Gale Watch 21, NWS Medford, OR

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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
224 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2012

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WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
224 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
...GALE WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE
GALE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

* SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 13 FEET 
  THIS EVENING. A LARGER NORTHWEST SWELL WITH PERIOD OF 13 
  SECONDS WILL MIX WITH THE STEEP WIND WAVES ON WEDNESDAY AND 
  RESULT IN COMBINED SEAS OF 13 TO 16 FEET. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN 
  TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS 
  WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45
  KT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLIGHTLY DIMINISH LATE
  TONIGHT BUT INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND LIKELY REMAIN
  MODERATE TO STRONG THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...SOUTH OF GOLD
  BEACH AND FROM 10 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE.

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.

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 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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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
224 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...GALE WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE
WARNING. THE GALE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO 11 FEET
  THIS EVENING. A LARGER NORTHWEST SWELL WITH PERIOD OF 13 SECONDS
  WILL MIX WITH THE STEEP WIND WAVES ON WEDNESDAY AND RESULT IN
  COMBINED SEAS OF AROUND 12. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH
  LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS WILL LIKELY
  CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLIGHTLY DIMINISH
  LATE TONIGHT BUT INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND LIKELY
  REMAIN MODERATE TO STRONG INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...SOUTH OF GOLD
  BEACH AND FROM 5 TO 10 NM FROM SHORE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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

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

&&

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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
224 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT THURSDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. 

* SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 10 FEET 
  THIS EVENING. A LARGER NORTHWEST SWELL WITH PERIOD OF 13 
  SECONDS WILL MIX WITH THE STEEP WIND WAVES ON WEDNESDAY AND 
  RESULT IN COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN 
  TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS 
  WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLIGHTLY DIMINISH
  LATE TONIGHT BUT INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND LIKELY
  REMAIN MODERATE TO STRONG INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND FROM 5 TO
  40 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.

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.

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
224 PM PDT TUE MAY 8 2012

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

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. 

* SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 10 FEET 
  THIS EVENING. A LARGER NORTHWEST SWELL WITH PERIOD OF 13 
  SECONDS WILL MIX WITH THE STEEP WIND WAVES ON WEDNESDAY AND 
  RESULT IN COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET. THE SWELL WILL BEGIN 
  TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS 
  WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLIGHTLY DIMINISH
  LATE TONIGHT BUT INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND LIKELY
  REMAIN MODERATE TO STRONG INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE 
  EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND FROM 5 
  TO 40 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.

&&

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