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Gale Warning 40, NWS Medford, OR

August 21, 2012

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Aug 21, 2012, 2:40 PM PDT. It took effect at Aug 22, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 21, 2012, 2:40 PM PDT (21:40 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 22, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired
Aug 24, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
In force
57 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

436 
WHUS76 KMFR 212140
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
240 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED SOUTH OF
   CAPE BLANCO WEDNESDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...

.A THERMAL TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN ALONG THE COAST TODAY AND
WEDNESDAY...THEN WEAKEN FRIDAY NIGHT. OFFSHORE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
WEAKEN THIS WEEKEND. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND CHOPPY WIND DRIVEN
HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY...SUBSIDING THIS WEEKEND.

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WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
240 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT
   WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
   2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM PDT
   SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
   PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO GALES 35
  KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FROM WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
  OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET AT AROUND 6 SECONDS
  WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 13 FEET AT 6 TO 7 SECONDS WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET OVER ALL OR PART OF THE
  ZONE THROUGH SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  FROM 10 TO 40 NM OFFSHORE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH 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.

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
240 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
   MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
   UNTIL 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM
   PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING. WINDS WILL BE LOWER DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING
  HOURS...BUT NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE IN THE
  AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 3 TO 5 FT AT AROUND 6 SECONDS
  WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET AT 6 TO 7 SECONDS WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET OVER ALL OR PART OF
  THE ZONE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH 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.

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
240 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY
   TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
   WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO
5 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH
  OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  WINDS WILL BE LOWER DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING
  HOURS...BUT NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE IN THE
  AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS THROUGH FRIDAY.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 3 TO 5 FT AT AROUND 6 SECONDS
  WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 9 FEET AT 6 TO 7 SECONDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
  SEAS WILL SUBSIDE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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

&&

$$

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

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251 
WHUS76 KMFR 220948
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
248 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED SOUTH OF   
CAPE BLANCO TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.A THERMAL TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN ALONG THE COAST TODAY...THEN
WEAKEN FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND CHOPPY WIND DRIVEN
HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY...SUBSIDING EARLY SATURDAY.

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0044.120822T2100Z-120825T1500Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
248 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 8 AM PDT SATURDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO GALES 35
  KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GALE
  FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
  EVENING...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET AT AROUND 7 SECONDS
  WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 13 FEET AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON.
  SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET OVER ALL OR PART OF THE ZONE
  THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  FROM 10 TO 40 NM OFFSHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH TODAY
  AND THURSDAY...THEN WILL EXTEND NORTH TO CAPE BLANCO AND OUT TO
  60 NM ON FRIDAY.

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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
248 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LOWER DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND
  MORNING HOURS...EXPECT NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS TO CONTINUE
  IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS THROUGH FRIDAY.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 3 TO 6 FT AT AROUND 6 SECONDS
  WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON.
  SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER TO 5 TO 8 FEET TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
  MORNING. THEN SEAS BUILD AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SEAS
  EXPECTED TO PERSIST ABOVE 10 FEET OVER ALL OR PART OF THE ZONE
  THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH TODAY AND
  THURSDAY...THEN WILL EXTEND NORTH TO CAPE BLANCO ON FRIDAY.

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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
248 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY
TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH
  OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS
  WILL LOWER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS. THEN
  WINDS INCREASE AGAIN TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 3 TO 5 FT AT AROUND 6 SECONDS WILL
  BECOME STEEP AND BUILD TO 6 TO 9 FEET AT 7 SECONDS THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE BRIEFLY TO 3 TO 6 FEET
  TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THEN SEAS INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND PERSIST AROUND 6 TO 9 FEET THROUGH
  FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
071 
WHUS76 KMFR 222127
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
227 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED SOUTH OF
CAPE BLANCO TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.A THERMAL TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN ALONG THE COAST TODAY...THEN
WEAKEN FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND CHOPPY WIND DRIVEN
HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY...SUBSIDING EARLY SATURDAY.

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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120825T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
227 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 KT TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT OVERNIGHT.
  WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO GALE FORCE THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS .

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 13 FEET AT 7 TO
  8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL REMAIN
  AT 10 TO 14 FEET OVER ALL OR PART OF THE ZONE THROUGH EARLY
  SATURDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  FROM 10 TO 40 NM OFFSHORE.



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.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
227 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH
  OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LOWER DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING
  HOURS...EXPECT NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS TO CONTINUE IN THE
  AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS THROUGH FRIDAY.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET AT 7 TO
  8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER TO 5 TO 8 FEET
  TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THEN SEAS BUILD AGAIN THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON WITH SEAS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ABOVE 10 FEET OVER ALL
  OR PART OF THE ZONE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH 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.

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-120825T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
227 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH 
  OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS 
  WILL LOWER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS. 
  THEN WINDS INCREASE AGAIN TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON 
  AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BECOME STEEP AND BUILD TO 6 TO 9
  FEET AT 7 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE
  BRIEFLY TO 3 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THEN SEAS
  INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND PERSIST AROUND
  6 TO 9 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
065 
WHUS76 KMFR 230959
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
259 AM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED SOUTH OF
CAPE BLANCO TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.A THERMAL TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN ALONG THE COAST LATE TODAY
THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN WEAKEN FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND
CHOPPY WIND DRIVEN HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT.

PZZ376-232300-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120825T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120825T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
259 AM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KT
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO SMALL
  CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BUILD TO 10 TO
  13 FEET AT 8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ELEVATED SEAS
  WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...SUBSIDING BELOW 10 FEET
  EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  FROM 10 TO 40 NM OFFSHORE.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-232300-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120825T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
259 AM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING. WINDS MAY LOWER SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT THEN INCREASE AGAIN
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND-DRIVEN SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET WILL BUILD TO 8 TO
  11 FEET AT 8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL
  BRIEFLY LOWER TO 5 TO 8 FEET OVERNIGHT. THEN SEAS BUILD AGAIN
  TO 8 TO 11 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SUBSIDING EARLY
  SATURDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH TODAY...THEN
  EXPAND NORTH TO CAPE BLANCO FRIDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-232300-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-120825T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
259 AM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25
  KNOTS WITH GUSTS OF 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS
  WILL LOWER OVERNIGHT TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. THEN WINDS INCREASE TO
  20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BECOME STEEP AND BUILD TO 6 TO 8
  FEET AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE BRIEFLY TO 5 TO 7 FEET OVERNIGHT. THEN SEAS INCREASE
  AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO 6 TO 9 FEET.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
502 
WHUS76 KMFR 232101
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
201 PM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED SOUTH OF
CAPE BLANCO TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.A THERMAL TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN ALONG THE COAST LATE TODAY
THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN WEAKEN FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND
CHOPPY WIND DRIVEN HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT.

PZZ356-241015-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120825T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
201 PM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...
...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 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 
  KNOTS WITH GUSTS OF 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS 
  WILL LOWER OVERNIGHT TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. THEN WINDS INCREASE TO 
  20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON 
  AND EVENING. 

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BECOME STEEP AND BUILD TO 6 TO 8 
  FEET AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL 
  SUBSIDE BRIEFLY TO 5 TO 7 FEET OVERNIGHT. THEN SEAS INCREASE 
  AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO 6 TO 9 FEET.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

PZZ376-241015-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120825T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120825T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
201 PM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KT 
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO SMALL 
  CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BUILD TO 10 
  TO 13 FEET AT 8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ELEVATED 
  SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...SUBSIDING BELOW 10 
  FEET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR FROM 10 TO 40 NM OFFSHORE. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-241015-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
201 PM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 
  KNOTS WITH GUSTS OF 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS 
  WILL LOWER OVERNIGHT TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. THEN WINDS INCREASE TO 
  20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON 
  AND EVENING. 

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BECOME STEEP AND BUILD TO 6 TO 8 
  FEET AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL 
  SUBSIDE BRIEFLY TO 5 TO 7 FEET OVERNIGHT. THEN SEAS INCREASE 
  AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO 6 TO 9 FEET. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
811 
WHUS76 KMFR 241014
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
314 AM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED SOUTH OF
CAPE BLANCO THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A THERMAL TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN ALONG THE COAST INTO THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN WEAKEN TONIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND CHOPPY WIND
DRIVEN HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.

PZZ376-242315-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120825T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120825T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
314 AM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KT
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO SMALL
  CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS LATE TONIGHT.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BUILD TO 10 TO
  13 FEET AT 8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ELEVATED SEAS
  WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT...SUBSIDING BELOW 10 FEET EARLY
  SATURDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR FROM 10 TO 40 NM OFFSHORE. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-356-370-242315-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
314 AM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30
  KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS
  WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY
  CRITERIA SATURDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BECOME STEEP AND BUILD TO 6 TO 9
  FEET AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL
  BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO
  SATURDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$
DW

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
169 
WHUS76 KMFR 242215
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
315 PM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED SOUTH OF
CAPE BLANCO THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A THERMAL TROUGH IS PEAKING ALONG THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON...THEN
WILL WEAKEN SOME TONIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND CHOPPY WIND
DRIVEN HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

PZZ376-251115-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120825T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120825T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
315 PM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO
  45 KT THIS EVENING...QUICKLY DECREASING TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
  WINDS LATE TONIGHT.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET AT 7 TO
  8 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE
  TO 10 TO 11 FEET AT 7 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS WILL CONTINUE
  TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR FROM 10 TO 40 NM OFFSHORE. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-370-251115-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-120825T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
315 PM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WILL
  PEAK THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AND
  FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SATURDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BECOME STEEP AND BUILD TO 8 TO 10
  FEET AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS THIS EVENING. SEAS COULD PEAK AS HIGH AS
  11 FT 20 MILES OFFSHORE FROM BANDON FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. SEAS
  WILL SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND STRETCH FROM BANDON TO POINT ST
  GEORGE.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-251115-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
315 PM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WILL
  PEAK THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AND
  FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SATURDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET AT 7 TO
  8 SECONDS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL QUICKLY
  SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ON SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

MSO

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743 
WHUS76 KMFR 250606
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1106 PM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

PZZ376-251800-
/O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120825T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120825T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1106 PM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT
   SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
   SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SATURDAY.
THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE
  TONIGHT AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SATURDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS 8 TO 10 FEET AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS WILL
  SUBSIDE THROUGH SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  FROM 10 TO 40 NM OFFSHORE.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-370-251800-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-120825T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1106 PM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
   PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
   UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AND
  FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SATURDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS 8 TO 10 FEET AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS WILL
  SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$

PZZ350-251200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0082.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-120825T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
1106 PM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
   PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
   UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AND
  FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SATURDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 7 TO 10 FEET AT 7 TO 8 SECONDS WILL
  SUBSIDE THROUGH SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL 
  OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

&&

$$


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