Gale Watch 2, NWS Medford, OR

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WHUS76 KMFR 121652
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
852 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011

PZZ370-130600-
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/O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0002.110113T0600Z-110113T1200Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0002.110113T0600Z-110114T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0002.110113T0900Z-110114T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0002.110113T0600Z-110113T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
852 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST
THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN
ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT TODAY THEN INCREASING TO SOUTH GALES
  35 KT LATE THIS EVENING.

* SEAS: 11 TO 13 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN
  BUILDING UP TO 15 FEET LATE TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE MOST HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  TO BE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A 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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-130600-
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0163.110112T1652Z-110113T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110112T2100Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0002.110113T0600Z-110114T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0002.110113T0900Z-110114T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0002.110113T0600Z-110113T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
852 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST
THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN
ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT TODAY THEN INCREASING TO SOUTH GALES
  35 KT LATE THIS EVENING.

* SEAS: 11 TO 13 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN
  BUILDING UP TO 15 FEET LATE TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE MOST HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  TO BE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-356-130600-
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/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0002.110113T1200Z-110114T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0002.110113T0900Z-110114T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0163.110112T1652Z-110113T2100Z/
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-
852 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST
THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THURSDAY.
THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 KT
  THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE AGAIN TO SOUTH 25 TO 30 KT
  OVERNIGHT.

* SEAS: SEAS 10 TO 13 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
  THEN SUBSIDE BRIEFLY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SEAS WILL INCREASE
  AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO 15 FEET.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE MOST HAZARDOUS WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  TO BE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

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.

&&

$$


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
240 AM PST WED JAN 12 2011

.DISCUSSION...WARM FRONT NOW EAST OF OUR AREA WITH PRECIPITATION
DIMINISHING TO SOME LIGHT AMOUNTS WEST OF THE CASCADES AND WESTERN
SISKIYOU COUNTY. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING TOWARD VANCOUVER
ISLAND WITH PRESSURE GRADIENTS DECREASING. GALES OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS WILL ABATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN THE NEXT IN THE NEXT 6
HOURS. COLD AIR REMAINS POOLED EAST OF THE CASCADES FOR THE MOST
PART ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES HAVE MODERATED SOME. COLD POCKETS WEST
OF THE CASCADES HAVE BEEN SCOURED SO LOW SNOW LEVELS WILL NO
LONGER BE A PROBLEM. THE NEXT SURFACE LOW AND WARM FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY HAZARDOUS SEAS IN THE COASTAL WATERS. PRECIPITATION
WILL DEVELOP WESTSIDE LOCATIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SPREAD EAST OF
THE CASCADES BY THURSDAY MORNING WITH EASTSIDE PRECIPITATION
MAINLY SNOW. SNOW LEVELS WEST OF THE CASCADES WILL RISE ABOVE 4500
FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING AND ABOVE 5500 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS EASTSIDE LOCATIONS WILL MODERATE THURSDAY AS
THE WARM FRONT CROSSES THE AREA...RAISING SNOW LEVELS TO ABOVE
5500 FEET.

THE PARADE OF SURFACE LOWS AND MAINLY WARM FRONTS WILL CONTINUE
AT 24 HOUR INTERVALS THROUGH SUNDAY ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT TO
OCCASIONALLY MODERATE PRECIPITATION AND CONTINUED HIGH SNOW LEVELS
ALL AREAS. THE TENDENCY AFTER SUNDAY WILL BE FOR THE JET STREAM TO
LIFT FURTHER NORTH AS A FLAT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER OUR AREA.
THIS WILL NOT EXCLUDE PRECIPITATION ALTOGETHER...BUT PRECIPITATION
WILL BECOME LIGHTER AND LESS FREQUENT AS WE APPROACH THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK. AS THE PRECIPITATION ABATES AND WINDS BECOME
LIGHT...LOW CLOUDS AND WARM FOG WILL DEVELOP MANY AREAS.

&&

.AVIATION...AREAS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ALONG THE COAST AND ACROSS
THE UMPQUA BASIN. MAINLY VFR ELSEWHERE WITH MOUNTAIN OBSCUREMENT.
CIGS RISING THIS MORNING WITH VFR CIGS/VSBY ALL AREAS BY LATE
MORNING BUT CONTINUED MOUNTAIN OBSCUREMENT. CURRENTLY WINDY
CONDITIONS WITH LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE IS OCCURING NORTH OF CAPE
BLANCO ALONG THE COAST. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNRISE.

&&

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

CA...NONE.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR PZZ350-356.
     GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR PZZ350-356.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     PZZ350-356.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
     FOR PZZ370-376.
     GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR PZZ370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     PZZ370-376.
     GALE WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR PZZ370.

DDG

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1240 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011

CAZ082-121600-
SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
1240 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT NOW THROUGH 8 AM PST
WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR
FREEZING PRECIPITATION. PLEASE SEE LATEST ADVISORY MESSAGE FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

OTTENWELLER