Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 22, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Mar 30, 2012, 3:05 AM PDT. It took effect at Mar 30, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 30, 2012, 3:05 AM PDT (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
790 WHUS76 KMFR 301005 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 305 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 PZZ356-310000- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120330T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.120330T1005Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0016.120331T0900Z-120401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0023.120331T0300Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0300Z-120401T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 305 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED...IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 16 TO 19 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING. THESE COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-310000- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120330T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.120330T1005Z-120330T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0024.120331T0600Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0016.120331T0900Z-120401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0600Z-120331T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 305 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 16 TO 19 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING. THESE COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-310000- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120330T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.120330T1005Z-120330T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0016.120331T0900Z-120401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0023.120331T0600Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0600Z-120331T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 305 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 15 TO 19 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING. THESE COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-310000- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120330T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.120330T1005Z-120330T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0024.120331T0300Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0016.120331T0900Z-120401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0300Z-120401T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 305 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 15 TO 19 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING. THESE COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. 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 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. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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948 WHUS76 KMFR 301458 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 758 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 PZZ356-310000- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0300Z-120401T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.120331T0300Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 758 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...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 WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 16 TO 19 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING. THESE COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-310000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0600Z-120331T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.120331T0600Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 758 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 16 TO 19 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING. THESE COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-310000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0600Z-120331T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.120331T0600Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 758 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 15 TO 19 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING. THESE COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-310000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0300Z-120401T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.120331T0300Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 758 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 15 TO 19 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING. THESE COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
125 WHUS76 KMFR 301540 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 840 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 PZZ356-310445- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0023.120330T1540Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0300Z-120401T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 840 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING AT 16 TO 19 FEET DUE TO A COMBINATION OF 7 TO 10 FT WIND WAVES AT 7 SECONDS AND 14 TO 16 FT WESTERLY SWELL AT 15 SECONDS. THESE COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 14 TO 17 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET. INCREASED SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-310445- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0024.120330T1540Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0300Z-120401T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 840 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING AT 16 TO 19 FEET DUE TO A COMBINATION OF 7 TO 10 FT WIND WAVES AT 7 SECONDS AND 14 TO 16 FT WESTERLY SWELL AT 15 SECONDS. COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 17 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET. THESE INCREASES SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-310445- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0600Z-120331T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.120331T0600Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 840 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...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 WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 16 TO 18 FEET AT 15 SECONDS THIS MORNING. COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET. THESE INCREASED SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-310445- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0600Z-120331T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.120331T0600Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 840 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...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 WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS WILL PEAK AT 15 TO 18 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS MORNING. COMBINED SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET. THESE INCREASED SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
387 WHUS76 KMFR 301825 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1125 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 PZZ370-310730- /O.EXP.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0600Z-120331T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.120331T0600Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1125 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS EXPIRED... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 5 TO 15 KT THIS AFTERNOON. THEN...LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS 15 TO 17 FT AT 14 SECONDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 14 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET. THESE INCREASED SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ350-310730- /O.EXP.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0600Z-120331T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.120331T0600Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 1125 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS EXPIRED... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 5 TO 15 KT THIS AFTERNOON. THEN...LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS 15 TO 17 FT AT 14 SECONDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 13 TO 16 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 14 TO 18 FEET. THESE INCREASED SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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. && $$ PZZ356-310730- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0300Z-120401T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1125 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS EXPIRED... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THEN...THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 16 TO 18 FT AT 14 SECONDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 14 TO 17 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 15 TO 19 FEET. INCREASED SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 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. && $$ PZZ376-310730- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-120330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0300Z-120401T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1125 AM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS EXPIRED... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 16 TO 18 FT AT 14 SECONDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 17 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO 16 TO 19 FEET. THESE INCREASES SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
713 WHUS76 KMFR 310138 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 638 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 PZZ370-311445- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0600Z-120331T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.120331T0600Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 638 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN SEAS TO 18 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TO AROUND 15 FEET SATURDAY BUT WILL REMAIN NEAR 15 FEET THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. 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. && $$ PZZ350-311445- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0600Z-120331T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.120331T0600Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 638 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE FORCE AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL THEN RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO NEAR 18 FEET. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO NEAR 15 FEET SATURDAY BUT WILL REMAIN AROUND 15 FEET THROUGH MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ356-311445- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0300Z-120401T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 638 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE THIS EVENING WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL PEAK LATE TONIGHT AROUND 45 KT...THEN DECREASE BELOW GALE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL RAPIDLY BUILD AND STEEPEN COMBINED SEAS TO AROUND 18 FEET. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO NEAR 15 FEET SATURDAY BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND 15 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED FROM CAPE BLANCO SOUTHWARD TO 5 NM OF GOLD BEACH. 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. && $$ PZZ376-311445- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.120331T0300Z-120401T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 638 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO GALE THIS EVENING WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL PEAK LATE TONIGHT AROUND 45 KT...THEN DECREASE BELOW GALE SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL RAPIDLY BUILD SEAS TO 18 FEET BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TO NEAR 15 FEET SATURDAY BUT RISE AGAIN TO NEAR 18 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL REMAIN AROUND 15 FEET THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
259 WHUS76 KMFR 311031 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 331 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 PZZ356-311145- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 331 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING. 25 TO 35 KNOT SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 13 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS THIS TODAY. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AROUND NOON...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. 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. && $$ PZZ370-311145- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 331 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING. 25 TO 35 KNOT SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 12 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS THIS TODAY. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AROUND NOON...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-311145- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 331 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING. 25 TO 35 KNOT SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 12 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS THIS TODAY. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AROUND NOON...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. 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. && $$ PZZ376-311145- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 331 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING. 25 TO 35 KNOT SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 12 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS THIS TODAY. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AROUND NOON...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
339 WHUS76 KMFR 311115 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 415 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 PZZ356-010000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 415 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING. 25 TO 35 KNOT SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 13 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS THIS TODAY. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AROUND NOON...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. 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. && $$ PZZ370-010000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 415 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING. 25 TO 35 KNOT SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 12 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS THIS TODAY. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AROUND NOON...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-010000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 415 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING. 25 TO 35 KNOT SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 12 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS THIS TODAY. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AROUND NOON...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. 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. && $$ PZZ376-010000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 415 AM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING. 25 TO 35 KNOT SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 12 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS THIS TODAY. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AROUND NOON...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
093 WHUS76 KMFR 312356 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 456 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 PZZ356-011300- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 456 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS LATER THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 13 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST LATER THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. 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. && $$ PZZ370-011300- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 456 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KTS INTO EARLY EVENING THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS LATER THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 12 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-011300- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 456 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KNOTS WILL THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 12 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. 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. && $$ PZZ376-011300- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 456 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KNOTS WILL THEN BRIEFLY WEAKEN BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. * SEAS: SOUTH WIND SEAS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP 12 TO 16 FOOT COMBINED SEAS. AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 18 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS...COULD BRING LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS TO THE SURFACE IN AND NEAR THEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
162 WHUS76 KMFR 010603 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1103 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 PZZ356-011000- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0040.120401T0603Z-120401T1000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1103 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND DECREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 20 KT BY SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP TO NEAR 15 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ370-011000- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0040.120401T0603Z-120401T1000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1103 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND DECREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 20 KT BY SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP TO NEAR 15 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-011000- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0040.120401T0603Z-120401T1000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 1103 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND DECREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 20 KT BY SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP TO NEAR 15 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 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. 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. && $$ PZZ376-011000- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120401T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0040.120401T0603Z-120401T1000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1103 PM PDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KNOTS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND DECREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 20 KT BY SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC AS BOTH SOUTHWEST SWELL AND NORTHWEST WAVES COMBINE. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY STEEP TO NEAR 15 FOOT SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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 Mar 29, 9:21 PM PDT, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 9:21 PM PDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
921 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012
.DISCUSSION...WINDS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
TWO FORECAST FEATURES OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE FORECAST WAS UPDATED TO EXTEND THE HIGH WIND WARNING AT THE
COAST FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS...UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AT THE COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
THE STALLED FRONT ALONG THE COAST HAS PRODUCED GENERALLY FROM 1.50
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN CURRY COUNTY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS,
WHICH INCLUDES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS.
CURRY...WESTERN JOSEPHINE...NORTHERN COOS AND NORTHWEST SISKIYOU
COUNTIES STILL LOOK TO RECEIVE THE FOCUS OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN INTO
FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE SNOW LEVEL REMAINING AROUND 7000 TO 8000
FEET.
THE 00Z GFS DATA HAS BEGUN TO ARRIVE AND IT HAS A BULLSEYE OF
HEAVY RAIN JUST OFFSHORE FRIDAY NIGHT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FROM THE WEST ALONG 40N. THE 12Z
ECMWF FOLLOWS A SIMILAR TRACK. IT IS SLIGHTLY FARTHER EAST AND
BRINGS INDICATES HIGHER RAIN AMOUNTS OVER WESTERN OREGON...BUT
LOWER QPF AMOUNTS THAN THE GFS. THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION AND
TIMING OF THIS UPPER TROUGH SHOULD PLAY A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN
THE EXTENT AND TIMING OF COASTAL FLOODING. THE CURRENT FORECAST
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT IS FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES AT THE COAST. THIS LOOKS
REASONABLE AS A COMPROMISE LEANING TOWARD THE POSITIONING OF THE
ECMWF AND THE STRENGTH OF THE GFS. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER AS THE
FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON SATURDAY...FALLING TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET BY
SATURDAY EVENING...LEADING TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW OVER MANY OF THE MOUNTAIN PASSES SATURDAY NIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION...A SIGNIFICANT STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH
SATURDAY. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT THE COAST...SHASTA
VALLEY...AND EAST SIDE...AS WELL AS HIGH TERRAIN IN
GENERAL...THROUGH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD TURBULENCE IS EXPECTED.
ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN AND LOW CEILINGS WILL MAINTAIN A MIX OF
MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS AT COASTAL TERMINALS. VLIFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED IN CURRY COUNTY WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED. EAST
SIDE TERMINALS WILL BECOME MVFR IN LOW CEILINGS TONIGHT WHILE WEST
SIDE VALLEY TERMINALS LIKE MEDFORD AND ROSEBURG WILL GENERALLY BE
MVFR OVERNIGHT. LASTLY...MOUNTAINS WILL BE OBSCURED ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA INTO SATURDAY. /NSK
&&
HYDROLOGY...AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN
OREGON AND NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. THIS EVENT WILL IMPACT
CURRY...COOS...AND WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY THE MOST AND MAJOR FLOODING
IS POSSIBLE...BUT EFFECTS COULD BE FELT ANYWHERE ALONG AND WEST OF THE
CASCADES THROUGH SATURDAY. A HOST OF PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
THIS...AND THEY INCLUDE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER AT
COQUILLE...AS WELL AS NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF THE COQUILLE AT
MYRTLE POINT...AND THE ROGUE RIVER NEAR AGNESS. THESE PRODUCTS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE WEB. ALSO...AN AREAL FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR DOUGLAS...JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...CURRY...COOS...AND WESTERN
SISKIYOU COUNTY. RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS ARE RISING NOW AND
THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AT LEAST...WITH
RIVER RISES INTO SUNDAY IN SOME CASES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING. /NSK
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012/
SHORT TERM...DEEP MOISTURE IS OVERRUNNING A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG
THE OREGON COAST...AND IS GENERATING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. THE PLUME
OF HIGHEST MOISTURE TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN EXPECTED TO REACH THE
AREA...BUT HAS RECENTLY EXPANDED ITS REACH A BIT AND RAINFALL RATES
ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE COAST AND WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY PER
RECENT OBSERVATIONS. ADDITIONALLY...SNOW LEVELS HAVE JUMPED SINCE
THIS MORNING...WITH A CURRENT TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES AT DIAMOND
LAKE. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND HIGH SNOW LEVELS POINT TOWARD
INCREASED FLOODING RISK...AND A HOST OF PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
FOR THIS. SEE THE HYDROLOGY SECTION BELOW FOR SPECIFICS.
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THEN LIFT BACK NORTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS
LIKELY WILL SIGNAL A BREAK IN THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION FOR THE
COAST AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE CASCADES AND EAST SIDE. THEN...A
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES INTO THE COAST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE PRECIPITATION. A COLD FRONT
TRAILS THE LOW CENTER AND USHERS A COLDER AIR MASS IN ON
SATURDAY...DROPPING SNOW LEVELS TO 4000 FEET BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER 5000 FEET
SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...AND SPRING BREAK TRAVELERS GOING
OVER SISKIYOU SUMMIT AND HWY 140 NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS WILL
LIKELY ENCOUNTER SOME SNOWY CONDITIONS...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
SUNDAY WILL BE A BREAK FROM THE UNSETTLED WEATHER...AND SUNDAY
MORNING WILL BE THE COLDEST MORNING IN QUITE SOME TIME. DEPENDING ON
HOW MUCH SKIES CLEAR SATURDAY NIGHT...LOW TEMPERATURES COULD DIP
INTO THE LOW 30S IN THE ROGUE AND ILLINOIS VALLEYS. MONDAY COULD
REPRESENT ANOTHER COLD MORNING BUT THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON
THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER FOR MONDAY MORNING AS WELL. AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE DAYS. ON ANOTHER FOR AGRICULTURE...MODEL TRENDS SUGGEST
THAT PERIODS OF COOL AND WET CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NEXT 1 TO 2 WEEKS.
LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A GENERAL
AGREEMENT FOR MONDAY IN LIFTING A WARM FRONT NORTH OF THE CWA AS A
SHORTWAVE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. THAT LEAVES
SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA UNDER A FAST SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WITH A DEEP TROUGH STILL WELL OFFSHORE. A COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO STILL BE WEST OF THE COASTAL WATERS BY THE END OF THE
DAY MONDAY WITH THE HIGHEST POSSIBILITY OF PRECIPITATION AT THE
COAST. AS A RESULT...WE HAVE MOSTLY REMOVED THE POSSIBILITY OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE EAST SIDE, TRIMMED THE POPS BACK
OVER THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS, AND BUMPED UP HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING
THE DAY. AFTER MONDAY, THIS IS ABOUT WHERE THE MODEL AGREEMENT ENDS.
THE ECMWF IS UNUSUALLY FAST IN BARRELING THE COLD FRONT AND DEEP
TROUGH INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY THE END OF THE DAY TUESDAY WITH
A SHOWERY DAY WEDNESDAY UNDER THE TROUGH. MEANWHILE, THE GFS IS
CONSIDERABLY SLOWER, STILL KEEPING THE COLD FRONT WELL OFFSHORE
TUESDAY, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A GENERALLY DRIER AND WARMER DAY
BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES WEDNESDAY. WE HAVE GONE WITH A COMPROMISE
BETWEEN THEM BUT HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE SOMEWHAT COLDER ECMWF
SOLUTION BASED ON HPC GUIDANCE. THIS KEEPS PLENTY OF SHOWERS OVER
THE CWA WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH A PERSISTENT DEEP TROUGH
SHOWING NO SIGNS OF LETTING UP. /MAW/MAS
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR ORZ030-031.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR
ORZ030-031.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ORZ021-022.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR ORZ021>024.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR ORZ021-022.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR ORZ029.
CA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR
CAZ085.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR CAZ080.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR CAZ085.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR CAZ081.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CAZ081.
PZ...GALE WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR PZZ350-356.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR PZZ370-376.
DWHazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 2:53 PM PDT, 12 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 253 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 ORZ021-022-301300- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- 253 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING...SEE THE LATEST WIND PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORK COQUILLE AFFECTING MYRTLE POINT IS IN EFFECT...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORK COQUILLE AFFECTING MYRTLE POINT IS IN EFFECT...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SEE THE LATEST WIND PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ORZ023-024-301300- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- 253 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COW CREEK AT RIDDLE...DEER CREEK AT ROSEBURG...SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER NEAR WINSTON...SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER AT ROSEBURG...UMPQUA RIVER NEAR ELKTON...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. A FLOOD WATCH FOR OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS IS IN EFFECT...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ROGUE RIVER NEAR AGNESS IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...FOR COW CREEK AT RIDDLE...DEER CREEK AT ROSEBURG...SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER NEAR WINSTON...SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER AT ROSEBURG...UMPQUA RIVER NEAR ELKTON...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ080-301300- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 253 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ081-301300- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- 253 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 PM THIS EVENING...SEE THE LATEST WIND WARNING FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SEE THE LATEST WIND PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ085-301300- MODOC COUNTY- 253 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...SEE THE LATEST WIND PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 AM FRIDAY...SEE THE LATEST WIND PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...SEE THE LATEST WIND PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ORZ029>031-301300- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 253 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...SEE THE LATEST WIND MESSAGE FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT...SEE THE LATEST WIND PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 AM FRIDAY...SEE THE LATEST WIND PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 AM FRIDAY...SEE THE LATEST WIND PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...SEE THE LATEST WIND PRODUCT FOR THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:17 PM PDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1117 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM HEAVY RAIN 6 SW MERLIN 42.46N 123.49W
03/29/2012 M0.60 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
5 HOUR TOTAL.
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DWLocal storm report, Mar 29, 11:52 PM PDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1152 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1151 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 NNW WILDERVILLE 42.46N 123.49W
03/29/2012 M0.50 INCH JOSEPHINE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED BY SPOTTER JO70 EVENT DURATION 180
MINUTES.
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IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:05 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 68 hr | |
| Mar 30, 3:05 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 3 days | |
| Mar 30, 3:05 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 8 hr | |
| Mar 30, 3:50 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 40 hr |
| Mar 30, 5:56 AM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 47 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:15 AM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | MFR | Curry, Josephine | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:44 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Douglas | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:05 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 36 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:33 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 29 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:51 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 10 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:22 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MFR | Siskiyou | 24 hr |
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