Gale Warning 31, NWS Medford, OR

450 
WHUS76 KMFR 021023
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
323 AM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

PZZ370-376-022300-
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0031.111002T1800Z-111003T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.111002T1800Z-111003T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.111003T0000Z-111004T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
323 AM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM
PDT MONDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING REACHING
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELLS OF 5 FT 9 SECONDS WILL BUILD TODAY AND
  TONIGHT PEAKING AT AROUND 8 FT MONDAY MORNING. WIND WAVES WILL
  BUILD TO 12 TO 14 FT BY TONIGHT. THE RESULTING COMBINED SEAS
  WILL PEAK AT 13 TO 15 FEET WITH PERIODS 10 SECONDS OR LESS
  MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-356-022300-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0264.111002T1800Z-111004T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.111002T2100Z-111005T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
323 AM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATE THIS
  MORNING AND THEN TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS BY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
  PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON MONDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING.

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELLS OF 4 FT 9 SECONDS WILL BUILD TODAY AND
  TONIGHT PEAKING AT AROUND 7 FT MONDAY MORNING. WIND WAVES WILL
  BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FT BY TONIGHT. THE RESULTING COMBINED SEAS WILL
  PEAK AT 9 TO 11 FEET WITH PERIODS 10 SECONDS OR LESS MONDAY
  MORNING. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE LATER MONDAY BUT THEN INCREASE AGAIN
  THROUGH TUESDAY AS SWELLS INCREASE AND THE NEXT FRONT ARRIVES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 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 WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

577 
WHUS76 KMFR 021537
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
837 AM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

PZZ370-376-030445-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0031.111002T1800Z-111003T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.111002T1800Z-111003T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.111003T0000Z-111004T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
837 AM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
   UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
   AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS MORNING REACHING 
  GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELLS OF 5 FT 9 SECONDS WILL BUILD TODAY AND 
  TONIGHT PEAKING AT AROUND 8 FT MONDAY MORNING. WIND WAVES WILL 
  BUILD TO 12 TO 14 FT BY TONIGHT. THE RESULTING COMBINED SEAS 
  WILL PEAK AT 13 TO 15 FEET WITH PERIODS 10 SECONDS OR LESS 
  MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER MONDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-356-030445-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0264.111002T1800Z-111004T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.111002T2100Z-111005T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
837 AM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
   PDT MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
   2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATE THIS
  MORNING AND THEN TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS BY THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS. WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON
  MONDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING.

* SEAS: NORTHWEST SWELLS OF 4 FT 9 SECONDS WILL BUILD TODAY AND 
  TONIGHT PEAKING AT AROUND 7 FT MONDAY MORNING. WIND WAVES WILL 
  BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FT BY TONIGHT. THE RESULTING COMBINED SEAS 
  WILL PEAK AT 9 TO 11 FEET WITH PERIODS 10 SECONDS OR LESS 
  MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE LATER MONDAY BUT THEN 
  INCREASE AGAIN THROUGH TUESDAY AS SWELLS INCREASE AND THE NEXT 
  FRONT ARRIVES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 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 WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

313 
WHUS76 KMFR 022247
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
347 PM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

PZZ350-031200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0264.000000T0000Z-111003T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111003T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0041.111003T0600Z-111003T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
347 PM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM PDT MONDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11
PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 11 AM PDT MONDAY. A GALE WATCH AND A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAVE ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NEXT
STORM...DUE IN LATE TUESDAY MORNING PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS
  EVENING...PEAKING AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH A FEW GUSTS 30 TO 40
  KNOTS EXPECTED. SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH
  LATE MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING FURTHER. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE
  POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY WILL THE NEXT STRONG COLD FRONT.

* SEAS: AS NORTHWEST SWELL CONTINUES TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING SOUTH
  WIND WAVES WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET. LATE THIS EVENING
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WIND WAVES APPROACHING 10 FEET WILL
  SUBSIDE...BUT FRESH WEST SWELL WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 14 FEET AT 10
  SECONDS. MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY COMBINED SEAS
  WILL REMAIN 10 FEET OR HIGHER. THE NEXT STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL
  INCREASE SEAS TO 12 TO 14 FEET AT 10 SECONDS TUESDAY INTO
  WEDNESDAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
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 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-031200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-111003T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111003T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0041.111003T0000Z-111004T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
347 PM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... 
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING... 
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
THIS AFTERNOON. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT MONDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS
ISSUED GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCHES FOR THE NEXT STORM...DUE
IN LATE TUESDAY MORNING PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.


* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE MIDDLE
  OF THIS EVENING...REACHING GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND
  45 KT...CONTINUING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. GALE FORCE WINDS
  ARE EXPECTED AGAIN LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING WIND WAVES WILL BUILD
  TO 10 TO 12 FEET WILL SUBSIDE. OVERNIGHT FRESH WEST SWELL WILL
  BUILD TO 8 TO 14 FEET AT 10 SECONDS. MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
  EARLY TUESDAY COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET ARE EXPECTED. THE
  NEXT STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL INCREASE SEAS TO 12 TO 16 FEET AT
  10 SECONDS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-031200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-111003T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111003T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.111003T0000Z-111004T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
347 PM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
MONDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5
PM PDT MONDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED
GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCHES FOR THE NEXT STORM...DUE IN LATE
TUESDAY MORNING PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE MIDDLE
  OF THIS EVENING...REACHING 30 TO GALES 35 KT WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS
  35 TO 45 KT...CONTINUING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. GALE FORCE
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
  EVENING.

* SEAS: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING WIND WAVES WILL BUILD
  TO 9 TO 11 FEET WILL SUBSIDE. OVERNIGHT FRESH WEST SWELL WILL
  BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET AT 10 SECONDS. MONDAY AFTERNOON COMBINED
  SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED. THE NEXT STRONG STORM SYSTEM
  WILL INCREASE SEAS TO 12 TO 16 FEET AT 10 SECONDS TUESDAY INTO
  WEDNESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-031200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0264.000000T0000Z-111003T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
347 PM PDT SUN OCT 2 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT TUESDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
MEDFORD HAS ISSUED GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCHES FOR THE NEXT
STORM...DUE IN LATE TUESDAY MORNING PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS
  WITH HIGH GUSTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS
  WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING. GALE
  FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY WILL THE NEXT STRONG COLD
  FRONT.

* SEAS: AS NORTHWEST SWELL CONTINUES TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING
  SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET. LATE THIS EVENING
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WIND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE...BUT FRESH WEST
  SWELL WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET AT 10 SECONDS. MONDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY COMBINED SEAS WILL REMAIN 10 FEET OR
  HIGHER. THE NEXT STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL INCREASE SEAS TO 12 TO
  14 FEET AT 10 SECONDS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 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 WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
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.

&&

$$

BTL

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

365 
WHUS76 KMFR 030906
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
206 AM PDT MON OCT 3 2011

PZZ370-032200-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-111003T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-111004T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0264.111003T0906Z-111003T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
206 AM PDT MON OCT 3 2011

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING
  AND DROP BELOW 20 KT BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN
  TUESDAY MORNING...WITH STRONG GALES EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND
  10 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE BRIEFLY AND WAVE PERIODS WILL LENGTHEN MONDAY NIGHT AND
  THEN SEAS INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP WIND
  DRIVEN SEAS OF 17 TO 20 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY
  EVENING.

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

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-032200-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-111003T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-111004T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0264.111003T0906Z-111003T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
206 AM PDT MON OCT 3 2011

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING
  AND DROP BELOW 20 KT BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN
  TUESDAY MORNING...WITH STRONG GALES EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND
  10 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE AND WAVE PERIODS WILL LENGTHEN MONDAY NIGHT AND THEN
  SEAS INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN
  SEAS OF 17 TO 20 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY
  EVENING.

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

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-032200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-111003T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0264.000000T0000Z-111003T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
206 AM PDT MON OCT 3 2011

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT THIS MORNING...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING
  AND DROP BELOW 20 KT BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN
  TUESDAY MORNING...WITH STRONG GALES EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND
  10 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE
  AND WAVE PERIODS WILL LENGTHEN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT
  AND THEN SEAS INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP WIND
  DRIVEN SEAS OF 17 TO 20 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY
  NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
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 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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-032200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0264.000000T0000Z-111003T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0108.000000T0000Z-111004T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0028.111004T1800Z-111005T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0032.111004T1800Z-111006T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
206 AM PDT MON OCT 3 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING
  AND DROP BELOW 20 KT BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN
  TUESDAY MORNING...WITH STRONG GALES EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND
  10 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE
  AND WAVE PERIODS WILL LENGTHEN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT
  AND THEN SEAS INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP WIND
  DRIVEN SEAS OF 17 TO 20 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY
  NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 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 WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
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/MEDFORD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
235 PM PDT SAT OCT 1 2011

.SHORT TERM...A SHORTWAVE OFF THE COAST IS BRINGING A WEAK FRONT
INLAND TODAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A MORE SIGNIFICANT FRONT
ON SUNDAY EVENING THEN A THIRD EVEN STRONGER FRONTAL SYSTEM LATE
TUESDAY.

TODAY AND TONIGHT...THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THE SHORTWAVE AND WEAK
FRONT IS GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND OVER THE AREA...ESPECIALLY
IN THE SHASTA VALLEY AND EAST OF THE CASCADES. RAIN WITH THE FRONT
HAS BEEN  LIGHT AND MAINLY LIMITED TO THE COAST. SOME LIGHT
SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INLAND TO THE CASCADES THIS EVENING THEN ARE
FORECAST TO TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES
NORTHEASTWARD AND INLAND. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO DECREASE  BY LATE
THIS EVENING...INCLUDING NEAR VALLEY FALLS AND SUMMER LAKE WHERE
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING.

SUNDAY...A MORE SIGNIFICANT FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
APPROACH THE COAST DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND MOVES INLAND SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH  MONDAY. THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO HAVE MORE
MOISTURE WITH IT THAN THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM AND MAY BRING MODERATE
RAIN TO THE COAST AND INTO THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS WITH MAINLY LIGHTER
RAIN SPREADING INLAND TO THE CASCADES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. AS THE FRONT PUSHES INLAND...COASTAL WINDS WILL ALSO PICK
UP WITH GALES POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY EVENING AND
NIGHT AND BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ALONG THE COAST.
THEN...BEHIND THE FRONT... SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AS A WAVE ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FRONT AND
OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST CONTINUES TO SEND SOUTHERLY MOISTURE INTO
THE AREA.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY...EXPECT DECREASING SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER THE AREA
INITIALLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY A VERY
STRONG FRONT MOVING INTO THE PACNW COAST LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW VARIABILITY  ON
THE HANDLING OF THIS SYSTEM WITH RESPECT TO TIMING AND STRENGTH.
THE 12Z GFS AND ECMWF HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE TIMING OF THE FRONT.
BOTH MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW HIGH PRECIPITABLE MOISTURE WITH THIS
FRONT THROUGH AND A CHANCE FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION INTO THE
COASTAL AREAS WITH MODERATE RAIN INLAND. WINDS ARE ALSO A CONCERN.
MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON THE 700 MB WINDS A BIT BUT CONTINUE TO
SHOW A 40 TO 50 KT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST JET MOVING INTO THE AREA
TUESDAY EVENING. NEAR THE COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...MODELS
ARE INDICATING A STRONG 925 MB JET OF 50 TO 60 KT IMPACTING THE
AREA TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WOULD BRING A POTENTIAL FOR GALES
TUESDAY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND SOME STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
ALONG THE COAST.

AS A DEEP TROUGH SLIDES DOWN THE PACNW ON WEDNESDAY...IT WILL
BRING A MUCH COOLER AND SHOWERY REGIME. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST
SIGNIFICANT COLD AIR MASS OF THE FALL WITH A CHANCE FOR MOUNTAIN
SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE
DAY ON THURSDAY AS THE TROUGH IS CENTERED OVER THE AREA AND SNOW
LEVELS ARE EXPECTED NEAR 5500 TO 6000 FEET. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOW 60S FOR VALLEYS WEST OF THE
CASCADES AND THE LOWER TO MID 50S FOR EAST SIDE VALLEYS ON
WEDNESDAY. AS THE TROUGH SHIFTS EASTWARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE
COLD AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH DECREASING SHOWERS.
MORNING LOWS ON THURSDAY ARE FORECAST INTO THE UPPER 30S TO MID
40S FOR WEST SIDE VALLEYS AND INTO THE 30S AND UPPER 20S FOR
VALLEYS EAST OF THE CASCADES.

.LONG TERM...AFTER THE SERIES OF STORMS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE
WEEK, THE PATTERN BEGINS TO QUIET SOMEWHAT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A
BROAD TROUGH WILL RESIDE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY
LEAVING OUR AREA UNDER MODERATE NW FLOW. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP OUR HIGH TEMPS 10-20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WILL ALSO MEAN
CLOUDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY.
THINGS WILL REMAIN GUSTY ON THURSDAY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WITH CLEARING SKIES AND RISING HEIGHTS ON
FRIDAY, TEMPS SHOULD REBOUND TO MORE NORMAL VALUES. SATURDAY WE
SEE A BIT MORE RIDGING OVER THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF OUR NEXT
SYSTEM. THIS SHOULD MAKE FOR A BEAUTIFUL FALL-LIKE DAY FOR MUCH OF
THE CWA. MODELS DIFFER QUITE A BIT ON TIMING AND STRENGTH OF NEXT
SYSTEM FOR EARLY SUNDAY. /MSO

&&

.AVIATION...COAST...WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN MAY SEE SOME BREAKS WITH VFR AND AREAS OF MVFR
CIGS IN THE EVENING AS A FRONT ALONG THE COAST PUSHES INLAND. MVFR
AND LOCAL IFR IS THEN EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP DURING THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.

INLAND...VFR CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED MVFR CIGS  IN THE UMPQUA
BASIN AND  NEAR MOUNT SHASTA CITY WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. VFR WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT EXCEPT FOR WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING IN THE UMPQUA
BASIN AFTER 03Z. AREAS OF MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS INLAND AND WIDESPREAD
MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS OVER THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NEAR THE SHASTA VALLEY AND MOUNT SHASTA AREA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND EAST OF THE CASCADES THROUGH EARLY
EVENING WITH SURFACE WINDS GUST TO AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ORZ030-031.

CA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAZ081.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     PZZ356-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS
     AFTERNOON FOR PZZ356-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
     PZZ350.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
     EVENING FOR PZZ350.
     GALE WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR
     PZZ370.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
     PZZ370.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
     MORNING FOR PZZ370.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
     EVENING FOR PZZ370.

CC

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
706 AM PDT SAT OCT 1 2011

CAZ081-020000-
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
706 AM PDT SAT OCT 1 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TODAY. SEE THE WEATHER
MESSAGE FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY INTO
MONDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY TO BRING RAIN
AND WIND DURING THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

CAZ085-ORZ030-031-020000-
MODOC COUNTY-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
706 AM PDT SAT OCT 1 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TONIGHT. SEE THE
WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY INTO
MONDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO
BRING WIND AND OCCASIONAL RAIN DURING THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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