Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 39, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Oct 30, 2012, 8:21 PM PDT. It took effect at Oct 30, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 24 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
- Oct 30, 2012, 8:21 PM PDT (03:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2012, 8:36 PM PDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Portland, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
167 WHUS76 KPQR 310321 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 821 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 PZZ255-275-311130- /O.UPG.KPQR.SI.Y.0132.000000T0000Z-121101T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KPQR.SW.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0039.121031T0400Z-121031T1500Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 821 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO SUSTAINED 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AM AND 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FT TONIGHT WILL DROP TEMPORARILY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY STEEP DURING THIS TIME THOUGH. 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. && $$ PZZ250-270-311130- /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0132.000000T0000Z-121101T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 821 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KT WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL THAT 35 KT GUSTS MAY OCCUR SOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL HOVER AROUND 10 FT TONIGHT BEFORE DROPPING TEMPORARILY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY STEEP DURING THIS TIME THOUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ210-311130- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0133.000000T0000Z-121031T1500Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 821 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS BETWEEN 9 TO 10 FT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...FALLING TO NEAR 6 FT BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 10 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 615 AM WEDNESDAY. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 9 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND 630 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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111 WHUS76 KPQR 310328 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 828 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 PZZ255-275-311130- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.121031T0400Z-121031T1500Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 828 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO SUSTAINED 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AM AND 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS RISING TO 13 FT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL DROP TEMPORARILY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...BUT LIKELY REMAIN STEEP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ250-270-311130- /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0132.000000T0000Z-121101T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 828 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KT WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL THAT 35 KT GUSTS MAY OCCUR SOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: SEAS WILL HOVER AROUND 10 FT TONIGHT BEFORE DROPPING TEMPORARILY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY STEEP DURING THIS TIME THOUGH. 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. && $$ PZZ210-311130- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0133.000000T0000Z-121031T1500Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 828 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS BETWEEN 9 TO 10 FT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...FALLING TO NEAR 6 FT BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 10 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 615 AM WEDNESDAY. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 9 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND 630 PM WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
738 WHUS76 KPQR 310427 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 927 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 PZZ250-270-311230- /O.UPG.KPQR.SI.Y.0132.000000T0000Z-121101T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KPQR.SW.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121031T1700Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 927 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO SUSTAINED 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 KT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS RISING TO 11 FT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL DROP TEMPORARILY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...BUT LIKELY REMAIN STEEP. 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. && $$ PZZ255-275-311230- /O.EXT.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121031T1700Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 927 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL INCREASE TO SUSTAINED 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OVER 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AM AND 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS RISING TO 13 FT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL DROP TEMPORARILY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...BUT LIKELY REMAIN STEEP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ210-311230- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0133.000000T0000Z-121031T1500Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 927 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 10 FT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...FALLING TO NEAR 6 FT BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 11 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 615 AM WEDNESDAY. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 9 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND 630 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
206 WHUS76 KPQR 310952 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 252 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 PZZ255-275-311800- /O.EXT.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 252 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KT WILL EASE TO 25 TO 30 KT LATER THIS MORNING THE INCREASE 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OVER 40 KT TONIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 11 FT TODAY BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FT THIS EVENING AND REMAINING STEEP INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ250-270-311700- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121031T1700Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 252 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL EASE LATER THIS MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 11 FT EXPECTED TO DROP MIDDAY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 13 FT TONIGHT. SEAS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN STEEP. 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. && $$ PZZ210-311800- /O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0133.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 252 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS HOVERING AROUND 10 FT WILL FALL TO NEAR 7 FT BY MIDDAY. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 11 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 615 AM. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 12 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND 630 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
345 WHUS76 KPQR 311547 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 847 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 PZZ250-270-311700- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121031T1700Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 847 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL EASE LATER THIS MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 11 FT EXPECTED TO DROP MIDDAY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 13 FT TONIGHT. SEAS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN STEEP. 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. && $$ PZZ255-275-010000- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 847 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KT WILL EASE TO 25 TO 30 KT LATER THIS MORNING THEN INCREASE 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OVER 40 KT TONIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 11 FT TODAY BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FT THIS EVENING AND REMAINING STEEP INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ210-010000- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0133.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 847 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS HOVERING AROUND 10 FT WILL FALL TO NEAR 7 FT BY MIDDAY. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 12 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND 630 PM THIS EVENING. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 10 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 645 AM THURSDAY 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
534 WHUS76 KPQR 311632 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 932 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 PZZ250-270-010045- /O.EXP.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121031T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0040.121101T0300Z-121101T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 932 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 11 FT EXPECTED TO DROP MIDDAY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 13 FT TONIGHT. SEAS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN STEEP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ255-275-010045- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 932 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KT WILL EASE TO 25 TO 30 KT LATER THIS MORNING THEN INCREASE 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OVER 40 KT TONIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 11 FT TODAY BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FT THIS EVENING AND REMAINING STEEP INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ210-010045- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0133.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 932 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS HOVERING AROUND 10 FT WILL FALL TO NEAR 7 FT BY MIDDAY. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 12 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND 630 PM THIS EVENING. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 10 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 645 AM THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
295 WHUS76 KPQR 311822 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1122 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 PZZ250-010230- /O.EXT.KPQR.GL.W.0040.121031T1822Z-121101T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 1122 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 11 FT EXPECTED TO DROP MIDDAY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 13 FT TONIGHT. SEAS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN STEEP. 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. && $$ PZZ255-275-010230- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1122 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KT WILL EASE TO 25 TO 30 KT LATER THIS MORNING THEN INCREASE 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OVER 40 KT TONIGHT. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 11 FT TODAY BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FT THIS EVENING AND REMAINING STEEP INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ270-010230- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0040.121101T0300Z-121101T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1122 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 11 FT EXPECTED TO DROP MIDDAY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 13 FT TONIGHT. SEAS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN STEEP. 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. && $$ PZZ210-010230- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0133.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 1122 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS HOVERING AROUND 10 FT WILL FALL TO NEAR 7 FT BY MIDDAY. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 12 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND 630 PM THIS EVENING. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 10 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 645 AM THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
848 WHUS76 KPQR 312131 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 231 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 PZZ250-010545- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 231 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO AROUND 13 FT THIS EVENING. SEAS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN STEEP. 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. && $$ PZZ255-275-010545- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 231 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OVER 40 KT CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 15 FT THIS EVENING AND REMAIN STEEP INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ270-010545- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0040.121101T0300Z-121101T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 231 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PDT THURSDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS AROUND 11 FT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO AROUND 13 FT TONIGHT. SEAS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN STEEP. 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. && $$ PZZ210-010545- /O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0133.000000T0000Z-121101T1600Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 231 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THURSDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 12 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND 630 PM THIS EVENING. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 10 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 645 AM THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
012 WHUS76 KPQR 010336 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 836 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 PZZ250-270-011145- /O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0133.121101T0336Z-121101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0075.121101T0336Z-121101T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 836 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS OVER 30 KT CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY THURSDAY. 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. && $$ PZZ255-275-011145- /O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121101T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0133.121101T0336Z-121101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0075.121101T0336Z-121101T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 836 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS OVER 30 KT CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ210-011145- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0133.000000T0000Z-121101T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.RB.Y.0134.121102T0000Z-121102T0400Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 836 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 9 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 9 PM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THURSDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 7 FT. * FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 11 FT DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 645 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 10 FT DURING THE STRONGER EBB AROUND 645 PM THURSDAY 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. && $$ 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 Oct 30, 2:11 PM PDT, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 2:11 PM PDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
211 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012
.SYNOPSIS...THE FINAL SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER
EVENT HAS REACHED THE OREGON COAST AND WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE DISTRICT.
SUBTROPICAL AIR WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WARM WITH ONLY THE HIGHEST
CASCADE PEAKS EXPECTED TO GET SNOW. LATER THIS WEEK THE PATTERN WILL
FINALLY BREAK UP AS OUR STALLED FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE CASCADES AND
COOLER LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE PACIFIC. EXPECT A MORE SHOWERY
PATTERN TO PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEKEND...AS A STRONG UPPER LOW SETS UP
IN THE GULF OF ALASKA AND SWINGS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES OVER THE AREA.
&&
.SHORT TERM...STEADY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AS
SEEN IN INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY. SO FAR IN TILLAMOOK...COWLITZ...
AND SKAMANIA COUNTIES OBSERVATIONS ARE SHOWING ABOUT AN INCH OR MORE
OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST SIX HOURS...WHILE 0.1-0.4 OF AN INCH ARE
BEING REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. SATELLITE PRECIPITABLE WATER
IMAGES STILL SHOW A MOISTURE PLUME REACHING THE COAST WITH VALUES
NEAR 1.25 INCHES.
THE PARENT LOW IS NOW SITUATED AROUND 45N/132W...AND THE WARM FRONT
WILL GRADUALLY LIFT FURTHER NORTH INTO WASHINGTON LATER TODAY. THE
ASSOCIATED SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE
THROUGH LATE WED. THIS FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVY
PRECIP...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SW WASHINGTON/NW OREGON COAST AND
COAST RANGES. GIVEN ITS SLOW MOVING APPROACH...THE COLD FRONT COULD
EASILY DUMP AN ADDITIONAL 1.5-3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE COAST AND
COAST RANGE. WILL BE UPDATING THE FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON
(FFAPQR) WHICH FOCUSES ON SMALL STREAM AND LOWLAND FLOOD POTENTIAL
THROUGH WED EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ON THE MILD SIDE
THROUGH WED BEFORE THE COLD FRONT PUSHES IN.
THE MAIN BAND OF STRATIFORM RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE E OF THE
CASCADES WED NIGHT WITH THE FRONT. HOWEVER MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WILL
REMAIN BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH COOLER AIR ALOFT MOVING IN WITH AN
UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW. AS SUCH...POPS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH WED
NIGHT AND THU...ALTHOUGH THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HEAVIER RAIN
DIMINISHES WITH THE CHANGE TO A MORE SHOWERY AIR MASS. MODELS ARE
HINTING AT NEGATIVE LIFTED INDEX VALUES LATE WED AND THU...AND WITH
THE COOLER SHOWERY AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL NOT DISCOUNT THE THREAT
FOR A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND COAST. /27
.LONG TERM...SHORTWAVE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE PAC NW ON FRI
SHOULD SHOULD KEEP THINGS MOSTLY DRY ON FRI NIGHT TO BEGIN THE LONG
TERM PERIOD. THE RIDGE IS MODELED TO BEGIN PUSHING EAST OF THE
CASCADES OVERNIGHT INTO SAT. FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...
THE LARGE SCALE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL BE AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER
THE GULF OF ALASKA AND A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OFF THE CA COAST.
THE PAC NW WILL REMAIN IN BETWEEN...WITH A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES
RIDING IN OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE. THE RIDGE WILL SERVE TO KEEP
MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FROM THE SERIES OF FRONTS WELL TO OUR
NORTH...MAINLY AFFECTING N WA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. HOWEVER...SOME
LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY PUSH INTO THE FCST REGION FROM TIME
TO TIME...ESPECIALLY FOR THE NORTHERNMOST COASTAL LOCATIONS. EXPECT
TEMPS TO CONTINUE RUNNING SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH PRECIPITATION
FALLING AS SNOW ONLY ON THE HIGHEST CASCADE PEAKS. PYLE &&
.AVIATION....MAIN FOCUS OF NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE OVER THE NORTH COAST
AND NORTH INTERIOR. COASTAL AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW MVFR TO
IFR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KT REACHING ALONG
THE COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. INLAND AREAS BECOMING MOSTLY MVFR IN
THE NORTH AND VFR/OCCASIONAL MVFR SOUTH IN RAIN. EXPECT THESE
CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR/OCCASIONAL MVFR CONDITIONS IN
RAIN...BECOMING MOSTLY MVFR THIS EVENING. LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS IN
HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE.
&&
.MARINE...SOLID SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY GET SOME GALE GUSTS FOR THE OUTER WATERS
THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A LOW APPROACHES 130 WEST OFF THE OREGON
COAST. COULD SEE BRIEF GALES ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTHERN WATERS WED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
EXPECT SEAS TO CONTINUE TO BOUNCE WITHIN A COUPLE FEET OF 10 FT FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO THE GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS.
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR COAST RANGE OF
NORTHWEST OREGON-NORTH OREGON COAST.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR NORTH
OREGON COAST.
WA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH WASHINGTON
COAST-WILLAPA HILLS.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT
60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING
TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA
TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD OR TO FLORENCE
OR OUT 60 NM.
&&
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, Oct 30, 5:34 AM PDT, 14 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 534 AM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ORZ002-004>014-WAZ019-022-023-039-040-311545- CENTRAL OREGON COAST-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-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 534 AM PDT TUE OCT 30 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. ORZ003-WAZ020-021-311545- COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-WILLAPA HILLS- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- 534 AM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A THREAT OF FLOODING TODAY DUE TO CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL. REFER TO THE LATEST WATCH STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY FOR FLOODING WEDNESDAY DUE TO MORE HEAVY RAINFALL. REFER TO THE LATEST WATCH STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ORZ001-311545- NORTH OREGON COAST- 534 AM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A THREAT OF FLOODING TODAY DUE TO CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL. REFER TO THE LATEST WATCH STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDES ALSO BRINGS A THREAT OF FLOODING TO AREAS ADJACENT TO BAYS AND RIVER MOUTHS. REFER TO THE LATEST COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY FOR FLOODING WEDNESDAY DUE TO MORE HEAVY RAINFALL. REFER TO THE LATEST WATCH STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. FLOODING OF AREAS ADJACENT TO BAYS AND RIVER MOUTHS ALSO REMAINS A THREAT WEDNESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 7:01 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | PQR | 38 hr | |
| Oct 31, 9:32 AM PDT | Gale Warning | PQR | 11 hr |
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