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Small Craft Advisory 12, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this small craft advisory at Feb 5, 2012, 2:19 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 6, 2012, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2012, 2:19 AM PST (10:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2012, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
292 WHUS76 KMTR 051019 MWWMTR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 219 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT... PZZ545-051830- /O.CAN.KMTR.RB.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120205T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120207T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT TO 10 NM- 219 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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 ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ570-051830- /O.NEW.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T1500Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARENA TO PIGEON PT. CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 219 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ540-051830- /O.NEW.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES TO 10 NM- 219 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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 ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ575-051830- /O.NEW.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ WATERS FROM PIGEON PT. TO PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 219 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ560-051830- /O.NEW.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS TO 10 NM- 219 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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 ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ565-051830- /O.NEW.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ POINT PINOS TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO 10 NM- 219 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
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310 WHUS76 KMTR 051701 MWWMTR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 901 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT... PZZ570-060115- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T1500Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARENA TO PIGEON PT. CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 901 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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 ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ540-060115- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES TO 10 NM- 901 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ545-060115- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120207T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT TO 10 NM- 901 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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 ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ575-060115- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ WATERS FROM PIGEON PT. TO PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 901 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ560-060115- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS TO 10 NM- 901 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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 ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ565-060115- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ POINT PINOS TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO 10 NM- 901 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LEVELS BY MONDAY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERNATING THEIR PLANS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
100 WHUS76 KMTR 052237 MWWMTR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 237 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT... ...GALE FORCE WINDS LIKELY LATE MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING... PZZ570-060645- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T1500Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARENA TO PIGEON PT. CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 237 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ540-060645- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES TO 10 NM- 237 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ545-060645- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120207T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT TO 10 NM- 237 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ575-060645- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ WATERS FROM PIGEON PT. TO PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 237 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH OVER 40 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ560-060645- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS TO 10 NM- 237 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ565-060645- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMTR.GL.A.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT PINOS TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO 10 NM- 237 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ530-060645- /O.NEW.KMTR.SC.Y.0013.120207T0700Z-120207T1700Z/ SAN FRANCISCO/SAN PABLO/SUISUN BAYS AND THE WEST DELTA- 237 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
538 WHUS76 KMTR 060502 MWWMTR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 902 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT... ...GALE FORCE WINDS LIKELY LATE MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING... PZZ570-061315- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T1500Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARENA TO PIGEON PT. CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 902 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ540-061315- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES TO 10 NM- 902 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ545-061315- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120207T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT TO 10 NM- 902 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ575-061315- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ WATERS FROM PIGEON PT. TO PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 902 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH OVER 40 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ560-061315- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS TO 10 NM- 902 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ565-061315- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT PINOS TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO 10 NM- 902 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES:SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME 15 TO 25 KNOTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECT TO FURTHER INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ530-061315- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0013.120207T0700Z-120207T1700Z/ SAN FRANCISCO/SAN PABLO/SUISUN BAYS AND THE WEST DELTA- 902 PM PST SUN FEB 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
160 WHUS76 KMTR 061115 MWWMTR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 315 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE FORCE WINDS LIKELY LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING... PZZ570-061915- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T1500Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARENA TO PIGEON PT. CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 315 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ540-061915- /O.EXT.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T1500Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES TO 10 NM- 315 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ545-061915- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120207T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT TO 10 NM- 315 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY 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 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ575-061915- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ WATERS FROM PIGEON PT. TO PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 315 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ560-061915- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS TO 10 NM- 315 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ565-061915- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT PINOS TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO 10 NM- 315 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ530-061915- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0013.120207T0700Z-120207T1700Z/ SAN FRANCISCO/SAN PABLO/SUISUN BAYS AND THE WEST DELTA- 315 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
468 WHUS76 KMTR 061629 MWWMTR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 829 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ... GALE FORCE WINDS LIKELY LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING... PZZ570-070030- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARENA TO PIGEON PT. CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 829 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ540-070030- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES TO 10 NM- 829 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ545-070030- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120207T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT TO 10 NM- 829 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ575-070030- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ WATERS FROM PIGEON PT. TO PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 829 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ560-070030- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS TO 10 NM- 829 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ565-070030- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120206T2100Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT PINOS TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO 10 NM- 829 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ530-070030- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0013.120207T0700Z-120207T1700Z/ SAN FRANCISCO/SAN PABLO/SUISUN BAYS AND THE WEST DELTA- 829 AM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
185 WHUS76 KMTR 062228 MWWMTR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 228 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ... GALE FORCE WINDS LIKELY LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING... PZZ570-070630- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ WATERS FROM PT. ARENA TO PIGEON PT. CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ540-070630- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES TO 10 NM- 228 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ545-070630- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.120207T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT TO 10 NM- 228 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ575-070630- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ WATERS FROM PIGEON PT. TO PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ560-070630- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS TO 10 NM- 228 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ565-070630- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMTR.GL.W.0001.120207T0600Z-120207T1700Z/ POINT PINOS TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO 10 NM- 228 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LARGE STEEP FRESH SWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ530-070630- /O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0013.120207T0700Z-120207T1700Z/ SAN FRANCISCO/SAN PABLO/SUISUN BAYS AND THE WEST DELTA- 228 PM PST MON FEB 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS AND WAVES: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Feb 4, 9:51 PM PST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 9:51 PM PST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
951 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2012
.DISCUSSION...AS OF 9:00 PM PST SATURDAY...A HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER
RIDGE ALONG THE WEST COAST CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN DRY CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. LACK OF HIGH CLOUD COVER TODAY RESULTED
IN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY COMPARED TO FRIDAY.
AFTERNOON HIGHS WERE MOSTLY IN THE 60S ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SOME
LOCATIONS NEAR MONTEREY BAY REACHED INTO THE LOWER 70S...AS DID
SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS IN MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES.
MORE OF THE SAME IS FORECAST FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND
AS THE UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO BLOCK INCOMING PACIFIC WEATHER
SYSTEMS...MAINTAINING DRY AND MILD WEATHER ACROSS CALIFORNIA. THE
RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BEGIN TO WEAKEN ON MONDAY AS A STRONG UPPER
JET APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE
MONDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY.
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT A BRIEF PERIOD OF WET WEATHER WILL
OCCUR FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A RELATIVELY STRONG
WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL SPLIT ON MONDAY AS
IT NEARS THE WEST COAST RIDGE. THE MODELS AGREE REASONABLY WELL IN
MAINTAINING A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF STRENGTH AND MOISTURE IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE SPLIT TO UNDERCUT THE RIDGE AND SPREAD RAIN
ACROSS MOST...IF NOT ALL...OF OUR FORECAST AREA. BASED ON THE 00Z
NAM AND 00Z GFS...RAIN WILL BEGIN NEAR THE COAST A FEW HOURS PRIOR
TO SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF OUR AREA BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. IMPACTS ON TUESDAY WILL
PRIMARILY BE TO THE MORNING COMMUTE WITH WET ROADWAYS AND GUSTY
WINDS EXPECTED. SOUTHERLY WINDS ON TUESDAY MORNING MAY GUST AS
HIGH AS 40 MPH NEAR THE COAST...IN THE HILLS...AND IN THE SALINAS
VALLEY. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS HAVE TRENDED WETTER WITH THEIR 00Z
RUNS AND SO A PERIOD OF AT LEAST MODERATE RAIN IS NOW EXPECTED
ON TUESDAY FROM SUNRISE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL THEN
TAPER OFF LATE IN THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE
SYSTEM DROPS TO OUR SOUTH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO MOSTLY
RANGE FROM 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES...AND BE SPREAD RATHER UNIFORMLY
ACROSS OUR AREA. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER RAIN WILL BE GREATEST
OVER OUR SOUTHERN COASTAL MOUNTAINS...IN AN AREA CLOSEST TO WHERE
AN UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY.
ANY RESIDUAL SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO END BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. UPPER RIDGING IS THEN FORECAST TO RAPIDLY REDEVELOP AND
PRODUCE MORE MILD AND DRY WEATHER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.
THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HINT AT THE POSSIBILITY OF RAIN NEXT
WEEKEND...BUT THE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE WEST COAST NEXT WEEKEND
IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN RAPIDLY AS IT NEARS. IN FACT...THE LATEST
GFS AND ECMWF BOTH SHOW ALMOST NO RAINFALL NEXT WEEKEND AS THE
DISSIPATING WEATHER SYSTEM COMES ASHORE.
&&
.AVIATION...AS OF 9:48 PM PST SATURDAY...AIRMASS REMAINS DRY ENOUGH
TO MAINTAIN VFR FOR THE PERIOD.
VICINITY OF KSFO...VFR.
KSFO BRIDGE APPROACH....VFR.
MONTEREY BAY AREA TERMINALS...VFR.
&&
.MTR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.TNGT...SCA...ROUGH BAR ADVISORY FOR SF BAR
&&
PUBLIC FORECAST: DYKEMA
AVIATION/MARINE: CANEPAThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:19 AM PST | Gale Watch | MTR | 12 hr | |
| Feb 5, 1:55 PM PST | High Wind Watch | MTR | Marin, Monterey, San Benito, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:37 PM PST | Gale Warning | MTR | 36 hr | |
| Feb 5, 2:37 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MTR | 45 hr |
Nearby
Small Craft Advisories in California, 2012Every small craft advisory in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.