Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 50, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Nov 26, 2012, 3:34 PM PST. It took effect at Nov 27, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 23 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
- Nov 26, 2012, 3:34 PM PST (23:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 27, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2012, 8:57 PM PST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
132 WHUS76 KMFR 262334 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 334 PM PST MON NOV 26 2012 PZZ370-376-271500- /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0118.121128T0000Z-121128T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0119.121128T0000Z-121128T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0043.121128T0600Z-121202T0800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0041.121128T0700Z-121129T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0055.121128T0600Z-121130T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0050.121128T0600Z-121129T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 334 PM PST MON NOV 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS. THESE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING AND A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAVE ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THE GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS LATE TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS MAY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: BUILDING AND STEEPENING SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL CAUSE 6 TO 12 FOOT STEEP COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LATE TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THESE COMBINED SOUTH WAVES WILL BECOME VERY STEEP...REACHING 14 TO 18 FEET. A STRONGER FRONT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE VERY STEEP SEAS TO PEAK AT 22 TO 27 FEET. 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-271500- /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0042.121128T1800Z-121129T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0044.121128T1800Z-121130T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 334 PM PST MON NOV 26 2012 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING THESE SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO GALE FORCE. GALES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY...AND MAY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. * SEAS: BUILDING AND STEEPENING SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL CAUSE 8 TO 12 FOOT STEEP COMBINED SEAS WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING COMBINED SOUTHWEST SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP...REACHING 14 TO 18 FEET. THE STRONGER FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE VERY STEEP SEAS TO PEAK AT 20 TO 27 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LARGEST AND STEEPEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST...NEAR THE HEADLANDS...AND IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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. 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. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
6 follow-up statements
966 WHUS76 KMFR 271200 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 400 AM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 PZZ350-356-280000- /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0119.121128T0900Z-121128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0120.121128T0900Z-121128T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0042.121128T1800Z-121129T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0044.121128T1800Z-121130T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0050.121128T1800Z-121129T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0055.121128T1800Z-121130T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0009.121129T0600Z-121129T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 400 AM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION... A STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH AND THE GALE WATCH HAVE BEEN UPGRADED. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING THESE SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SOUTH AND INCREASE TO GALE FORCE. A FURTHER INCREASE TO STORM FORCE IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. * SEAS: BUILDING AND STEEPENING SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL CAUSE 8 TO 12 FOOT STEEP COMBINED SEAS WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING COMBINED SOUTHWEST SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP...REACHING 14 TO 18 FEET. THE STRONGER FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE VERY STEEP SEAS TO PEAK AT 20 TO 25 FEET. SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY A LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BUT ANOTHER STRONG FRONT IS LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LARGEST AND STEEPEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST AND NEAR THE HEADLANDS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY 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. 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ PZZ370-376-280000- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0118.121128T0000Z-121128T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0119.121128T0000Z-121128T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.121128T0600Z-121129T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0055.121128T0600Z-121130T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0009.121129T0600Z-121129T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 400 AM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 KNOTS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS MAY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: BUILDING AND STEEPENING SOUTH WIND WAVES WILL CAUSE 6 TO 12 FOOT STEEP COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THESE COMBINED SOUTH WAVES WILL BECOME VERY STEEP...REACHING 14 TO 17 FEET. A STRONGER FRONT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE VERY STEEP SEAS TO PEAK AT 22 TO 27 FEET. 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. 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. && $$ DW HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
809 WHUS76 KMFR 272306 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 306 PM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 PZZ370-376-281215- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0055.121127T2306Z-121202T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0119.121128T0000Z-121128T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0118.121128T0000Z-121128T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.121128T0600Z-121129T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0009.121129T0600Z-121129T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0010.121129T0600Z-121129T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 306 PM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KT TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD GALES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH OCCASIONAL HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KT POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: BUILDING AND STEEPENING COMBINED SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL STEADILY INCREASE TO 10 TO 18 TONIGHT FEET LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A DANGEROUSLY STRONG FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL GENERATE VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS OF 20 TO 26 FEET. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHILE DOMINANT PERIOD LENGTHENS TO 14 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE INITIAL INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS WILL AFFECT WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ZONE FIRST THIS AFTERNOON AND SHIFT EAST TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-281215- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0119.121128T0900Z-121128T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0120.121128T0900Z-121128T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0050.121128T1100Z-121129T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0055.121128T1100Z-121130T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0009.121129T0600Z-121129T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0010.121129T0900Z-121129T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 306 PM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO GALES OF 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONGER FRONT WILL INCREASE WINDS AGAIN...WITH STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 KT LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS TO 65 KT POSSIBLE. * SEAS: SEAS WILL GRADUALLY STEEPEN AND BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO 14 TO 18 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A DANGEROUSLY STRONG FRONT WILL GENERATE VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS OF 20 TO 26 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHILE DOMINANT PERIOD LENGTHENS TO 14 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LARGEST AND STEEPEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST AND NEAR THE HEADLANDS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
372 WHUS76 KMFR 280555 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 955 PM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 PZZ370-376-281715- /O.EXP.KMFR.SI.Y.0118.000000T0000Z-121128T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0055.000000T0000Z-121202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.121128T0600Z-121129T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0010.121129T0600Z-121129T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 955 PM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KT TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD GALES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH OCCASIONAL HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KT POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET THIS EVENING WILL STEADILY INCREASE TO 10 TO 18 FEET BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A DANGEROUSLY STRONG FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL GENERATE VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS OF 20 TO 26 FEET. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHILE DOMINANT PERIOD LENGTHENS TO 14 SECONDS. 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. A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. && $$ PZZ350-356-281715- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.121128T1100Z-121129T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0055.121128T1100Z-121130T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0010.121129T0900Z-121129T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 955 PM PST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO GALES OF 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONGER FRONT WILL INCREASE WINDS AGAIN... WITH STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 KT LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS TO 65 KT POSSIBLE. * SEAS: SEAS WILL GRADUALLY STEEPEN AND BUILD TO 10 TO 14 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO 14 TO 18 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A DANGEROUSLY STRONG FRONT WILL GENERATE VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS OF 20 TO 26 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHILE DOMINANT PERIOD LENGTHENS TO 14 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LARGEST AND STEEPEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST AND NEAR THE HEADLANDS... ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
177 WHUS76 KMFR 281120 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 320 AM PST WED NOV 28 2012 PZZ370-376-290000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-121129T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0055.000000T0000Z-121202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0010.121129T0600Z-121129T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 320 AM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT WILL OCCUR TODAY. WINDS INCREASE FURTHER TONIGHT TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH OCCASIONAL HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KT POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: PRIMARILY WIND-DRIVEN SOUTH SEAS OF 12 TO 18 FEET ARE EXPECTED TODAY. VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS NEAR 25 FEET DEVELOP TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHILE WEST SWELLS INCREASE TO AROUND 15 FEET AT 14 SECONDS. 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. A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. && $$ PZZ350-356-290000- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-121129T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0055.000000T0000Z-121130T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0010.121129T0900Z-121129T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 320 AM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST GALES OF 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT WILL DEVELOP THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS TO 65 KT POSSIBLE. * SEAS: PRIMARILY WIND-DRIVEN SOUTH SEAS WILL GRADUALLY STEEPEN AND BUILD 14 TO 18 FEET TODAY. VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS OF 20 TO 26 FEET DEVELOP BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHILE WEST SWELLS INCREASE TO AROUND 15 AT 14 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LARGEST AND STEEPEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST AND NEAR THE HEADLANDS... ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. && $$ STAVISH HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
713 WHUS76 KMFR 282258 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 258 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 PZZ370-376-291200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0055.000000T0000Z-121201T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-121129T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0010.121129T0600Z-121129T2000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 258 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST THURSDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH OCCASIONAL HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KT POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: PRIMARILY WIND-DRIVEN SOUTH SEAS OF 12 TO 18 FEET WILL INCREASE TO VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS NEAR 25 FEET TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHILE WEST SWELLS INCREASE TO AROUND 15 FEET AT 14 SECONDS. 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. A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. && $$ PZZ350-356-291200- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-121129T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0055.000000T0000Z-121201T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0010.121129T1200Z-121129T2000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 258 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... ...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON PST THURSDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST GALES OF 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT WILL INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS TO 65 KT POSSIBLE. * SEAS: PRIMARILY WIND-DRIVEN SOUTH SEAS OF 14 TO 18 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS OF 20 TO 26 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHILE WEST SWELLS INCREASE TO AROUND 15 AT 14 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LARGEST AND STEEPEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST AND NEAR THE HEADLANDS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
085 WHUS76 KMFR 290457 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 857 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 PZZ370-376-291700- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-121129T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0010.121129T0457Z-121129T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0055.000000T0000Z-121201T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 857 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 45 KT THIS EVENING WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH OCCASIONAL HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KT POSSIBLE TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: PRIMARILY WIND-DRIVEN SOUTH SEAS OF 12 TO 18 FEET WILL INCREASE TO VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS NEAR 25 FEET TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHILE WEST SWELLS INCREASE TO AROUND 15 FEET AT 14 SECONDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-291700- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-121129T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0010.121129T0457Z-121129T2000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0055.000000T0000Z-121201T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 857 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY... THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 45 KT THIS EVENING WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH OCCASIONAL HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KT POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: PRIMARILY WIND-DRIVEN SOUTH SEAS OF 14 TO 18 FEET WILL INCREASE TO VERY STEEP AND VERY HIGH SEAS OF 20 TO 26 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHILE WEST SWELLS INCREASE TO AROUND 15 AT 14 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: WHILE ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LARGEST AND STEEPEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST AND NEAR THE HEADLANDS... ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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 Nov 26, 2:51 PM PST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 2:51 PM PST, 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
251 PM PST MON NOV 26 2012
.SHORT TERM...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY
AND TUESDAY. THIS PATTERN WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS. ALSO EXPECT
MORE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AGAIN TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR
VALLEYS WEST OF THE CASCADES. LOW CLOUDS ALONG THE COAST WILL
CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH CLOUDS PUSHING INTO THE UMPQUA
BASIN. THEN EXPECT LOW CLOUDS TO CLEAR TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH HIGH
CLOUDS MOVING INTO THE AREA.
THEN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY THE PATTERN CHANGES AS A
SIGNIFICANT TROUGH THAT IS DEVELOPING OFFSHORE SHIFTS EAST AND
REMAINS JUST OFF THE COAST TUESDAY. A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
ROTATE AROUND THIS TROUGH AND IMPACT THE AREA BEGINNING LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A SECOND STRONGER AND
WETTER SYSTEM ON THURSDAY.
MODELS ARE STILL SHOWING CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY ON THE EXACT
STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THE FIRST LOW. THE NAM CONTINUES TO INDICATE
A STRONGER LOW AROUND 985 MB PUSHING CLOSE TO THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE MOVE
NORTH. AS A RESULT THE NAM SHOWS A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND GUSTY
SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE SHASTA AND ROGUE VALLEY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND FOR STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS IN
THE SUMMER LAKE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW
THE SURFACE LOW TRACKING FURTHER NORTHWEST OFF THE OREGON COAST
BUT KEEP A VORTICITY MAX NEAR THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN
OREGON COAST. HAVE KEPT WITH A BLEND OF THE ECMWF/GFS AND NAM
SOLUTION WHICH WOULD LEAN TOWARDS ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WITH GUSTS
OF 45 KT POSSIBLE IN THE ROGUE...SHASTA AND SUMMER LAKE AREAS.
CONCERNING QPF ON WEDNESDAY ...THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENT THAT MUCH
OF THE AREA WILL SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION WITH SNOW
LEVELS REMAINING HIGH AROUND 5000 TO 6000 FEET. LOCATIONS NEAR
MOUNT SHASTA AS WELL AS AREAS IN WESTERN SISKIYOU AND CURRY COUNTY
MAY SEE MODERATE TO BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION. SNOW
LEVELS IN THE MOUNT SHASTA AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 4000 FT
WEDNESDAY MORNING RISING TO 5000 FT DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THE
NAM IN PARTICULAR WOULD SUPPORT HEAVIER PRECIPITATION IN THE MOUNT
SHASTA AREA WEDNESDAY WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WET SNOW POSSIBLE
ABOVE 4000 FEET DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
A SECOND FRONT MOVES TOWARDS THE COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY THEN INLAND DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. MODELS ARE IN BETTER
AGREEMENT THAT THIS FRONT WILL BRINGER STRONG WINDS AND WILL ALSO
BRING HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA AS IT TAPS INTO DEEP MOISTURE.
HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST AND SISKIYOU COUNTY WITH
AREAS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER OTHER INLAND AREAS
FROM THE CASCADES WEST. THIS RAIN WILL PRIME THE SOIL FOR
ADDITIONAL MOIST FRONTS EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK...MAKING
FLOODING FOR STREAMS AND RIVERS A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
COAST AND INTO WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY...AS THE FRONT
PUSHES INLAND THURSDAY IT WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG.
MODELS SHOW A LOWER LEVEL 925 MB JET OF 70 TO 80 KT MOVING INTO
THE COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE 925 MB JET IS
SOUTHERLY WITH WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE MORE SOUTHEASTERLY WHICH MAY
LIMIT HOW STRONG GUSTS REACH ALONG THE COAST. HOWEVER...GUSTS TO
60 TO 70 ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. INLAND WINDS ALOFT WILL ALSO BE STRONG WITH A
700 MB JET OF 60 TO 75 KT MOVING OVER THE AREA THURSDAY. AS THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR HIGH
WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 TO 70 MPH INLAND...ESPECIALLY FOR THE
SHASTA VALLEY AND SUMMER LAKE AREAS. MOST OTHER AREAS WILL SEE
BREEZY AND GUSTY LOCATIONS.
.LONG TERM...THE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING A
RATHER ACTIVE PATTERN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A
SERIES OF STORMS IMPACTING THE FORECAST AREA. RIGHT NOW THE BULLSEYE
OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY IS EXPECTED TO
BE CENTERED IN SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE EC
SUGGEST THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION MAY SHIFT SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN
SISKIYOU AND MODOC COUNTIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE GFS KEEPS
THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FARTHER NORTH. FOR NOW LEANING TOWARDS
KEEPING THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION NORTH...THUS THE CONCERN FOR
FLOODING REMAINS DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE
FOR THE AREAS MENTIONED ABOVE. THIS WILL CAUSE CONTINUED RISES IN
RIVERS AND STREAMS.
ANOTHER IMPACT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS
WITH THE HIGHEST CONCERNS IN THE SHASTA VALLEY...OVER THE MOUNTAINS
AND EAST OF THE CASCADES. WINDS ALONG THE COAST MAY NOT BE AS
STRONG...BUT WILL BE A CONCERN. THIS IS BECAUSE THE GROUND WILL BE
SATURATED AND THUS NOT AS STABLE...SO IT WILL NOT TAKE AS MUCH WIND
FOR TREES TO FALL.
THE ONE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS IS THAT SNOW LEVELS THROUGH FRIDAY SHOULD
REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH BETWEEN 6000 AND 6500 FEET. SO THE PASSES WILL BE
WET WITH RAIN EXPECTED.
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT A SERIES OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
FORECAST AREA THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. CONFIDENCE IS NOT
AS HIGH WITH THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF EACH ONE AND WILL NEED TO
BE MONITORED CLOSELY. SNOW LEVELS SATURDAY WILL START TO LOWER AS
COOLER AIR MOVES OVERHEAD AND THE PASSES COULD SEE A CHANGEOVER FROM
RAIN TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. -PETRUCELLI
&&
.AVIATION...INLAND...THE STRATUS HAS BURNED OFF AND IS NORTH OF
KRBG, BUT IT'S SHOWING SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN AND THERE IS A CHANCE
IT COULD MAKE A RETURN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GUIDANCE SUGGEST VFR
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH IFR CONDITIONS
RETURNING AFTER 6Z, BUT THIS MAY BE OPTIMISTIC. AT THE
COAST...MARINE STRATUS CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH AND EXPECT MVFR AND
OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE AT KOTH. VFR CONDITIONS
SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE ROGUE VALLEY AND
KLAMATH BASIN, BUT THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS STABLE...SO WE CAN
EXPECT MUCH OF THE SAME WITH IFR CIGS AND FOG BETWEEN 5-7Z AND
LASTING INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS ALOFT. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AT
KMFR AND KLMT. MORE DETAILS ON THIS TO FOLLOW IN UPCOMING
DISCUSSIONS. -PETRUCELLI
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PZ...GALE WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
PZZ370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR PZZ370-376.
CCIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 2:55 PM PST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 PM PST MON NOV 26 2012 CAZ080>083-ORZ021>028-271200- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA... WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...COOS BAY... NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE... BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH...DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG... SUTHERLIN...GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE... GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS... MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE... UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 255 PM PST MON NOV 26 2012 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED MID-WEEK THROUGH THIS WEEKEND... A POTENT FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY...AND WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL VERY MOIST SYSTEMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST FRONT ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE ABOVE 4000 FEET NEAR MOUNT SHASTA. IN ADDITION THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE ROGUE...SHASTA...AND SUMMER LAKE VALLEYS ON WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL FRONTS THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL BRING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE FROM THE SUBTROPICAL PACIFIC...AND THEREFORE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. THE LOCATIONS WITH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE COAST...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. RIVERS IN THESE AREAS ARE LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES. SNOW LEVELS SHOULD EXPERIENCE BRIEF DROPS BEHIND EACH SUBSEQUENT COLD FRONT...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE LEVEL OF HIGHWAY PASSES DURING THE PERIODS OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THESE FRONTS ESPECIALLY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST...IN THE SHASTA VALLEY VALLEY AND SUMMER LAKE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR POTENTIAL WIND HEADLINES. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT THIS SERIES OF SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION...BUT THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE ON THE SPECIFICS AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER DETAILS AS WE HEAD INTO THIS NEW ROUND OF ACTIVE WEATHER. CC
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Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 3:34 PM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Nov 26, 3:34 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 5 days | |
| Nov 26, 3:34 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 30 hr | |
| Nov 26, 3:34 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 24 hr |
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