Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 13, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Feb 12, 2012, 8:56 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 12, 2012, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 15 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
- Feb 12, 2012, 8:56 AM PST (16:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2012, 6:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2012, 8:34 AM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Portland, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
606 WHUS76 KPQR 121656 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 856 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 PZZ210-130100- /O.CAN.KPQR.RB.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0031.120213T0200Z-120213T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.RB.Y.0032.120213T1400Z-120214T0200Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 856 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS NEAR 8 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 9 FT TONIGHT...THEN 10 TO 11 FT ON MONDAY. * FIRST EBB: AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING. SEAS NEAR 12 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE. * SECOND EBB: AROUND 830 AM MON MORNING. SEAS NEAR 15 FT WITH BREAKERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ PZZ270-275-130100- /O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0017.120212T2000Z-120213T0200Z/ /O.UPG.KPQR.SI.Y.0022.120213T0200Z-120214T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0013.120213T0200Z-120214T1500Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 856 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD AGAIN TODAY...CLIMBING TO 10 FT DURING THE AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL HOLD AROUND 10 FT INTO THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... STRONGER NORTHWEST SWELL OF 13 TO 15 FT WILL ROLL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. * WINDS: FAST MOVING FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. GUSTS OF 25 TO AS HIGH AS 35 KT CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OVER THE OUTER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ250-255-130100- /O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0017.120212T2000Z-120214T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0022.120213T0200Z-120214T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- 856 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST MONDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD AGAIN TODAY...CLIMBING TO 10 FT DURING THE AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL HOLD AROUND 10 FT INTO THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... STRONGER NORTHWEST SWELL OF 12 TO 14 FT WILL ROLL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. * WINDS: FAST MOVING FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. GUSTS OF 25 TO CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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880 WHUS76 KPQR 122236 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 236 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 PZZ270-130645- /O.CAN.KPQR.SW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120213T0200Z/ /O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0013.120213T0200Z-120214T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0018.120213T0200Z-120215T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KPQR.SI.Y.0022.120213T0200Z-120214T0200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 236 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST TUESDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD AGAIN...CLIMBING TO 10 FT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS WILL HOLD AROUND 10 FT THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... STRONGER NORTHWEST SWELL OF 13 TO 15 FT WILL ROLL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. * WINDS: FAST MOVING FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE ON MONDAY. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 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 ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ275-130645- /O.CAN.KPQR.SW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120213T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KPQR.GL.W.0013.120213T0200Z-120213T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 236 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD AGAIN...CLIMBING TO 10 FT DURING THE EVENING. LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... STRONGER NORTHWEST SWELL OF 13 TO 15 FT WILL ROLL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. * WINDS: FAST MOVING FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE ON MONDAY. GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 KT CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OVER THE OUTER WATERS. 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. && $$ PZZ250-255-130645- /O.CAN.KPQR.SW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120214T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0018.120213T0200Z-120215T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0022.120213T0200Z-120214T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- 236 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD AGAIN...CLIMBING TO 10 FT LATER THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... STRONGER NORTHWEST SWELL OF 12 TO 14 FT WILL ROLL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. * WINDS: FAST MOVING FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ210-130645- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0031.120213T0200Z-120213T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0032.120213T1400Z-120214T1400Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 236 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM PST TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS NEAR 8 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 9 FT TONIGHT...THEN 10 TO 11 FT ON MONDAY. * FIRST EBB: AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING. SEAS NEAR 12 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE. * SECOND EBB: AROUND 830 AM MON MORNING. SEAS NEAR 15 FT WITH BREAKERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
151 WHUS76 KPQR 130442 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 842 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 PZZ250-131245- /O.CAN.KPQR.SI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120214T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 842 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. * SEAS: SEAS BUILDING TO 10 FT LATER TONIGHT...TO AROUND 12 FT MONDAY...AND TO 14 FT MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ275-131245- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 842 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE FROM 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. 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. && $$ PZZ210-131245- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0032.120213T1400Z-120214T1400Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 842 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM PST TUESDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 8 FT TONIGHT BUILDING TO 12 FT MONDAY. HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY NEAR 11 FT WITH THE END OF THE EBB AFTER 8 PM SUNDAY EVENING...AND NEAR 15 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 830 AM MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ PZZ255-270-131245- /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120214T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 842 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. * SEAS: SEAS BUILDING TO 10 FT LATER TONIGHT...TO AROUND 12 FT MONDAY...AND TO 14 FT MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 FT TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 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 ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
750 WHUS76 KPQR 131029 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 229 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 PZZ275-131800- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 229 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE FROM 20 TO 30 KT THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ255-270-131830- /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120214T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 229 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. * SEAS: SEAS BUILDING TO AROUND 12 FT TODAY...AND TO 14 FT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS RISING TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 FT TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 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 ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ210-131830- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0032.120213T1400Z-120214T1400Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 229 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM PST TUESDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 9 FT EARLY THIS MORNING... BUILDING TO 12 FT BY 10 AM AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 16 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE EBB CURRENTS AROUND 830 AM THIS MORNING AND 9 PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ PZZ250-131830- /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 229 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. * SEAS: SEAS BUILDING TO AROUND 12 FT TODAY...AND TO 14 FT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
581 WHUS76 KPQR 131634 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 834 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 PZZ275-140045- /O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KPQR.SI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120214T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KPQR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 834 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS ENDED. * SEAS: SEAS WILL REMAIN AT 13 TO 16 FT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 FT TODAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ255-140045- /O.CAN.KPQR.SI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120214T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- 834 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. * SEAS: SEAS WILL HOLD AT 13 TO 15 FT THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...BUT REMAIN ONLY IN THE 10 TO 20 KT RANGE. WINDS RELAX TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ210-140045- /O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 834 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS NEAR 10 FT TODAY...THEN 11 TO 12 FT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HOWEVER...SEAS NEAR 16 FT DURING THE EBBS...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 830 AM THIS MORNING AND AGAIN AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING. BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EBBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ PZZ270-140045- /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120214T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 834 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. * SEAS: SEAS WILL BIT A MORE...WITH 13 TO 16 FT EXPECTED FOR TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 FT TODAY. WINDS WILL EASE LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 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 ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ250-140045- /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120215T0200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 834 AM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST TUESDAY. * SEAS: SEAS WILL REMAIN AT 13 TO 15 FT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Feb 12, 8:50 AM PST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 8:50 AM PST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
850 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012
.SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IS LEADING TO A MAINLY DRY MORNING
TODAY WITH SOME AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. EXPECT FOG AND LOW
CLOUDS TO DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING. AN APPROACHING PACIFIC
FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SPREAD THICKENING CLOUDS AND EVENTUALLY RAIN
ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WE WILL LIKELY KEEP SOME AREAS OF
RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT INTO MONDAY. SNOW
LEVELS WILL BE DOWN INTO THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS AND COAST RANGE
ELEVATIONS WITH A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. A STRONG PACIFIC
JET STREAM WILL LIKELY PUSH A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS ONSHORE INTO
THE MID- AND LATE-WEEK PERIOD...THOUGH THERE IS CONSIDERABLE
UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TIMING OF EACH SYSTEM.
&&
.SHORT TERM...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALLOWED FOR SOME CLEARING TO OCCUR
OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. COMBINE THIS WITH GENERALLY LIGHT
WINDS...AND CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SOME FOG AND
LOW STRATUS THIS MORNING. BASED ON MODEL SOUNDINGS AND THE TREND
TOWARD IMPROVEMENT SEEN IN THE LATEST OBS...THINK THAT THE FOG AND
LOW CLOUDS WILL DISSIPATE MID MORNING AS THE WEAK SURFACE INVERSION
MIXES OUT.
THE NEXT UPSTREAM FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE DISTRICT LATER
TODAY. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CLEARLY SHOWS THE UPPER LEVEL
ENERGY DIGGING SOUTH OUT NEAR 135W. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING SOME HIGH
AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS STREAMING IN AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. KLGX COASTAL
RADAR IS SHOWING SOME WEAK RETURNS CLOSING IN ON THE COAST AS THE
LOW LEVEL FRONT APPROACHES. THUS...LOOKS LIKE MODEL TIMING ON LIGHT
RAIN REACHING THE COAST AROUND MIDDAY IS ON TRACK. RAIN WILL THEN
BEGIN TO SPREAD ONSHORE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN PROBLEM
WITH THIS SYSTEM IS THAT IT WILL BE STRETCHING OUT AND SLOWING DOWN
AS IT MOVES INTO OUR AREA AS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE ENERGY
WILL BE DIGGING SOUTH TOWARD CALIFORNIA. THE MAIN PERIOD OF
PRECIPITATION INLAND WILL BE THIS EVENING...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE
SOMEWHAT LIMITED BY THE DIGGING AND ELONGATING OF THE FRONT.
AS THE MAIN JET ENERGY DIGS INTO CALIFORNIA SUN NIGHT/EARLY MON...
THE UPPER LOW OVER CALIFORNIA WILL BECOME DOMINANT. HOWEVER AS A
SECONDARY SYSTEM MOVES INTO BC/WA...MOST MODELS KEEP SOME DEFORMATION
PRECIPITATION INTO MONDAY AS WE REMAIN NEAR THE ELONGATED UPPER
TROUGH AXIS. PAST SEVERAL RUNS OF THE NAM SEEM TO HANDLE THIS WELL.
WILL KEEP STRONG LIKELY POPS EARLY MON...GRADUALLY DECREASING THROUGH
MON EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE FAIRLY LOW...IN THE 1500-2500 FT
RANGE. HOWEVER WE ONLY EXPECT AROUND 0.25 INCH QPF SO ONLY A COUPLE
INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
A BRIEF BREAK IS THEN EXPECTED FOR MONDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. IT
APPEARS FAIRLY LIKELY ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONSHORE TUE
WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR VALLEY RAIN/MTN SNOW SHOWERS...WITH 00Z/06Z
NAM...GEM...AND ECMWF ALL ON BOARD FOR THIS SOLUTION. THE DRIER 00Z
GFS APPEARS TO BE AN OUTLIER...BUT WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS FOR NOW.
WEAGLE/JFP
.LONG TERM...NO CHANGES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOW...
STRONG WEST PACIFIC JET CONTINUES TO FUEL UNCERTAINTY AND MODEL
DISAGREEMENT FOR THE MID-LATE WEEK PERIOD. IT DOES STILL APPEAR THERE
WILL BE A PERIOD OF DRIER WEATHER WITH WEAK RIDGING WED
INTO WED NIGHT. HOWEVER SOME MODEL/ENSEMBLE SOLUTIONS ARE BRINGING
RAIN BACK INTO THE DISTRICT BY LATE WED NIGHT/EARLY THU WITH THE NEXT
FRONTAL SYSTEM. WITH THIS FAST JET FORECAST TO PERSIST OVER THE
WEST-CENTRAL PACIFIC INTO TUESDAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR MODEL ERROR IN
POSITION/TIMING OF SYSTEMS WILL REMAIN HIGH DURING THE MID-LATE WEEK
PERIOD. THUS THE LARGE DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN MODELS BEYOND MON NIGHT.
OVERALL...WILL STICK WITH TREND OF A GENERIC INCREASE IN POPS TOWARD
THE END OF THE WEEK AS WE GET BACK INTO MORE OF A TYPICAL PROGRESSIVE
WINTER PATTERN. WEAGLE
&&
.AVIATION....NOT TOO BAD THIS AM...WITH MID AND HIGH CLOUDS
DRIFTING OVERHEAD. DO HAVE POCKETS OF FOG AND/OR LOW STRATUS IN
THE INTERIOR...MAINLY ALONG WEST SIDE OF VALLEY KEUG TO KHIO AND
ALSO IN THE COWLITZ VALLEY. OVERALL...ANY LOW CLOUDS WILL
DISSIPATE OVER NEXT FEW HOURS AS SYSTEM OFFSHORE APPROACHES. WILL
REMAIN VFR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT EXPECT MVFR CIGS TO SPREAD ONTO
COAST 21Z TO 23Z...THEN INLAND AFTER 00Z. ROCKEY.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TODAY. THOUGH DO
HAVE SCATTERED IFR CLOUDS ABOUT THIS AM...AM NOT EXPECTING THEM TO
GEL INTO ANY CIGS. MVFR TO INCREASE AFTER 04Z AS PRECIP DEVELOPS.
&&
.MARINE...TRANQUIL AT THE MOMENT...BUT WILL SEE WINDS AND SEAS
INCREASING AGAIN LATER TODAY AS A FAST MOVING FRONT APPROACHES.
APPEARS THAT BEST GRADIENT WILL BE ALONG THE OUTER AND SOUTH
WATERS AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS E ACROSS THE N COASTAL WATERS
TONIGHT. WITH THIS...SILL PUT GALE WARNING UP FOR THE OUTER WATERS
DUE TO GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 KT. THIS SAID...STRONGEST THREAT OF GALE
GUSTS WILL BE OVER OUTER WATERS...AND S OF NEWPORT. OTHERWISE
LITTLE CHANGE IN FORECASTS. GUSTY NW WINDS TONIGHT INTO MON...WITH
WINDS EASING ON MON AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT THIS AM...AND WILL
BUILD BACK TO 10 FT THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN 12 TO 15 FT TONIGHT
AND MON AS WESTERLY SWELL TRAIN ARRIVES. ROCKEY.
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
WA...NONE.
PZ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT FOR OUTER COASTAL WATERS...FROM 10 TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR
OUTER COASTAL WATERS...FROM 10 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE FROM
CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FOR TONIGHT AND MON FOR THE
INNER COASTAL WATERS...FROM SHORE OUT 10 NM FROM CAPE
SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON THRU
MON AFTERNOON FOR THE INNER COASTAL WATERS...FROM SHORE
OUT 10 NM FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA BAR CONDITIONS FOR THIS
EVENING...THEN AGAIN FROM 5 AM TO 10 AM MON.
&&
MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM
THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 4:22 AM PST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 422 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-131530- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA- GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 422 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 8:39 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | PQR | 25 hr | |
| Feb 12, 8:56 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | PQR | 3 days | |
| Feb 12, 2:36 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PQR | 3 days |
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