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Gale Warning 33, NWS Medford, OR

October 22, 2011

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Oct 22, 2011, 3:08 PM PDT. It took effect at Oct 23, 2011, 4:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 52 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 22, 2011, 3:08 PM PDT (22:08 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 23, 2011, 4:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
52 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

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

440 
WHUS76 KMFR 222208
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
308 PM PDT SAT OCT 22 2011

PZZ376-231100-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.111023T0000Z-111023T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.111023T0000Z-111023T2300Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0029.111023T2300Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0044.111023T2300Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0033.111023T2300Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0034.111023T2300Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
308 PM PDT SAT OCT 22 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PDT SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT
TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS
SEAS WATCH AND THE GALE WATCH HAVE BEEN UPGRADED. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT
SUNDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE FURTHER AND REACH GALE FORCE AT 30 TO 35
  KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: SEAS WILL PERSIST AT 7 TO 10 FT TONIGHT WITH A NEARLY
  EQUAL CONTRIBUTION FROM WIND WAVES AND A NORTHWEST SWELL WITH 9
  SECOND PERIOD. WIND WAVES AND NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BOTH INCREASE
  FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BY MONDAY EVENING...SEAS ARE FORECAST
  TO REACH 12 TO 15 FEET WITH A SWELL PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS. STEEP
  WIND WAVES WILL PERSIST ON TUESDAY BUT SWELL WILL BEGIN TO
  DIMINISH.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST IN
  THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WATERS.

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.

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.

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.

&&

$$
DW

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
8 follow-up statements
470 
WHUS76 KMFR 231059
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
359 AM PDT SUN OCT 23 2011

PZZ376-232215-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111023T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111023T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.111023T2300Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.111023T2300Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
359 AM PDT SUN OCT 23 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM PDT TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL PERSIST INTO THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE FURTHER AND REACH GALE FORCE AT 30 TO
  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
  EVENING.

* SEAS: SEAS WILL PERSIST AT 7 TO 10 FT TODAY WITH A NEARLY EQUAL
  CONTRIBUTION FROM WIND WAVES AND A NORTHWEST SWELL WITH 9 SECOND
  PERIOD. WIND WAVES AND NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BOTH INCREASE FROM
  TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. BY MONDAY EVENING...SEAS ARE FORECAST TO
  REACH 12 TO 15 FEET WITH A SWELL PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS. STEEP
  WIND WAVES WILL PERSIST ON TUESDAY BUT SWELL WILL BEGIN TO
  DIMINISH.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND SEAS WILL BE 
  HIGHEST IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WATERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A GALE 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.

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
032 
WHUS76 KMFR 231636
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
936 AM PDT SUN OCT 23 2011

PZZ376-240545-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111023T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111023T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.111023T2300Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.111023T2300Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
936 AM PDT SUN OCT 23 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM PDT TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL PERSIST INTO THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN REACH GALE FORCE WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KT FROM
  THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 13 FEET AT 10 SECONDS THIS
  AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY WITH SEAS UP
  TO 14 FEET. BY MONDAY EVENING...SEAS ARE FORECAST TO REACH 12 TO
  15 FEET WITH A SWELL PERIOD OF 14 SECONDS. STEEP WIND WAVES WILL
  PERSIST ON TUESDAY BUT SWELL WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHEST
  IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A GALE 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.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-240545-
/O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.111023T2100Z-111025T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.111023T2100Z-111025T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
936 AM PDT SUN OCT 23 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  30 TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A SUBTLE DECREASE IN
  WINDS TONIGHT...THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SIMILAR LEVELS
  MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SEAS: SEAS AROUND 7 FEET AT 10 SECONDS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 12
  FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LESSER NEARSHORE. GUSTS
  ABOVE 30 KT AND WAVE HEIGHTS EXCEEDING 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED
  MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE.

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

STAVISH
644 
WHUS76 KMFR 232242
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
342 PM PDT SUN OCT 23 2011

PZZ376-241100-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111023T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111023T2300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.111023T2300Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.111023T2300Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
342 PM PDT SUN OCT 23 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
TUESDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL REACH GALE FORCE AT 30 TO 35 KT WITH
  GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: SEAS AT 10 TO 13 FEET AT 10 SECONDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT
  INTO EARLY MONDAY WITH SEAS UP TO 14 FEET. BY MONDAY
  EVENING...SEAS ARE FORECAST TO REACH 12 TO 15 FEET WITH A SWELL
  PERIOD OF 13 SECONDS. STEEP WIND WAVES WILL PERSIST ON TUESDAY
  BUT SWELL WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND SEAS WILL BE 
  HIGHEST IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A GALE 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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-241100-
/O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
342 PM PDT SUN OCT 23 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30
  TO 35 KT THIS EVENING AND PERSIST AT THAT SPEED THROUGH TUESDAY
  EVENING.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FT AT 10 SECONDS WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 13 FT
  BY MONDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
  AND FALL BELOW 10 FT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE
  SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS.


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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-241100-
/O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.111024T1500Z-111026T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
342 PM PDT SUN OCT 23 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM
MONDAY TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY
TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WILL LOCALLY REACH 25 KT IN
  THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FT AT 11 SECONDS WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 11 FT
  ON MONDAY MORNING THEN REACH A PEAK OF 11 TO 13 FT ON MONDAY
  EVENING. SEAS WILL FALL BELOW 10 FT BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SEAS WILL HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND
  SOUTH OF COOS BAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

PZZ356-241100-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
342 PM PDT SUN OCT 23 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT TUESDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL
  CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A SUBTLE DECREASE IN WINDS
  LATE TONIGHT...THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SIMILAR LEVELS MONDAY
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON TUESDAY...THE WINDS NEAR SHORE WILL
  BEGIN TO DECREASE. WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 KT ACROSS THE WATERS
  BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FT WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD
  TO A PEAK OF 11 TO 14 FT BY MONDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASE BELOW
  10 FT BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LESSER NEAR SHORE. GUSTS 
  ABOVE 30 KT AND WAVE HEIGHTS EXCEEDING 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED 
  MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 

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.

&&

$$
DW

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
387 
WHUS76 KMFR 241011
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
311 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

PZZ376-242200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
311 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
TUESDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL REACH GALE FORCE AT 30 TO 35 KT TODAY
  WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
  EVENING.

* SEAS: SEAS AT 10 TO 13 FEET AT 10 SECONDS WILL INCREASE EARLY
  THIS MORNING WITH SEAS UP TO 14 FEET. BY THIS EVENING...SEAS
  ARE FORECAST TO REACH 12 TO 15 FEET WITH A SWELL PERIOD OF 13
  SECONDS. STEEP WIND WAVES WILL PERSIST ON TUESDAY BUT SWELL WILL
  BEGIN TO DIMINISH.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND SEAS WILL BE 
  HIGHEST IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A GALE 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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-242200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
311 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL 
  CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A SUBTLE DECREASE IN 
  WINDS LATE TONIGHT...THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SIMILAR 
  LEVELS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON TUESDAY...THE WINDS 
  NEAR SHORE WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE. WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 KT 
  ACROSS THE WATERS BY TUESDAY EVENING. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FT WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL 
  BUILD TO A PEAK OF 11 TO 14 FT BY MONDAY EVENING...THEN 
  DECREASE BELOW 10 FT BY TUESDAY EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LESSER NEAR SHORE. 
  GUSTS ABOVE 30 KT AND WAVE HEIGHTS EXCEEDING 10 FEET ARE 
  EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-242200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
311 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 
  30 TO 35 KT THIS EVENING AND PERSIST AT THAT SPEED THROUGH 
  TUESDAY EVENING. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FT AT 10 SECONDS WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 13 
  FT BY MONDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TUESDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND FALL BELOW 10 FT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE 
  SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-242200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.111024T1500Z-111026T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
311 AM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WILL LOCALLY REACH 25 KT IN 
  THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH 
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FT AT 11 SECONDS WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 11 
  FT ON MONDAY MORNING THEN REACH A PEAK OF 11 TO 13 FT ON 
  MONDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL FALL BELOW 10 FT BY TUESDAY EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: SEAS WILL HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND 
  SOUTH OF COOS BAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
844 
WHUS76 KMFR 242201
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
301 PM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

PZZ376-251115-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
301 PM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
TUESDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT GALE FORCE AT 30 TO 35 KT
  WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: SEAS AT 11 TO 13 FEET AT 13 SECONDS WILL INCREASE TO 12 TO
  15 FEET THIS EVENING. STEEP WIND WAVES WILL PERSIST ON TUESDAY
  BUT SWELL WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. SEAS WILL FALL BELOW 10 FT
  LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND SEAS WILL BE 
  HIGHEST IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A GALE 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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-251115-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
301 PM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL
  CONTINUE TONIGHT. ON TUESDAY...THE WINDS NEAR SHORE WILL BEGIN TO
  DECREASE. WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 KT ACROSS THE WATERS BY TUESDAY
  EVENING.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FT WILL BUILD TO A PEAK OF 11 TO 14 FT
  THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE BELOW 10 FT BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LESSER NEAR SHORE. 
  GUSTS ABOVE 30 KT AND WAVE HEIGHTS EXCEEDING 10 FEET ARE 
  EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-251115-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
301 PM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 
  30 TO 35 KT THIS EVENING AND PERSIST AT THAT SPEED THROUGH 
  TUESDAY EVENING. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FT AT 10 SECONDS WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 13 FT
  THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
  FALL BELOW 10 FT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE 
  SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-251115-
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
301 PM PDT MON OCT 24 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WILL LOCALLY REACH 25 KT IN 
  THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH 
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FT WILL REACH A PEAK OF 11 TO 13 FT THIS
  EVENING. SEAS WILL FALL BELOW 10 FT BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SEAS WILL HIGHEST BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND 
  SOUTH OF COOS BAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
DW

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
540 
WHUS76 KMFR 250927
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
227 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

PZZ376-252230-
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-111026T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
227 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT GALE FORCE AT 30 TO 35 KT
  WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS
  WILL DECREASE TO 25 KT LATE TONIGHT.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN WAVES AND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING
  NORTHWEST SWELL ARE COMBINING TO GENERATE SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET
  WITH 8 SECOND DOMINANT PERIOD. SEAS WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 FEET
  OR LESS LATE TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND SEAS WILL BE 
  HIGHEST IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A GALE 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-252230-
/O.EXA.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
227 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...PEAKING THIS AFTERNOON.
  SUSTAINED WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW 20 KT LATE TONIGHT.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS
  WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN 9 FEET LATE TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND SEAS WILL HIGHEST
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF COOS BAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-252230-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
227 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...PEAKING LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
  WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW 20 KT LATE TONIGHT.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE BELOW 10 FEET
  LATE TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LESSER NEAR SHORE. 
  GUSTS ABOVE 30 KT AND WAVE HEIGHTS EXCEEDING 10 FEET ARE 
  EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-252230-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
227 AM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL DECREASE
  TO 20 KT OR LESS LATE TONIGHT.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FT AT 11 SECONDS WILL DECREASE TO LESS
  THAN 10 FT LATE TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
  THE WATERS.

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.

&&

$$

SK
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
630 
WHUS76 KMFR 252142
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
242 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

PZZ376-260600-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-111026T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
242 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT GALE FORCE AT 30 TO 35 KT 
  WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED 
  WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 25 KT LATE TONIGHT. 

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN WAVES AND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING 
  NORTHWEST SWELL ARE COMBINING TO GENERATE SEAS OF 11 TO 14 
  FEET WITH 8 SECOND DOMINANT PERIOD. SEAS WILL FALL TO AROUND 
  10 FEET OR LESS LATE TONIGHT. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND SEAS WILL BE 
  HIGHEST IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A GALE 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-356-370-260600-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
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-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
242 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...PEAKING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 
  WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW 20 KT LATE TONIGHT. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS 
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE BELOW 10 
  FEET LATE TONIGHT. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LESS NEAR SHORE. GUSTS
  ABOVE 30 KT AND WAVE HEIGHTS EXCEEDING 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED
  MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE.

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
976 
WHUS76 KMFR 260307
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
807 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

PZZ376-260900-
/O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-111026T0300Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
807 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY.
THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW
  20 KT LATE TONIGHT.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 
  SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE 
  BELOW 10 FEET LATE TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LESS NEAR SHORE. GUSTS 
  ABOVE 30 KT AND WAVE HEIGHTS EXCEEDING 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED 
  MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-356-370-260600-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0270.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0114.000000T0000Z-111026T0600Z/
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-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
807 PM PDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW
  20 KT LATE TONIGHT.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WITH DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE BELOW 10 FEET
  LATE TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LESS NEAR SHORE. GUSTS 
  ABOVE 30 KT AND WAVE HEIGHTS EXCEEDING 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED 
  MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 

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.

&&

$$


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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 Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Oct 22, 2:23 PM PDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 2:23 PM PDT, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
223 PM PDT SAT OCT 22 2011

.DISCUSSION...LATEST VISIBLE IMAGE SHOWS CLEAR SKIES OVER MOST OF THE
CWA. SOME MARINE CLOUDS STILL LINGER OVER NORTHWEST DOUGLAS AND
NORTHERN COOS COUNTY...BUT EXPECT THAT TO BREAK UP IN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. THE BIGGER PICTURE SHOWS THE STORM TRACK REMAINING NORTH OF
THE CWA WITH OVERCAST SKIES AND RAIN OCCURRING UP IN ASTORIA. THE
MODELS HAVE REMAIN CONSISTENT IN KEEPING THE STORM TRACK NORTH OF
THE CWA THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. A COUPLE OF FRONTS WILL SLIP INTO
THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE AREA. THE FIRST COMES LATE TONIGHT AND THE
SECOND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE FIRST FRONT WILL BRING SPRINKLES OR
VERY LIGHT RAIN TO NORTHERN COOS AND NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY. EVEN
THEN RAIN AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT ADD UP TO ANYTHING MORE THAN 0.01 OF AN
INCH. ELSEWHERE THE MAIN EFFECT WILL BE A DEEPER MARINE LAYER MOVING
INTO THE UMPQUA BASIN AND ILLINOIS VALLEY. RIGHT NOW IT SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE ROGUE VALLEY...BUT COULD NOT RULE OUT SOME MARINE CLOUDS
SPILLING OVER THE UMPQUA DIVIDE. TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL END UP
COOLER COMPARED TO SATURDAY...BUT STILL SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

A SECOND FRONT ARRIVES EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH LITTLE OR NO
MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE GFS SUGGEST POTENTIAL UPSLOPE QPF
ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE CASCADES AND NORTH FACING SLOPES OF
THE SISKIYOUS. MORE LIKELY IT MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE THESE AREAS
WILL GET PATCHY DRIZZLE FOR A FEW HOURS EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND AT THE SAME TIME A
THERMAL TROUGH DEVELOPS IN SOUTHWEST OREGON WITH INCREASING OFFSHORE
FLOW. THIS WILL ALLOW CLOUDS TO GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE DAY
WITH CLEAR SKIES BY EVENING. A COOL AIR MASS MOVES OVERHEAD MONDAY
NIGHT WITH DECREASING WINDS IN THE WESTSIDE VALLEYS. THIS ALONG WITH
LONGER NIGHTS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THE FIRST FREEZE THIS SEASON FOR
THOSE AREAS. MEANWHILE TEMPERATURES EAST OF THE CASCADES ARE LIKELY
TO DROP INTO THE 20S WITH A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER TEENS AND
WERE LIKELY TO SEE A CARBON COPY OF THIS AGAIN LATE MONDAY
NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES IN FROM
THE NORTHWEST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN EXITING OUT TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE MAIN EFFECT FROM THIS WILL BE SOME HIGH AND MID LEVEL
CLOUDS.

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO SOUTHWEST OREGON WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY...THEN THE GFS AND EC SHOW A STRONG UPPER TROUGH
APPROACHING THE OREGON COAST FRIDAY. HOWEVER ANY PRECIPITATION
SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT THE
COAST. THE MODELS DIFFER REGARDING THE STRENGTH...POSITION AND
TIMING OF THE UPPER LOW. CURRENTLY THE EC IS FASTER WITH THIS WHILE
THE GFS IS SLOWER. SO DID NOT MAKE ANY WHOLESALE CHANGES BEYOND
FRIDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALL TERMINALS THROUGH THIS
EVENING. MARINE STRATUS MAKES A RETURN AT THE COAST BETWEEN 2 AND 4Z
AND AFTER 6Z IN THE UMPQUA BASIN WITH IFR CIGS RETURNING. VIS WILL
ALSO LOWER TO 4 MILES OR LESS WITH FOG LIKELY TO DEVELOP. RIGHT
NOW...NOT EXPECTING THE MARINE STRATUS TO MAKE IT INTO THE ROGUE
VALLEY..BUT COULD NOT RULE OUT PATCHY FOG AROUND SUNRISE DUE TO
RADIATIONAL COOLING. PATCHY FOG COULD ALSO DEVELOP IN THE KLAMATH
BASIN FOR A FEW HOURS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.

CA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 4 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR PZZ376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
     PZZ376.
     GALE WARNING FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR PZZ376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 4 PM PDT SUNDAY
     FOR PZZ376.

PETRUCELLI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 22, 2:29 PM PDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
229 PM PDT SAT OCT 22 2011

CAZ080>082-ORZ023>026-231200-
WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-
EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA...
WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...
GREEN...GRANTS PASS...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...
ASHLAND
229 PM PDT SAT OCT 22 2011

...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA MONDAY MORNING WITH HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENING OVER
THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MAINLY CLEAR SKIES
AND CALM WINDS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 30S. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST FROST OR
FREEZING CONDITIONS FOR MANY OF THE VALLEY LOCATIONS THIS FALL.
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT
UNPROTECTED.

RESIDENTS MAY WANT TO USE THIS WEEKEND TO MAKE ANY PREPARATIONS
TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION. HUNTERS THAT PLAN ON BEING OUT
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD ALSO PREPARE FOR THE COOLER WEATHER.
SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AS WELL.

PETRUCELLI

The office that day

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

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