Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 35, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Jul 12, 2012, 2:50 PM PDT. It took effect at Jul 13, 2012, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 18 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
- Jul 12, 2012, 2:50 PM PDT (21:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2012, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2012, 2:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
260 WHUS76 KMFR 122150 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 250 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012 PZZ376-131100- /O.UPG.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120715T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0035.120713T1500Z-120714T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120713T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0039.120713T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 250 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE TO GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED...VERY STEEP SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM 6 TO 10 FT THIS EVENING TO 10 TO 14 FT BY FRIDAY EVENING. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN GOLD BEACH AND CAPE BLANCO IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-131100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120713T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0039.120713T1800Z-120714T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 250 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH SOME BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED...STEEP SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP FRIDAY EVENING...INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 FT. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN GOLD BEACH AND CAPE BLANCO IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-131100- /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.120713T0600Z-120716T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.120713T1500Z-120714T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 250 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT BY FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT BELOW 20 KT. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 4 TO 6 FT WILL BECOME STEEP TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FT. SEAS COULD PUSH INTO THE 8 TO 10 FT RANGE BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-131100- /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.120713T1800Z-120716T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.120713T2100Z-120714T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 250 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW 20 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: 3 TO 4 FT WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL BECOME STEEP AT 4 TO 7 FT BY FRIDAY MORNING...LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY AT LEAST. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SEAS WILL LIKELY PEAK ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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325 WHUS76 KMFR 130342 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 842 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012 PZZ376-131100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120713T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0035.120713T1500Z-120714T0900Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 842 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE TO GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED...VERY STEEP SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM 6 TO 10 FT THIS EVENING TO 10 TO 14 FT BY FRIDAY EVENING. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN GOLD BEACH AND CAPE BLANCO IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-131100- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120713T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.120713T1800Z-120714T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 842 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH SOME BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED...STEEP SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP FRIDAY EVENING...INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 FT. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN GOLD BEACH AND CAPE BLANCO IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-131100- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.120713T0600Z-120716T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.120713T1500Z-120714T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 842 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT BY FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT BELOW 20 KT. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 4 TO 6 FT WILL BECOME STEEP TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FT. SEAS COULD PUSH INTO THE 8 TO 10 FT RANGE BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-131100- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.120713T1800Z-120716T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.120713T2100Z-120714T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 842 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW 20 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: 3 TO 4 FT WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL BECOME STEEP AT 4 TO 7 FT BY FRIDAY MORNING...LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY AT LEAST. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SEAS WILL LIKELY PEAK ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
877 WHUS76 KMFR 130947 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 247 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 PZZ370-132300- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120716T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0079.120713T1800Z-120716T2000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.120713T2100Z-120714T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 247 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING BELOW 20 KT. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 4 TO 6 FT WILL BECOME STEEP TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FT. SEAS COULD PUSH INTO THE 8 TO 10 FT RANGE BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-132300- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.120713T2100Z-120714T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.120714T0600Z-120716T2000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 247 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: 3 TO 4 FT WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL BECOME STEEP AT 4 TO 7 FT BY LATE THIS EVENING...LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY AT LEAST. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED: GENERALLY BEYOND 3 NM OF SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. * TIMING: SEAS WILL LIKELY PEAK ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ376-132300- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120713T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0035.120713T1500Z-120714T0900Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 247 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING...THEN INCREASE TO GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED...VERY STEEP SEAS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 10 TO 14 FT. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS OFFSHORE OF PT ST GEORGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-132300- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-120713T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.120713T1800Z-120714T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 247 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH SOME BY FRIDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED...STEEP SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP FRIDAY EVENING...INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 FT. DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 SECONDS ON FRIDAY TO 9 SECONDS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN CAPE FERRELO AND CAPE BLANCO IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. 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 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
098 WHUS76 KMFR 132117 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 217 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 PZZ376-141030- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120714T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 217 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS MAY INCREASE AGAIN TO GALES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED...VERY STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. SEAS WILL LOWER TO 8 TO 12 FEET SATURDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TO 9 TO 13 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 7 TO 8 SECONDS TODAY WILL INCREASE TO 9 SECONDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS OFFSHORE OF PT ST GEORGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-141030- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120714T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 217 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED...VERY STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FT AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL LOWER LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY TO 5 TO 9 FEET. SEAS MAY INCREASE AGAIN TO NEAR 10 FEET WITH A PERIOD OF 9 SECONDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN CAPE FERRELO AND CAPE BLANCO IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ370-141030- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-120716T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120714T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 217 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING BELOW 20 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FT AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. SEAS MAY INCREASE FURTHER TO 7 TO 10 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH THE DOMINANT PERIOD INCREASING TO 9 SECONDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-141030- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.120714T0600Z-120716T2000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 217 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL LOWER TO 5 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...THEN INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS MAY REACH 7 TO 10 FEET BY SUNDAY. THE DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 TO 8 SECONDS TODAY TO 9 SECONDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. * TIMING: SEAS WILL LIKELY PEAK ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
438 WHUS76 KMFR 140553 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1053 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 PZZ356-141900- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120714T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.120714T0600Z-120716T2000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1053 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS WILL LOWER TO 5 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...THEN INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS MAY REACH 7 TO 10 FEET BY SUNDAY. THE DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 TO 8 SECONDS TODAY TO 9 SECONDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. * TIMING: SEAS WILL LIKELY PEAK 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-141900- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-120714T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-120716T2000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1053 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING BELOW 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. SEAS MAY INCREASE FURTHER TO 7 TO 10 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH THE DOMINANT PERIOD INCREASING TO 9 SECONDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ376-141900- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120714T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120716T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1053 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS MAY INCREASE AGAIN TO GALES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED...VERY STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FT WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SEAS WILL LOWER TO 8 TO 12 FEET SATURDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TO 9 TO 13 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 7 TO 8 SECONDS TODAY WILL INCREASE TO 9 SECONDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS OFFSHORE OF PT ST GEORGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-141900- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.120714T0600Z-120716T2000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 1053 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT MONDAY. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS WILL LOWER TO 5 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... THEN INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS MAY REACH 7 TO 10 FEET BY SUNDAY. THE DOMINANT PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM 7 TO 8 SECONDS TODAY TO 9 SECONDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT AT THE CAPES. * TIMING: SEAS WILL LIKELY PEAK ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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 Jul 12, 1:00 PM PDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:00 PM PDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
100 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012
.DISCUSSION...12/12Z NAM/GFS IN.
LOTS OF MARINE STRATUS ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE LOWER UMPQUA
BASIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH AREAS OF MIDDLE CLOUDS OVER THE EAST
SIDE. EXPECT THE STRATUS TO BURN OFF TO NEAR THE COAST LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...AND SOME EXPANSION IN THE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD
COVERAGE AS SOME CONVECTION DEVELOPS. SOME CUMULI ARE ALREADY
POPPING OVER THE CASCADES.
A CUTOFF LOW IS NOW JUST OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST WITH AN UPPER
RIDGE OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN STATES. THE PRIMARY FORECAST
CHALLENGE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE FORECASTING THE
LOCATION OF THE CUTOFF AND THUS THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY.
LIFTED INDICES AND SPC LIGHTNING FORECASTS INDICATE THAT MOST OF
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTION TODAY WILL BE TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE
MEDFORD CWA. HOWEVER...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR
NORTHERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
LOOKS LIKE A GOOD FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
THE CUTOFF WILL MOVE INTO WASHINGTON TODAY...DRIFT SOUTH TO THE
PORTLAND AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INTO NORTH CENTRAL OREGON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE BEST AREAS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
WILL REMAIN TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF THE AREA...BUT THE MOST
FAVORABLE AREAS IN THE MEDFORD CWA WILL BE OVER LAKE COUNTY FRIDAY
AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY SATURDAY.
IN OTHER NEWS...THE PROXIMITY OF THE CUTOFF LOW TO THE COAST WILL
CAUSE THE MARINE INVERSION TO RISE...SO EXPECT INCREASING COVERAGE
OF MARINE STRATUS OVER THE WEST SIDE ALONG WITH AREAS OF DRIZZLE
ALONG THE COAST.
A KICKER TROUGH PASSING BY TO THE NORTH WILL MOVE THE CUTOFF OUT
TO THE EAST SUNDAY...BUT THEN THE KICKER TROUGH WILL SHEAR AND
THAT CUTOFF LOW WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE 12/12Z
GFS FORECASTS THAT ONE TO REMAIN ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST MONDAY...THEN RETROGRADE OFFSHORE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
MEANWHILE THE 12/00Z EC KEEPS IT PARKED OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY....AND THE 12/12Z RUN PUSHES
THE LOW JUST A BIT FARTHER WEST. IF THE GFS SOLUTION
VERIFIES...THE SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT TO THE EAST OF THE LOW WILL
ADVECT MONSOONAL MOISTURE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS ALONE
WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...BUT ANY TRIGGERS EMBEDDED IN
THE FLOW HAS THE POTENTIAL...DEPENDING ON THE TIMING...TO INDUCE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE AREA. IF THE EC
VERIFIES...THERE WILL BE SOME CONVECTION OVER THE AREA BUT THE
MAIN ACTION WILL BE OFF TO THE EAST. AT THIS POINT...SINCE BOTH
MODELS SEEM TO HAVE TROUBLE SETTLING ON A SOLUTION...WILL GO WITH
A GFS/EC COMPROMISE. THIS TRANSLATES INTO ISOLATED
AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CASCADES EAST FROM MONDAY
ON.
&&
.AVIATION...MVFR CIGS PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON FROM CAPE BLANCO
NORTHWARD, WHILE OFFSHORE FLOW DUE TO THE THERMAL TROUGH HAS KEPT
VFR CONDITIONS FROM PORT ORFORD SOUTH TO GOLD BEACH. A FINGER OF IFR
STRATUS/FOG IS ALSO PRESENT NEAR BROOKINGS. THE MARINE LAYER WILL
PERSIST TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH AREAS OF MVFR/IFR CIGS AND FOG AT
THE COAST. EXPECT SOME CLEARING BACK TOWARD THE COAST DURING FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. INLAND, EXPECT VFR TO CONTINUE FOR ALL TAF SITES THROUGH
FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. -SPILDE
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ356.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY
FOR PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
PZZ370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR PZZ376.
GALE WARNING FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT
MONDAY FOR PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
PZZ350.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 11 AM FRIDAY TO 1
PM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ350.
15/15/06The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2:50 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 4 days |
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