Gale Warning 13, NWS Medford, OR

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WHUS76 KMFR 101158
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
358 AM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
358 AM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

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

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

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT EARLY THIS
  AFTERNOON THEN TO GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 45 KT LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

* SEAS: AS NORTHWEST SWELL INCREASES THIS MORNING... SEAS WILL
  RISE TO 10 TO 12 FEET AT 14 SECONDS. COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 15
  FEET ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO
  STEEP WIND WAVES NEAR 12 FEET AND NORTHWEST SWELL OF 8 TO 10
  FEET. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SUNDAY TO 14 TO 17
  FEET.

* TIMING: GALES WILL PEAK THIS EVENING...SUBSIDING TONIGHT. THEN
  WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
  MONDAY...POTENTIALLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON MONDAY.

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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0015.120311T0300Z-120311T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
358 AM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 1 AM PST SUNDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON
  THEN TO 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 40 KT THIS EVENING AND
  TONIGHT. 

* SEAS: AS NORTHWEST SWELL INCREASES THIS MORNING...SEAS WILL RISE
  TO 10 TO 12 FEET AT 14 SECONDS TODAY. COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 14
  FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO STEEP WIND
  WAVES OF 10 TO 12 FEET AND NORTHWEST SWELL OF 8 TO 10 FEET.
  COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SUNDAY TO 13 TO 16 FEET.

* TIMING: GALES WILL PEAK LATE THIS EVENING...SUBSIDING LATE
  TONIGHT. THEN WINDS MAY INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
  MONDAY...POTENTIALLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON MONDAY.

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.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
358 AM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON THEN TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT 
  THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. 

* SEAS: AS NORTHWEST SWELL INCREASES THIS MORNING...SEAS WILL RISE
  TO 10 TO 12 FEET AT 13 TO 14 SECONDS. COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14
  FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO STEEP WIND
  WAVES OF 6 TO 9 FEET AND NORTHWEST SWELL OF 9 TO 10 FEET.
  COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 12 TO
  14 FEET.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK LATE THIS EVENING...SUBSIDING LATE
  TONIGHT. THEN WINDS MAY INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
  MONDAY...POTENTIALLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON MONDAY.

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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WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
358 AM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT THIS 
  AFTERNOON THEN TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT 
  THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. 

* SEAS: AS NORTHWEST SWELL INCREASES THIS MORNING...SEAS WILL RISE
  TO 10 TO 12 FEET AT 13 TO 14 SECONDS. COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14
  FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO STEEP
  WIND WAVES OF 6 TO 9 FEET AND NORTHWEST SWELL OF 9 TO 10 FEET.
  COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 13 TO
  16 FEET.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK LATE THIS EVENING...SUBSIDING 
  SATURDAY NIGHT. THEN WINDS MAY INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT 
  THROUGH MONDAY...POTENTIALLY REACHING STORM FORCE ON MONDAY. 

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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164 
WHUS76 KMFR 102306
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
306 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

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/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0004.120312T0900Z-120313T0000Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
306 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. A STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH
  GUSTS OF 45 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL
  DIMINISH TO 20 KT LATE TONIGHT. THEN A MUCH STRONGER FRONT WILL
  BRING 35 TO 45 KT WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY WINDS
  INCREASING POTENTIALLY TO STORM FORCE  LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
  MONDAY WITH WINDS OF 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 11 FEET AT 12 TO 13 SECONDS WILL
  RISE TO 11 TO 13 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO
  STEEP WIND WAVES OF 9 TO 11 FEET AND NORTHWEST SWELL OF 8 TO 10
  FEET. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SUNDAY TO 14 TO 15
  FEET. THEN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...COMBINED SEAS OF 20 TO 25
  FT ARE EXPECTED DUE TO VERY STEEP WIND WAVES OF 18 TO 24 FEET
  AND NORTHWEST SWELL OF 10 TO 14 FEET. AS WIND WAVES LOWER AND
  NORTHWEST SWELL INCREASES...SEAS OF 16 TO 17 FEET ARE EXPECTED
  MONDAY EVENING.

* TIMING: GALES WILL PEAK THIS EVENING...SUBSIDING TONIGHT. THEN
  WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY...WITH WINDS
  FORECAST TO REACH STORM FORCE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

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.

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.

A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION
IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0015.120311T0300Z-120311T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0008.120312T0600Z-120313T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0004.120312T0900Z-120313T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
306 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 1 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. A STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  TO GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. THESE WINDS
  CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...DIMINISHING TO 20 KT LATE TONIGHT. THEN
  A MUCH STRONGER FRONT WILL BRING 35 TO 40 KT WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 
  FOLLOWED BY WINDS INCREASING POTENTIALLY TO STORM FORCE LATE
  SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH WINDS OF 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 11 FEET AT 12 TO 13 SECONDS WILL
  RISE TO 11 TO 13 FEET BY EARLY THIS EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH
  TONIGHT DUE TO STEEP WIND WAVES OF 9 TO 11 FEET AND NORTHWEST
  SWELL OF 8 TO 10 FEET. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 13 TO 15 FEET. THEN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
  MONDAY...COMBINED SEAS OF 20 TO 25 FT ARE EXPECTED DUE TO VERY
  STEEP WIND WAVES OF 18 TO 24 FEET AND NORTHWEST SWELL OF 10 TO
  14 FEET. AS WIND WAVES LOWER AND NORTHWEST SWELL
  INCREASES...SEAS OF 16 TO 17 FEET ARE EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING.

* TIMING: GALES WILL PEAK DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING...SUBSIDING
  LATE TONIGHT. THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
  MONDAY...WITH WINDS FORECAST TO REACH STORM FORCE BY EARLY
  MONDAY MORNING.


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.

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.

A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION
IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

&&

$$

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/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0008.120312T0600Z-120313T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0004.120312T1200Z-120313T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
306 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. A STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 


* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH  OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. THESE WINDS
  CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...DIMINISHING TO 20 KT LATE TONIGHT. THEN
  A MUCH STRONGER FRONT WILL BRING 35 TO 40 KT WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 
  FOLLOWED BY WINDS INCREASING POTENTIALLY TO STORM FORCE LATE
  SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH WINDS OF 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET AT 12 TO 13 SECONDS WILL
  RISE TO 10 TO 13 FEET BY EARLY THIS EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH
  TONIGHT DUE TO STEEP WIND WAVES OF 7 TO 9 FEET AND NORTHWEST
  SWELL OF 8 TO 10 FEET. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
  SUNDAY TO 12 TO 14 FEET. THEN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
  MORNING...COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 20 TO 25 FEET TO
  VERY STEEP WIND WAVES OF 18 TO 24 FEET AND NORTHWEST SWELL OF 10
  TO 13 FEET. SEAS OF 20 TO 25 FEET WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
  EVENING. THEN...AS WIND WAVES LOWER AND NORTHWEST SWELL
  INCREASES...SEAS NEAR 16 FEET ARE EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING.

* TIMING: GALES WILL PEAK DURING THE MID TO LATE
  EVENING...SUBSIDING LATE TONIGHT. THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE
  SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY...WITH WINDS FORECAST TO REACH
  STORM FORCE MONDAY MORNING.

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 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.

A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION
IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

&&

$$

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/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0004.120312T1200Z-120313T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
306 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. A STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 


* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH  OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. THESE WINDS
  CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...DIMINISHING TO 20 KT LATE TONIGHT. THEN
  A MUCH STRONGER FRONT WILL BRING 35 TO 45 KT WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 
  FOLLOWED BY WINDS INCREASING POTENTIALLY TO STORM FORCE LATE
  SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH WINDS OF 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 11 FEET AT 12 TO 13 SECONDS WILL
  RISE TO 11 TO 13 FEET BY EARLY THIS EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH
  TONIGHT DUE TO STEEP WIND WAVES OF 7 TO 9 FEET AND NORTHWEST
  SWELL OF 8 TO 10 FEET. COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
  SUNDAY TO 13 TO 15 FEET. THEN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
  MORNING...COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 20 TO 25 FEET TO
  VERY STEEP WIND WAVES OF 18 TO 24 FEET AND NORTHWEST SWELL OF 10
  TO 13 FEET. SEAS OF 20 TO 25 FEET WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
  EVENING. THEN...AS WIND WAVES LOWER AND NORTHWEST SWELL
  INCREASES...SEAS OF 16 TO 17 FEET ARE EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING.

* TIMING: GALES WILL PEAK DURING THE EVENING...SUBSIDING LATE
  TONIGHT. THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
  MONDAY...WITH WINDS FORECAST TO REACH STORM FORCE BY EARLY
  MONDAY MORNING.

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 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.

A STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION
IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

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