Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 2, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Jan 2, 2012, 5:59 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 3, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 2, 2012, 5:59 PM PST (01:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2012, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Portland, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
466 WHUS76 KPQR 030159 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 559 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012 PZZ250-255-270-275-031000- /O.EXP.KPQR.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0001.120103T0200Z-120103T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0001.120103T0200Z-120103T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KPQR.GL.A.0002.120103T1800Z-120105T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0002.120103T1800Z-120105T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-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-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 559 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 KT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...THEN PICK UP... WITH 25 TO 30 KT AND GUSTS TO 40 KT...45 KT IN THE OUTER WATERS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY 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 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. && $$ PZZ210-031000- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120104T1200Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 559 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 13 FT...THOUGH SEAS WILL BE AROUND 16 FT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WIND WAVE GENERATED SEAS. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 16 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 1145 PM LATE THIS EVENING. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 17 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 1230 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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097 WHUS76 KPQR 030404 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 804 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012 PZZ250-255-270-275-031215- /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T1800Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T1800Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0002.120103T1800Z-120105T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-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-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 804 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 KT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...THEN PICK UP... WITH 25 TO 30 KT AND GUSTS TO 40 KT...45 KT IN THE OUTER WATERS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY 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 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. && $$ PZZ210-031215- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120104T1200Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 804 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 15 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 1145 PM TONIGHT. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 15 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 1230 PM TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
734 WHUS76 KPQR 031047 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 247 AM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 PZZ250-255-270-275-031900- /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T1800Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T1800Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0002.120103T1800Z-120105T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-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-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 247 AM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING...WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. LATER TONIGHT...GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KT ARE EXPECTED. THIS GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: GENERALLY NEAR 12 FT THIS MORNING...THEN BUILDING TO 16 TO 20 FT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE 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. && $$ PZZ210-031900- /O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T0200Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 247 AM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 TODAY...BUILDING TO NEAR 15 FT TONIGHT...AND THEN HOLDING AT 17 TO 18 FT ON WEDNESDAY. * FIRST EBB: AROUND 1230 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 TO 15 FT DURING THE EBB. * SECOND EBB: AROUND 1245 AM EARLY WED MORNING. SEAS NEAR 16 FT DURING THE EBB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
639 WHUS76 KPQR 031635 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 835 AM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 PZZ250-255-270-275-040045- /O.CAN.KPQR.SI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KPQR.SW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T1800Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0002.120103T1800Z-120105T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-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-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 835 AM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH 25 TO 30 KT AND GUSTS UP TO 40 KT AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. LATER TONIGHT...GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KT ARE EXPECTED. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...EASING WELL OFFSHORE IN THE AFTERNOON AND CLOSER TO SHORE TOWARD EVENING. * SEAS: GENERALLY NEAR 12 FT THIS MORNING...THEN BUILDING TO 16 TO 20 FT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE 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. && $$ PZZ210-040045- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T0200Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 835 AM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 TODAY...BUILDING TO NEAR 15 FT TONIGHT...AND THEN HOLDING AT 17 TO 18 FT ON WEDNESDAY. * FIRST EBB: AROUND 1230 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 TO 15 FT DURING THE EBB. * SECOND EBB: AROUND 1245 AM EARLY WED MORNING. SEAS NEAR 16 FT DURING THE EBB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
099 WHUS76 KPQR 032202 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 202 PM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 PZZ250-255-270-275-040615- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-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-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 202 PM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT AND GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TONIGHT. LATER TONIGHT...GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KT ARE EXPECTED. GALE CONDITIONS LOOK TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS WELL OFFSHORE THIS EVENING BEFORE SPREADING CLOSER TO THE COAST OVERNIGHT. * SEAS: GENERALLY NEAR 12 FT THIS MORNING...THEN BUILDING TO 16 TO 20 FT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE 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. && $$ PZZ210-040615- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T0200Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 202 PM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 12 FT THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO NEAR 15 FT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...EASING WED AFTERNOON. * FIRST EBB: AROUND 1245 AM EARLY WED MORNING. SEAS NEAR 16 FT DURING THE EBB WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE. * SECOND EBB: AROUND 115 PM WED. SEAS NEAR 18 FT DURING THE EBB WITH BREAKERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
934 WHUS76 KPQR 040405 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 805 PM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 PZZ250-255-270-275-041215- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-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-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 805 PM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT AND GUSTS UP TO 40 KT TONIGHT. LATER TONIGHT...GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KT ARE EXPECTED. GALE CONDITIONS LOOK TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: BUILDING TO 16 TO 20 FT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE 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. && $$ PZZ210-041215- /O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T1300Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 805 PM PST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST THURSDAY. * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 11 FT TONIGHT BUILDING TO 13 FT ON WEDNESDAY. * FIRST EBB: SEAS 13 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB AROUND 1245 AM TONIGHT. * SECOND EBB: SEAS 16 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONGER EBB AROUND 115 PM WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
088 WHUS76 KPQR 041049 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 249 AM PST WED JAN 4 2012 PZZ250-255-270-275-041900- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-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-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 249 AM PST WED JAN 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: BUILDING TO 15 TO 20 FT TODAY...WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE OVER THE OUTER WATERS. SEAS SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT...THEN WEST SWELL OF 18 TO 22 FT WILL ARRIVE ON THURSDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ210-041900- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T1300Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 249 AM PST WED JAN 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST THURSDAY. * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 14 FT TODAY AND HOLDING AT THAT RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. * FIRST EBB: AROUND 115 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS NEAR 15 FT. * SECOND EBB: AROUND 145 AM EARLY THU MORNING. SEAS NEAR 16 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
446 WHUS76 KPQR 041649 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 849 AM PST WED JAN 4 2012 PZZ250-255-270-275-050000- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-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-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 849 AM PST WED JAN 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: BUILDING TO 15 TO 20 FT TODAY...WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS OVER THE OUTER WATERS. SEAS SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT... THEN WEST SWELL OF 18 TO 22 FT WILL ARRIVE ON THURSDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ210-050100- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T1300Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 849 AM PST WED JAN 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST THURSDAY. * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 14 TO 16 FT TODAY AND HOLDING AT THAT RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. * FIRST EBB: AROUND 115 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS NEAR 16 TO 18 FT. * SECOND EBB: AROUND 145 AM EARLY THU MORNING. SEAS NEAR 16 TO 18 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
386 WHUS76 KPQR 042217 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 217 PM PST WED JAN 4 2012 PZZ250-255-270-275-050000- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-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-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 217 PM PST WED JAN 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: 16 TO 20 FT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHEST SEAS OVER THE OUTER WATERS. SEAS SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT... THEN WEST SWELL OF 18 TO 22 FT WILL ARRIVE ON THURSDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ210-050630- /O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120106T0000Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 217 PM PST WED JAN 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 14 TO 16 FT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 16 TO 18 FT THURSDAY MORNING. * FIRST EBB: AROUND 145 AM EARLY THU MORNING. SEAS NEAR 16 TO 18 FT. * SECOND EBB: AROUND 200 PM THU AFTERNOON. SEAS NEAR 18 TO 20 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. COMBINED SEAS 14 TO 16 FT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 16 TO 18 FT THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY 18 TO 20 FT DURING THE EBBS. EBBS WILL OCCUR AROUND 145 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN AROUND 200 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
336 WHUS76 KPQR 050006 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 406 PM PST WED JAN 4 2012 PZZ250-255-270-275-050815- /O.EXP.KPQR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120105T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0002.120105T0006Z-120105T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0002.120105T0006Z-120107T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-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-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 406 PM PST WED JAN 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT TONIGHT...LOCALLY 35 KT THIS EVENING AND 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT ON THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: 16 TO 20 FT THROUGH THURSDAY AND 20 TO 25 FT THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS DECREASING ON FRIDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ210-050815- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120106T0000Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 406 PM PST WED JAN 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 14 TO 16 FT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 16 TO 18 FT THURSDAY MORNING. * FIRST EBB: AROUND 145 AM EARLY THU MORNING. SEAS NEAR 16 TO 18 FT. * SECOND EBB: AROUND 200 PM THU AFTERNOON. SEAS NEAR 18 TO 20 FT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. COMBINED SEAS 14 TO 16 FT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BUILD TO 16 TO 18 FT THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY 18 TO 20 FT DURING THE EBBS. EBBS WILL OCCUR AROUND 145 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN AROUND 200 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && $$ 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 Jan 2, 2:40 PM PST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 2:40 PM PST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
239 PM PST MON JAN 2 2012
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS QUICKLY GLIDING THROUGH
THE AREA BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. A WARM
FRONT BRUSHES THE NORTH COAST ON WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT
ON THURSDAY. SYSTEMS BECOME LESS ORGANIZED AFTER FRIDAY AS A
STATIONARY FRONT SLOWS THINGS DOWN AS IT SETS UP WELL OFFSHORE.
&&
.SHORT TERM...A DEEPENING LOW IS MOVING ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON AS IT
FORMED AS A WAVE ALONG AN ELONGATED FRONT. THIS FRONT IS TAPPING INTO
A LOW LEVEL COASTAL JET AS INDICATED BY THE WA COASTAL RADARS
VELOCITY IMAGERY AND HAS BEEN CAUSING WIND GUSTS INTO THE 65 TO 70
MPH RANGE AT COASTAL OB SITES. THESE STRONG GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AS A BENT BACK OCCLUSION MAKES ITS WAY ONSHORE
JUST WEST OF GRAYS HARBOR WA. WITH FLOW IMPINGING ON THE COASTAL
MOUNTAIN BARRIER THIS CONSTRICTION MAY LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS
ALONG THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST.
MEANWHILE THE CROSS-GORGE GRADIENT HAS BEEN SQUASHED BY THE LOWS TREK
TO OUR NORTH AND IS DOWN TO A REASONABLE -4.6 MB TTD-DLS...WHICH CAN
STILL PRODUCE SOME GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE GORGE THIS
AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE PRECIP WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT
IN NATURE AS THE FRONT IS NOT REALLY ROOTED IN A TROPICAL TAP ANY
LONGER.
THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN PRECIPITATION TONIGHT. WE DODGE A
BULLET ON TUESDAY AS A WARM AND WET SYSTEM MOVES A WARM FRONT
AND MUCH OF ITS ENERGY JUST TO OUR NORTH AND ONLY BRUSHES BY THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT...BRINGING ABOUT 0.10 INCH OF RAIN NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND MOVE THROUGH THE
FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. QPF AMOUNTS APPEAR
MODEST WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW AT THE PASS LEVELS LATE IN THE
STORM...SO ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING SYSTEM FOR AREA SKIERS. WOLFE
.LONG TERM...POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS DROP CONSIDERABLY BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...SO THE
CASCADES AND EVEN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND COAST RANGE SHOULD SEE A
BRIEF SHOT OF SNOW. MODELS HAVE BEGUN TO SHOW SOME AGREEMENT ON
BUILDING A RIDGE INTO THE WEEKEND...AND HAVE ACCORDINGLY TRENDED THE
POPS TOWARD THIS SOLUTION. A SMALL SHORTWAVE MAY RIDE THE RIDGE AND
IMPACT THE AREA LATE FRIDAY...BRINGING LIGHT RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION
SNOW BRIEFLY TO THE AREA. THE RIDGE THEN REBOUNDS FOR THE WEEKEND.
BROWN
&&
.AVIATION...HIGHEST CONCERNS ARE STRONG WINDS AT THE COASTAL
SITES STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THROUGH 6-8 PM...AND THEN SUBSIDING
QUICKLY. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL INLAND...WITH PREDOMINANTLY MFR
FOR THE COAST. OCCASIONAL IFR IN HEAVIER RAIN SHOULD SUBSIDE IN
THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CONDITIONS MAY EASE BACK TO TO VFR AT THE
COAST BUT THEN POSSIBLY HEAD BACK DOWN IN THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. INLAND AREAS LOOK TO BE VFR...THOUGH THERE IS THE
CHANCE FOR SOME FOG OVERNIGHT. HARD TO TELL AT THIS POINT AND MAY
NEED REFINEMENT LATER.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...PREDOMINANT VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITH BRIEF GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...AS THERE NOT A
WHOLE LOT OF SHOWER ACTIVITY EXPECTED AT THE TERMINAL AFTER
02-03Z...THUS ONLY A BRIEF WINDOW FOR MVFR. MAYBE SOME STRATUS OR
FOG NEAR MORNING...BUT HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON CLEARING WHICH IS
UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT. KMD
&&
.MARINE...STRONG COASTAL JET AND WINDS FROM THE BENT BACK
OCCLUSION OF THE OFFSHORE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT
6 PM THIS EVENING...SLIGHTLY LONGER ALONG THE S WA COAST AND N OR
COAST.
SEAS WILL PEAK IN THE MID TEENS...WITH SEAS CURRENTLY IN THE MID
TO EVEN UPPER TEENS OUT NEAR BUOY 89. ANOTHER ROUND OF GALES ARE
POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AND LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY. HIGHEST
CONFIDENCE
IN GALES HAS INCREASED IN THE OUTER WATERS WITH LESS CONFIDENCE
CLOSER TO SHORE...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED IN THE
NORTHERN OUTER WATERS NORTH OF CASCADE HEAD...DUE TO A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MAINLY HEADED TOWARD QUEEN CHARLOTTES. LONGER
PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL TO AROUND 20 FEET WILL ARRIVE
THURSDAY...THEN SUBSIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN. KMD
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH OREGON
COAST.
WA...NONE.
PZ...GALE WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT
60 NM.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL WATERS
FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR TO FLORENCE OR OUT
60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR UNTIL 4 AM
PST WEDNESDAY.
&&
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, Jan 2, 4:02 AM PST, 13 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 402 AM PST MON JAN 2 2012 ORZ001>014-PZZ210-WAZ019>023-039-040-031515- 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-COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I- 5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 402 AM PST MON JAN 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON...NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 5:59 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | PQR | 15 hr | |
| Jan 2, 5:59 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PQR | 15 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:59 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 10 hr | |
| Jan 3, 2:14 PM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 23 hr |
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