Gale Warning 48, NWS Medford, OR

954 
WHUS76 KMFR 171114
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
314 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
314 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM
PST THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
...STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. THE STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A GALE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS
MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 35
  KT THIS MORNING. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SOUTH WINDS
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS THEY DROP OFF TO 10 TO 20
  KNOTS. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
  TO 20 TO 30 KT...RISING TO GALE FORCE FORCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
  WINDS INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY...POSSIBLY
  REACHING STORM FORCE AND PERSISTING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING
  DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AND VERY
  STEEP 9 TO 12 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 17 FT
  ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS WIND SEAS
  OF 5 TO 9 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FT AT 17
  SECONDS. THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SEAS BECOME
  VERY STEEP AND DANGEROUS, BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORTER PERIOD
  WIND WAVES, WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 18 TO 26 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS
  ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE
  MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.




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

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.

&&

$$

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0008.121118T1800Z-121120T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
314 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM
PST THIS MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
...STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT
  ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A
  BRIEF LULL IN THE SOUTH WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
  EVENING AS THEY DROP OFF TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS. WINDS WILL INCREASE
  AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 KT...RISING TO
  GALE FORCE FORCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY
  EVENING AND MONDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE AND
  PERSISTING INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING
  DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AND VERY
  STEEP 8 TO 11 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 16 FT
  ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS WIND SEAS OF
  5 TO 8 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FT AT 17 SECONDS.
  THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SEAS BECOME VERY
  STEEP AND DANGEROUS, BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORTER PERIOD WIND
  WAVES, WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 18 TO 26 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE
  MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE MOST
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES
  FROM THE COAST. CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST SEVERE AT AND AROUND
  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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION
IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

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.

&&

$$

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WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
314 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
...STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NOW IN
EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
  THEN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL
  IN THE SOUTH WINDS AS THEY DROP OFF TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS. WINDS
  WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30
  KT...RISING TO GALE FORCE FORCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS INCREASE
  FURTHER SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM
  FORCE AND PERSISTING INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING
  DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AND STEEP
  7 TO 10 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 17 FT ARE
  EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS WIND SEAS OF 5 TO
  9 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FT AT 17 SECONDS. THEN
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SEAS BECOME VERY STEEP
  AND DANGEROUS, BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORTER PERIOD WIND WAVES,
  WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 17 TO 25 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT
  AND TUESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE MOST 
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NORTHERN 
  PORTION OF THE AREA.



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

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.

&&

$$

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0008.121118T1800Z-121120T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
314 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
...STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS
WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT ARE EXPECT THIS MORNING INTO
  THIS AFTERNOON. THEN THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SOUTH
  WINDS AS THEY DROP OFF TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  INTO THIS EVENING. W WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS
  EVENING AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 KT...RISING TO GALE FORCE FORCE
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY EVENING AND
  MONDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE AND PERSISTING INTO
  MONDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING
  DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AND STEEP
  5 TO 8 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FT ARE
  EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS WIND SEAS OF 4 TO
  7 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FT AT 17 SECONDS. THEN
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SEAS BECOME VERY STEEP
  AND DANGEROUS, BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORTER PERIOD WIND WAVES,
  WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 16 TO 25 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT
  AND TUESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE MOST
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL
  MILES FROM THE COAST AND FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH.

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

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

851 
WHUS76 KMFR 171202
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
402 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0042.121118T1800Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0008.121118T1800Z-121120T0900Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
402 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM
PST THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM PST
THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. A STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WILL BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 35
  KT THIS MORNING. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SOUTH WINDS
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS THEY DROP OFF TO 10 TO 20
  KNOTS. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND
  TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 KT...RISING TO GALE FORCE FORCE SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY EVENING AND
  MONDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE AND PERSISTING INTO
  MONDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING 
  DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AND VERY 
  STEEP 9 TO 12 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 17 
  FT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS WIND 
  SEAS OF 5 TO 9 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FT AT 17 
  SECONDS. THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SEAS 
  BECOME VERY STEEP AND DANGEROUS... BECOMING DOMINATED BY 
  SHORTER PERIOD WIND WAVES... WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 18 TO 26 
  FEET. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL 
  GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. 

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

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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0054.121117T1500Z-121117T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0042.121118T1800Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0008.121118T1800Z-121120T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
402 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM
PST THIS MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM PST
THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT
  ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A
  BRIEF LULL IN THE SOUTH WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
  EVENING AS THEY DROP OFF TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SOUTH WINDS WILL
  INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT TO  20 TO 30
  KT...RISING TO GALE FORCE FORCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS
  INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING
  STORM FORCE AND PERSISTING INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING 
  DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AND VERY 
  STEEP 8 TO 11 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 16 
  FT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS WIND 
  SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FT AT 17 
  SECONDS. THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SEAS 
  BECOME VERY STEEP AND DANGEROUS... BECOMING DOMINATED BY 
  SHORTER PERIOD WIND WAVES... WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 18 TO 26 
  FEET. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL 
  GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE MOST 
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL 
  MILES FROM THE COAST. CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST SEVERE AT AND 
  AROUND 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION
IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0042.121118T1800Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0008.121118T1800Z-121120T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
402 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT ARE EXPECT THIS MORNING INTO
  THIS AFTERNOON. THEN THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SOUTH
  WINDS AS THEY DROP OFF TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  INTO THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS
  EVENING AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 KT...RISING TO GALE FORCE FORCE
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY EVENING
  AND MONDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE AND PERSISTING INTO
  MONDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING 
  DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AND 
  STEEP 5 TO 8 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FT 
  ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS WIND SEAS 
  OF 4 TO 7 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FT AT 17 
  SECONDS. THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SEAS 
  BECOME VERY STEEP AND DANGEROUS... BECOMING DOMINATED BY 
  SHORTER PERIOD WIND WAVES... WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 16 TO 25 
  FEET. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL 
  GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE MOST 
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL 
  MILES FROM THE COAST AND FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH. 

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

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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-121118T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0042.121118T1800Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0008.121118T1800Z-121120T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
402 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
  THEN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL
  IN THE SOUTH WINDS AS THEY DROP OFF TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SOUTH WINDS
  WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30
  KT...RISING TO GALE FORCE FORCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS
  INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING
  STORM FORCE AND PERSISTING INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING 
  DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AND 
  STEEP 7 TO 10 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 17 
  FT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS WIND 
  SEAS OF 5 TO 9 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FT AT 17 
  SECONDS. THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SEAS 
  BECOME VERY STEEP AND DANGEROUS... BECOMING DOMINATED BY 
  SHORTER PERIOD WIND WAVES... WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 17 TO 25 
  FEET. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL 
  GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE MOST HAZARDOUS 
  CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE 
  AREA. 

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

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

296 
WHUS76 KMFR 171725
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
925 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

PZZ370-180000-
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/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.A.0042.121118T1800Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0008.121118T1800Z-121120T0900Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
925 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.
THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST
TUESDAY. A STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS THIS MORNING.
  THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON
  INTO THIS EVENING AS THEY DROP OFF TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS. SOUTH
  WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO
  30 KT...RISING TO GALE FORCE FORCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS
  INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING
  STORM FORCE AND PERSISTING INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING
  DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AND VERY
  STEEP 9 TO 12 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 17 FT
  ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS WIND SEAS
  OF 5 TO 9 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FT AT 17
  SECONDS. THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SEAS BECOME
  VERY STEEP AND DANGEROUS... BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORTER PERIOD
  WIND WAVES... WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 18 TO 26 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS
  ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE
  MONDAY NIGHT AND 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.

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

&&

$$

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/O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0112.000000T0000Z-121118T1800Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0042.121118T1800Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0008.121118T1800Z-121120T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
925 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.
A STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT ARE EXPECT THIS MORNING INTO 
  THIS AFTERNOON. THEN THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SOUTH 
  WINDS AS THEY DROP OFF TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
  INTO THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS 
  EVENING AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 KT...RISING TO GALE FORCE 
  FORCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY 
  EVENING AND MONDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE AND 
  PERSISTING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS 
  MORNING DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST 
  SWELL AND STEEP 5 TO 8 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 
  12 TO 16 FT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING 
  AS WIND SEAS OF 4 TO 7 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 
  16 FT AT 17 SECONDS. THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY 
  NIGHT...SEAS BECOME VERY STEEP AND DANGEROUS... BECOMING 
  DOMINATED BY SHORTER PERIOD WIND WAVES... WITH COMBINED SEAS 
  OF 16 TO 25 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY 
  AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT 
  AND TUESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE MOST 
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL 
  MILES FROM THE COAST AND FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH.

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

&&

$$

PZZ376-180000-
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/O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0112.000000T0000Z-121118T1800Z/
/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0042.121118T1800Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0008.121118T1800Z-121120T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
925 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.
A STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. 
  THEN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING THERE WILL BE A BRIEF 
  LULL IN THE SOUTH WINDS AS THEY DROP OFF TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS. 
  SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT 
  TO 20 TO 30 KT...RISING TO GALE FORCE FORCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 
  SOUTH WINDS INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY... 
  POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE AND PERSISTING INTO MONDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS 
  MORNING DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST 
  SWELL AND STEEP 7 TO 10 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS 
  OF 13 TO 17 FT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY 
  MORNING AS WIND SEAS OF 5 TO 9 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 
  14 TO 16 FT AT 17 SECONDS. THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 
  MONDAY NIGHT...SEAS BECOME VERY STEEP AND DANGEROUS... 
  BECOMING DOMINATED BY SHORTER PERIOD WIND WAVES... WITH 
  COMBINED SEAS OF 17 TO 25 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED 
  MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY 
  NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE MOST 
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NORTHERN 
  PORTION OF THE AREA.

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

&&

$$

PZZ350-180000-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0054.000000T0000Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0112.000000T0000Z-121118T1800Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.A.0042.121118T1800Z-121120T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0008.121118T1800Z-121120T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
925 AM PST SAT NOV 17 2012

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.
A STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT 
  ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A 
  BRIEF LULL IN THE SOUTH WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS 
  EVENING AS THEY DROP OFF TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SOUTH WINDS WILL 
  INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 KT... 
  RISING TO GALE FORCE FORCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS 
  INCREASE FURTHER SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY...POSSIBLY REACHING 
  STORM FORCE AND PERSISTING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING 
  DUE TO BUILDING 7 TO 9 FT LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL AND VERY 
  STEEP 8 TO 11 FT WIND WAVES. STEEP COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 16 
  FT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS WIND 
  SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET COMBINE WITH NW SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FT AT 17 
  SECONDS. THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SEAS 
  BECOME VERY STEEP AND DANGEROUS... BECOMING DOMINATED BY 
  SHORTER PERIOD WIND WAVES... WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 18 TO 26 
  FEET. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL 
  GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE MOST
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES
  FROM THE COAST. CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST SEVERE AT AND AROUND
  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.

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

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
248 PM PST FRI NOV 16 2012

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. CONFIDENCE GROWS IN THE IDEA
THAT A SERIES OF STORMS WILL IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA
OVER THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE MAIN
COMPONENTS OF THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OVER
THE COASTAL WATERS...HEAVY RAIN FOR THE COAST RANGE AND
COAST...AND STRONG WINDS THAT WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE FORECAST
AREA. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY STAY ABOVE 5000 FEET
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...SO SNOW IMPACTS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE
HIGHEST TERRAIN.

THE FIRST FRONT WILL ARRIVE AT THE COAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
AHEAD OF THE FRONT RADAR IS SHOWING PLENTY OF PRECIPITATION MOVING
INTO NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL SPREAD INTO MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE HIGH...BUT THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF EASTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY ABOVE 5500 FEET COULD STILL
HAVE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. SEE WSWMFR FOR MORE
DETAILS. SOUTH WINDS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY AS SOUTH
TO NORTH PRESSURE GRADIENTS REACH THE SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF -8MB
FROM MEDFORD TO REDDING. WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
EAST SIDE AND SHASTA VALLEY AT NPWMFR. 700MB SOUTHWEST WINDS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON OF 40KT SUPPORT THESE WIND ADVISORIES.

ON THE TAIL END OF THIS FRONT THERE WILL BE SOME COOLING...AND SNOW
LEVELS WILL DROP TO 4000 FEET. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE
ALREADY TAPERED OFF BUT THE CASCADES COULD SEE A QUICK SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT.

A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BY SUNDAY
NIGHT AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER SETUP IS LIKELY...AS A FETCH OF 1IN+
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IS ESTABLISHED JUST OFFSHORE. GFS-DERIVED
INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR VALUES HAVE TRENDED HIGHER OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS...AND SUGGEST A LONG-DURATION HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENT
FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...REFORECAST
ANALOGS FROM ESRL SUGGEST THAT THE RAIN EVENT FROM MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE 90TH PERCENTILE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...IN
TERMS OF 24 HOUR QPF. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL PRIMARILY IMPACT
CURRY COUNTY...WESTERN JOSEPHINE COUNTY...AND WESTERN SISKIYOU
COUNTY. AT THIS POINT THE GFS AND ECMWF DIVERGE...WITH THE GFS
SUGGESTING ANOTHER 24 HOURS OF STEADY RAINFALL AT THE COAST WHILE
THE ECMWF KICKS THE FRONT INLAND...RESULTING IN SHOWERS TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

DURING THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION...FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...SIGNIFICANT RIVER RISES CAN BE EXPECTED...AND
SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. WE CONTINUE THE
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK AT ESFMFR...AND THIS ADDRESSES EXPECTED
HYDROLOGIC CONCERNS WITH THIS EXTENDED WET WEATHER PATTERN.

ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT TO THE WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL
BE WIND. HIGH WIND WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
COAST...MOUNTAINS...SHASTA VALLEY...AND EAST SIDE FOR SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY NIGHT. PLEASE SEE NPWMFR FOR MORE DETAILS. 700MB FLOW
PEAKS AT A ROBUST 70KT MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA. VALLEYS WILL BE WINDY AS WELL...AND WIND ADVISORIES
WILL BE CONSIDERED IN FUTURE SHIFTS.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, INCLUDING THANKSGIVING DAY...WHILE THE
DETAILS ARE ANYTHING BUT PINNED DOWN, WE HAVE PRETTY HIGH CONFIDENCE
THAT UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE END
OF NEXT WEEK. MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE THE LONG WAVE TROUGH
REMAINING IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WITH A BROAD WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT OVER OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AN ACTIVE JET STREAM WILL
ALSO PERSIST TO THE SOUTH OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC
OCEAN. THIS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVES/FRONTAL SYSTEMS
MOVING ONSHORE DURING THE PERIOD CONTINUING TO BRING SUBSTANTIAL
PRECIPITATION TO COASTAL AREAS...THE UMPQUA BASIN AND INTO THE
CASCADES ALONG WITH BOUTS OF STRONG WIND. MORE RAIN ON ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND WILL CONTINUE HYDROLOGIC CONCERNS DURING THIS TIME
FRAME. FOR THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL FOR THE HOLIDAY, SNOW LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE THE MAJOR PASSES ON WEDNESDAY, BUT MAY LOWER TO
NEAR THE PASSES THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. THERE IS LOWER CONFIDENCE HERE
AS MODELS REMAIN DIVIDED ON HOW FAR INLAND THE COLD AIR GETS WITH
ANY FRONTAL PASSAGES. HAVE SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE FOR NOW, BUT CHANGES
ARE LIKELY AS MODELS CONVERGE ON A SOLUTION. ANY BREAKS IN THIS
PATTERN APPEAR SHORT-LIVED.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WHERE MOISTURE AND LOW CEILINGS ARE STREAMING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.
MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY TONIGHT.
MVFR CEILINGS ARE LIKELY AT THE COAST BY THIS EVENING...AND OVER
WEST SIDE VALLEYS LATER TONIGHT. MOISTURE WILL ALSO REACH EAST
SIDE TERMINALS BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND
MVFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED HERE AS WELL. SATURDAY WILL BECOME
WINDY AT THE COAST...OVER HIGH TERRAIN AREAS...AND EAST OF THE
CASCADES...SO EXPECT TURBULENCE TO INCREASE.

&&

.CLIMATE...THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE CURRY COUNTY COAST
EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL LIKELY BE A TOP 10 EVENT FOR NOVEMBER PER
BROOKINGS RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1912. THE CURRENT FORECAST
INDICATES THAT 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY NIGHT...WITH POSSIBLY MORE RAIN AFTER THAT.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY FOR ORZ030-031.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
     ORZ029>031.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
     FOR ORZ021-022-024-027-028.

CA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
     CAZ085.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
     FOR CAZ080>083.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY ABOVE 5500 FEET
     FOR CAZ082-083.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY FOR CAZ081.

PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY FOR
     PZZ356-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY
     FOR PZZ356.
     GALE WATCH FROM 1 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR
     PZZ350.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY FOR
     PZZ350.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM 1 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
     MORNING FOR PZZ350.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY
     FOR PZZ350-376.
     GALE WATCH FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
     FOR PZZ370.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
     PZZ370.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH
     SATURDAY MORNING FOR PZZ370.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
     EVENING FOR PZZ370.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM 1 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
     MORNING FOR PZZ376.

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