT KACV AND KUKI LATE TODAY OR
TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS AROUND 20 KTS ARE POSSIBLE THRU MUCH OF THE DAY
AT KUKI AND KACV AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN RESPONSE TO SFC LOW. /SEC
MARINE...NW SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...S WINDS WILL PICK UP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THRU
TONIGHT AS SFC LOW MOVES SSE JUST W OF THE COASTAL WATERS.
CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH THAT STRONG S WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A
STORM SYSTEM EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH SUSTAINED GALES AND NEAR STORM
FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE PROGGED TO RAPIDLY DROP OFF WED AFTN
OR EVENING AND VEER TO MORE NW. TIMING OF THIS TRANSITION ARE STILL
A BIT UP IN THE AIR WITH THE DIFFERENT MODELS. HAVE LEANED TOWARD
THE EURO IN THIS TIME PERIOD. /SEC
&&
.EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...NONE.
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT PZZ450.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT PZZ470.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT PZZ455.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM PST SUNDAY PZZ475.
&&
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 340 AM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 CAZ002-004-076-201145- MENDOCINO COAST-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 340 AM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ALONG THE MENDOCINO COAST WHERE BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. FURTHER INLAND AT ELEVATIONS OVER 4000 FT IN MENDOCINO COUNTY...UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAZ001-003-201145- REDWOOD COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR- 340 AM PST SAT NOV 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 11:02 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | EKA | 28 hr | |
| Nov 19, 3:38 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | EKA | 14 hr |
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