Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 43, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Sep 23, 2012, 3:42 PM PDT. It took effect at Sep 24, 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
- Sep 23, 2012, 3:42 PM PDT (22:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2012, 11:05 PM PDT
- In force
- 57 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
434 WHUS76 KMFR 232242 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 342 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012 PZZ376-241200- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120924T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120924T2100Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0034.120924T2100Z-120926T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0048.120924T2100Z-120926T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0043.120924T2100Z-120926T0900Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0035.120924T2100Z-120926T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 342 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING AND A GALE WARNING...WHICH ARE IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH AND GALE WATCH HAVE BEEN UPGRADED. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE NORTH AND 20 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE SOUTH TONIGHT THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS MONDAY MORNING AND 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: A MODERATE LONG PERIOD WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BECOME HIGH ON MONDAY MORNING AND BUILD TO A PEAK EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT NORTH WIND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET TONIGHT THEN TO 11 TO 14 FEET FOR MONDAY THROUGH THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ZONES BEYOND 10 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-241200- /O.EXB.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.120924T2100Z-120926T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.120924T2100Z-120926T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 342 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON THEN PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: A MODERATE LONG PERIOD WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BUILD TO A PEAK EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT NORTH WIND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS OF 7 FEET WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET LATE TONIGHT THEN 9 TO 11 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ZONE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-241200- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120926T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120926T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 342 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: A MODERATE LONG PERIOD WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BUILD TO A PEAK EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT NORTH WIND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 12 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ZONE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE. 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
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726 WHUS76 KMFR 240333 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 833 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012 PZZ376-241645- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120924T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120924T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0043.120924T2100Z-120926T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.120924T2100Z-120926T0900Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 833 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE NORTH AND 20 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE SOUTH TONIGHT THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS MONDAY MORNING AND 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT...THEN BUILDING TO 11 TO 14 FEET FOR MONDAY THROUGH THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SEAS INITIALLY WILL BE DOMINATED BY A 15 TO 16 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL WHICH PEAKS LATE MONDAY MORNING...THEN SEAS WILL BE A MIX OF SWELL AND SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES...BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES MONDAY EVENING 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-241645- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.120924T0600Z-120926T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.120924T2100Z-120926T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 833 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON THEN PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET LATE TONIGHT THEN 9 TO 11 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS INITIALLY WILL BE DOMINATED BY A 15 TO 16 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL WHICH PEAKS LATE MONDAY MORNING...THEN SEAS WILL BE A MIX OF SWELL AND SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES...BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 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. && $$ PZZ356-241645- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120926T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120926T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 833 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET TONIGHT...THEN BUILD TO 9 TO 12 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SEAS INITIALLY WILL BE DOMINATED BY A 15 TO 16 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL WHICH PEAKS LATE MONDAY MORNING...THEN SEAS WILL BE A MIX OF SWELL AND SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES...BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
357 WHUS76 KMFR 241038 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 338 AM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 PZZ376-242345- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120924T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120924T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0043.120924T2100Z-120926T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.120924T2100Z-120926T0900Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 338 AM PDT MON SEP 24 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. 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 WILL INCREASE TO GALES OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL FALL BELOW GALE FORCE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 11 TO 13 FEET WILL PREVAIL OVER THE WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A 15 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL PEAKS EARLY TODAY... THEN SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON 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. 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. && $$ PZZ356-242345- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120926T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120926T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 338 AM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER NEARSHORE THIS MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS BUILD TO 9 TO 12 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A 15 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL PEAKS EARLY TODAY...THEN SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-370-242345- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120926T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.120924T2100Z-120926T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 338 AM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS BUILD TO 8 TO 11 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A 15 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL PEAKS EARLY TODAY...THEN SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 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. && $$ STAVISH HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
778 WHUS76 KMFR 242123 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 223 PM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 PZZ376-251030- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120924T2100Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120924T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120926T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120926T0900Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 223 PM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS EXPIRED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS EXPIRED... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALES OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS BY EARLY THIS EVENING CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. THEN GALES INCREASE FURTHER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL FALL BELOW GALE FORCE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL PREVAIL OVER THE WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...THEN SEAS MAY BUILD FURTHER TO 11 TO 14 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL INITIALLY BE DOMINATED BY A 14 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL...THEN SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES OF AROUND 9 SECONDS THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ356-251030- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120925T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0048.120925T2100Z-120926T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 223 PM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER WITH 5 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * SEAS: SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN MAY LOWER SLIGHTLY TO 8 TO 10 FEET OVERNIGHT BEFORE BUILDING AGAIN 9 TO 12 FEET AND BECOMING VERY STEEP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL INITIALLY BE DOMINATED BY A 14 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL TODAY...THEN SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES OF AROUND 9 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-251030- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120927T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 223 PM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN WINDS INCREASE FURTHER TO 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING. THEN WINDS OF AROUND 25 KT CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...GRADUALLY LOWERING TO 7 TO 9 FEET ON WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL INITIALLY BE DOMINATED BY A 14 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL TODAY...THEN SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES OF AROUND 7 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
970 WHUS76 KMFR 242135 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 235 PM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 PZZ376-251045- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120926T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120926T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 235 PM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALES OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS BY EARLY THIS EVENING CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. THEN GALES INCREASE FURTHER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL FALL BELOW GALE FORCE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL PREVAIL OVER THE WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...THEN SEAS MAY BUILD FURTHER TO 11 TO 14 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL INITIALLY BE DOMINATED BY A 14 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL...THEN SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES OF AROUND 9 SECONDS THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALE FORCE WINDS AND THE HEAVIEST SEAS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ZONE FROM CAPE SEBASTIAN SOUTH 10 TO 40 NM TODAY AND TONIGHT. THEN GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE ZONE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ PZZ356-251045- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120925T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.120925T2100Z-120926T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 235 PM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER WITH 5 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * SEAS: SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN MAY LOWER SLIGHTLY TO 8 TO 10 FEET OVERNIGHT BEFORE BUILDING AGAIN 9 TO 12 FEET AND BECOMING VERY STEEP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL INITIALLY BE DOMINATED BY A 14 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL TODAY...THEN SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES OF AROUND 9 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-370-251045- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120927T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 235 PM PDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN WINDS INCREASE FURTHER TO 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING. THEN WINDS OF AROUND 25 KT CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SEAS: SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...GRADUALLY LOWERING TO 7 TO 9 FEET ON WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL INITIALLY BE DOMINATED BY A 14 SECOND NORTHWEST SWELL TODAY...THEN SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES OF AROUND 7 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
467 WHUS76 KMFR 251032 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 332 AM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 PZZ376-252345- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120926T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 332 AM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY NORTH GALES WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL FALL BELOW GALE FORCE LATE TONIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 15 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES OF 6 TO 8 SECONDS...BUT THERE WILL BE A NORTHWEST SWELL AROUND 6 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THAT WILL DECREASE THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ356-252345- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120925T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.120925T2100Z-120926T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 332 AM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * SEAS: SEAS BUILD TO 9 TO 12 FEET AND BECOME VERY STEEP THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES OF 6 TO 8 SECONDS...BUT THERE WILL BE A NORTHWEST SWELL AROUND 6 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THAT WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-252345- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120927T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 332 AM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 KT CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY THEN DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET BE DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND WAVES OF 6 TO 8 SECONDS...BUT THERE WILL BE A NORTHWEST SWELL AROUND 6 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THAT WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ STAVISH HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
273 WHUS76 KMFR 252116 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 216 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 PZZ356-261115- /O.EXP.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120925T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120928T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 216 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE SOUTH OF 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. 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. && $$ PZZ376-261115- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 216 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-370-261115- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 216 PM PDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT CLOSER TO 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
814 WHUS76 KMFR 260951 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 251 AM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 PZZ376-262300- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 251 AM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 30 KT WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ356-262300- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120928T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 251 AM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-262300- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 251 AM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 5 TO 9 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ DW HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
605 WHUS76 KMFR 261557 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 857 AM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 PZZ376-270500- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 857 AM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 30 KT WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 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. && $$ PZZ356-270500- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120928T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 857 AM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT. LIGHTER WINDS AROUND 15 KT ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 8 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-270500- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 857 AM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A 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 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 5 TO 9 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 7 TO 8 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT CLOSER TO 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
008 WHUS76 KMFR 262118 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 218 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 PZZ376-270600- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 218 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 30 KT WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ356-271100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120928T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 218 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT. LIGHTER WINDS AROUND 15 KT ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE 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. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-270600- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 218 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 5 TO 9 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
078 WHUS76 KMFR 270327 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 827 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 PZZ376-270600- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 827 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 30 KT WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 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. && $$ PZZ356-271630- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120928T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 827 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT. LIGHTER WINDS AROUND 15 KT ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-270600- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 827 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A 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 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 5 TO 9 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF COOS BAY AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT CLOSER TO 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
631 WHUS76 KMFR 270605 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1105 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 PZZ376-271915- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0091.120927T0605Z-121001T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0095.120927T0605Z-121001T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1105 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-271915- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120928T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0091.120927T0605Z-120928T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0095.120927T0605Z-120928T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1105 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 20 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 KT. LIGHTER WINDS AROUND 15 KT ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT CLOSER TO 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-270715- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-120927T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1105 PM PDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ 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 Sep 23, 1:02 PM PDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 1:02 PM PDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
102 PM PDT SUN SEP 23 2012
.DISCUSSION...23/12Z NAM/GFS IN.
THE SYSTEM NOW SWEEPING THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DID A GOOD
JOB KILLING OFF THE MARINE LAYER. THERE ARE SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS
OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MEDFORD CWA WITH
SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS...BUT THE REST OF THE AREA IS MOSTLY CLEAR.
SEVERAL STATIONS EAST OF THE CASCADES HAVE REPORTED 0.01 INCHES OF
RAIN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. WHILE THERE ARE SHOWERS IN THE
AREA...THE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN TO THE EAST. THERE WILL PROBABLY
BE SOME GUSTY WINDS OVER THE RIDGES AND EAST OF THE CASCADES
THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGH
ENOUGH TO STAVE OFF A RED FLAG WARNING.
THE UPPER LOW NOW OVER NORTH CENTRAL OREGON WILL MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST OREGON THIS EVENING...INTO NORTHERN NEVADA
MONDAY MORNING...AND THEN INTO UTAH MONDAY EVENING. AS IT MOVES
OUT A SHORT WAVE RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY A WEAK TROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
EXPECT SOME SHOWERS TO PERSIST EAST OF THE CASCADES INTO THIS
EVENING...BUT NO THUNDERSTORMS. THE AIR MASS WILL STABILIZE
TONIGHT AS THE RIDGE BUILDS IN...WITH SOME WEAK OFFSHORE LOW LEVEL
FLOW CONTRIBUTING TO THE DRYING PROCESS. MEANWHILE THE MARINE
LAYER WILL BE SETTING BACK UP OFFSHORE. FROST WILL BE A CONCERN
OVER SOME EAST SIDE LOCATIONS TONIGHT AND AN ADVISORY WILL BE
ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THAT. THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL
PUSH A WEAK FRONT ONSHORE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL
BRING THE MARINE LAYER BACK TO THE COAST. IT WILL BE A DRY FRONT
EXCEPT FOR SOME POSSIBLE DRIZZLE ALONG THE COAST. THE MODELS SHOW
SOME WEAK INSTABILITY EAST OF THE CASCADES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THERE WILL BE SOME MOISTURE AVAILABLE...BUT IT WILL STILL
BE PRETTY DRY. WILL PUT SOME SILENT POPS IN THERE FOR NOW AND SEE
HOW THE MODELS TREND.
ONCE THAT UPPER TROUGH DEPARTS TUESDAY...A REX BLOCK WILL SET UP
JUST OFFSHORE WITH RIDGING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE REX
BLOCK WILL THEN TRANSITION TO AN OMEGA BLOCK NEXT WEEKEND WHICH
WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK...ACCORDING TO THE GFS.
THE GFS ALSO PUSHES A WEAK FRONT ONSHORE DURING THE TRANSITION
FROM REX TO OMEGA...BUT THIS WILL LIKELY BE A DRY FRONT.
THE EC PAINTS A DIFFERENT PICTURE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT
WEEKEND...SETTING UP FLAT ZONAL FLOW OVER THE AREA WITH THE STORM
TRACK WELL NORTH OF THE MEDFORD CWA. THE EC HAS SHOWN MORE RUN TO
RUN VARIABILITY THEN THE GFS.
EITHER SCENARIO SUPPORTS CONTINUED DRY WEATHER FOR THE MEDFORD
CWA...ALTHOUGH THE EC SCENARIO WOULD MAKE FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES.
&&
.AVIATION...PATCHY IFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST
NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO AND IN THE ADJACENT COASTAL VALLEYS LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING MONDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS
WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MONDAY.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY
FOR PZZ356.
GALE WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY FOR PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY
FOR PZZ376.
15/15/16The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2:42 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 13 hr | |
| Sep 23, 2:04 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | MFR | Klamath | 18 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:42 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 3 days |
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