Gale Watch 10, NWS Eureka, CA

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WHUS76 KEKA 110423
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
823 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...GALE TO POSSIBLE STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ON MONDAY...

.SERIES OF STRONG FRONTS WILL MOVE THROUGH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. THE FIRST FRONT...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...MAY PRODUCE A FEW
GALE FORCE GUSTS IN THE NORTHERN WATERS. A STRONGER FRONT
APPROACHES THE WATERS ON MONDAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD GALE
CONDITIONS...AND POSSIBLY STORM FORCE GUSTS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
CAPE MENDOCINO.

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PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
823 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT MONDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT MONDAY. A
GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING. 

* WINDS AND WAVES...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 30 KT OVERNIGHT... 
  DIMINISHING ON SUN...THEN RAPIDLY INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT 
  WITH GUSTS 45 KT ON MON. NW SWELL AROUND 10 FT...COMBINING 
  WITH A STEEP SHORT PERIOD SOUTHERLY WAVE ON MON TO PRODUCE A 
  COMBINED SEA STATE OF 17 TO 20 FT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY
LARGE TO POSE A RISK TO SMALL VESSELS. HIGH STEEP WAVES CAN
EASILY CAPSIZE SMALLER VESSELS. 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.

&&

$$

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PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
823 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT
SUNDAY NIGHT...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT
SUNDAY NIGHT. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 35 KT OVERNIGHT...DIMINISHING ON
  SUN...THEN RAPIDLY INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH A FEW GUSTS 50
  KT ON MON. 

* WAVES...NW SWELL AROUND 10 FT...COMBINING WITH A STEEP SHORT
  PERIOD SOUTHERLY WAVE ON MON TO PRODUCE A COMBINED SEA STATE OF
  20 TO 23 FT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

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CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
823 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY. A
GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING. 

* WINDS...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT OVERNIGHT...DIMINISHING ON
  SUN...THEN RAPIDLY INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT ON MON. 

* WAVES...NW SWELL AROUND 10 FT...COMBINING WITH A STEEP SHORT PERIOD
  SOUTHERLY WAVE ON MON TO PRODUCE A COMBINED SEA STATE OF 17 TO
  20 FT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY
LARGE TO POSE A RISK TO SMALL VESSELS. HIGH STEEP WAVES CAN
EASILY CAPSIZE SMALLER VESSELS. 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.

&&

$$

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CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
823 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT
THURSDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE ON MON TO NEAR GALE
  CONDITIONS...WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT AROUND CAPE MENDOCINO. 

* WAVES...NW SWELL AROUND 10 FT...COMBINING WITH A STEEP SHORT
  PERIOD SOUTHERLY WAVE ON MON TO PRODUCE A COMBINED SEA STATE OF
  15 TO 20 FT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY
LARGE TO POSE A RISK TO SMALL VESSELS. HIGH STEEP WAVES CAN
EASILY CAPSIZE SMALLER VESSELS. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID
NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


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WHUS76 KEKA 111020
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
320 AM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012

...STORM FORCE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY...

.A STRONG FRONT CROSSING THE WATERS MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT WILL
BRING STRONG GALES TO ALL WATERS. AS THE FRONT SLIDE TO THE
NORTHEAST...A TIGHTENING OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT MAY CAUSE A
PERIOD OF STORM FORCE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WATERS NORTH OF ABOUT
TRINIDAD. WINDS WILL EASE ON TUE...BUT SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED.

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/O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0022.120311T2200Z-120312T1600Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
320 AM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 AM PDT MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM PDT
MONDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...S INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT AND 30 TO 40 KT FOR
  MON.

* WAVES...W 8 FT AT 12 SECONDS TODAY. COMBINED SEAS BUILDING TO
  AROUND 12 FT TONIGHT AND UP TO 16 FT ON MON WITH A DOMINANT
  PERIOD AROUND 12 SECONDS.

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 MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY
LARGE TO POSE A RISK TO SMALL VESSELS. HIGH STEEP WAVES CAN
EASILY CAPSIZE SMALLER VESSELS. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID
NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

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CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
320 AM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM
PDT MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM PDT
MONDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...W 5 TO 15 KT TODAY...THEN BECOMING S AND INCREASING TO
  25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT ON MONDAY.

* WAVES...NW 8 TO 10 FT AT 12 SECONDS. COMBINED SEAS BUILDING
  OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY TO 17 TO 22 FT WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF
  12 SECONDS.

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 MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY
LARGE TO POSE A RISK TO SMALL VESSELS. HIGH STEEP WAVES CAN
EASILY CAPSIZE SMALLER VESSELS. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID
NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

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/O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0022.120311T2200Z-120312T2200Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
320 AM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 PM PDT MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 3 AM PDT
TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM PDT
MONDAY. 

* WINDS...W 5 TO 10 KT TODAY...THEN BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT
  OVERNIGHT. S WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 KT ON MON. HIGHEST
  WINDS NEAR CAPE MENDOCINO.

* WAVES...NW 7 TO 9 FT AT 11 SECONDS TODAY. RAPIDLY BUILDING WAVES
  ON MONDAY TO 15 TO 20 FT WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 12 SECONDS.
  HIGHEST WAVES NEAR CAPE MENDOCINO.


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 MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY
LARGE TO POSE A RISK TO SMALL VESSELS. HIGH STEEP WAVES CAN
EASILY CAPSIZE SMALLER VESSELS. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID
NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

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/O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0015.120312T1000Z-120313T0400Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
320 AM PDT SUN MAR 11 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM PDT MONDAY. THE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT MONDAY. THE
GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...W 10 TO 20 KT TODAY...BECOMING S AND INCREASING TO 20 TO
  30 KT TONIGHT. S WINDS INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50
  KT ON MON. HIGHEST WINDS N OF TRINIDAD HEAD.

* WAVES...NW 9 TO 11 FT AT 11 SECONDS. COMBINED SEAS BUILDING TO
  13 TO 15 FT TONIGHT...THEN INCREASING UP TO 25 FT MONDAY. HIGHER
  WAVES LIKELY N OF TRINIDAD HEAD.

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 MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


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