Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2013
Gale Warning 29, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Aug 17, 2013, 2:57 PM PDT. It took effect at Aug 18, 2013, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 64 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
- Aug 17, 2013, 2:57 PM PDT (21:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 18, 2013, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2013, 2:33 AM PDT
- In force
- 64 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
542 WHUS76 KMFR 172157 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 257 PM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013 PZZ376-181200- /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0084.130818T0600Z-130818T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0084.130818T0600Z-130818T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0029.130818T1800Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0027.130818T1800Z-130821T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 257 PM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KTS WITH GUST TO 30 KTS LATE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KTS WITH GUST TO 45 KTS LATE SUNDAY MORNING WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS TEMPORALLY DECREASE SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO 11 TO 14 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-181200- /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 257 PM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BE 10 TO 40 NM WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-181200- /O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.130818T2100Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.130818T2100Z-130821T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 257 PM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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549 WHUS76 KMFR 180245 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 745 PM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013 PZZ376-181545- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0084.130818T0300Z-130818T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0084.130818T0300Z-130818T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.130818T1800Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0027.130818T1800Z-130821T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 745 PM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KTS WITH GUST TO 30 KTS THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KTS WITH GUST TO 45 KTS LATE SUNDAY MORNING WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS TEMPORALLY DECREASE SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO 11 TO 14 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-181545- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.130818T0300Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.130818T0300Z-130821T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 745 PM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KTS. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 7 FEET TONIGHT...THEN 7 TO 9 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-181545- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 745 PM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BE 10 TO 40 NM WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
653 WHUS76 KMFR 180856 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 156 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 PZZ376-182200- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0084.000000T0000Z-130818T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0084.000000T0000Z-130818T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.130818T1800Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0027.130818T1800Z-130821T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 156 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KTS WITH GUST TO 30 KTS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KTS WITH GUST TO 45 KTS LATE SUNDAY MORNING WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 12 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS TEMPORALLY DECREASE SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO 11 TO 14 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-182200- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 156 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO NORTH AT 20 TO 25 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KTS DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 9 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-182200- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 156 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BE 10 TO 40 NM WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
609 WHUS76 KMFR 181149 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 449 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 PZZ376-190100- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0084.000000T0000Z-130818T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0084.000000T0000Z-130818T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.130818T1800Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0027.130818T1800Z-130821T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 449 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KTS WITH GUST TO 30 KTS THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KTS WITH GUST TO 45 KTS LATE THIS MORNING WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 12 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO 11 TO 14 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-190100- /O.EXA.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 449 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-190100- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 449 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO NORTH AT 20 TO 25 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 KTS DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-190100- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 449 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BE 10 TO 40 NM WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
917 WHUS76 KMFR 182128 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 228 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 PZZ376-191100- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130821T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KTS WITH GUST TO 45 KTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET ARE EXPECTED. SEAS TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO 11 TO 14 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-370-191100- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.130819T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...SUBSIDE BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BE 5 TO 40 NM WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-191100- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 228 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH AT 20 TO 30 KTS WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY TONIGHT... THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
825 WHUS76 KMFR 190924 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 224 AM PDT MON AUG 19 2013 PZZ376-192230- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130821T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 224 AM PDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KTS WITH GUST TO 45 KTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET ARE EXPECTED. SEAS TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO 11 TO 14 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-370-192230- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 224 AM PDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...SUBSIDE BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BE 5 TO 40 NM WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-192230- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 224 AM PDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH AT 20 TO 30 KTS WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
845 WHUS76 KMFR 192126 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 226 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013 PZZ376-201100- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130821T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 226 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KTS WITH GUST TO 45 KTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET ARE EXPECTED. SEAS TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO 11 TO 14 FEET TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-201100- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 226 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...SUBSIDE BRIEFLY TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE TO 9 TO 11 FEET TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BE 5 TO 40 NM WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-201100- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 226 PM PDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH AT 20 TO 30 KTS WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SEAS TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO 11 FEET TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
346 WHUS76 KMFR 200954 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 254 AM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 PZZ376-202300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 AM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TO 11 TO 14 FEET...DECREASING TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS OVERNIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-202300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 AM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KT. WINDS WILL TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 9 TO 11 FEET...DECREASING BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED BE 5 TO 40 NM WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-202300- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 254 AM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH AT 20 TO 30 KTS WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY AT NIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SEAS TEMPORALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO 11 FEET TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
753 WHUS76 KMFR 202317 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 417 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 PZZ356-211400- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130821T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130821T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 417 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING TO 10 FEET OR LESS. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 KNOTS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...STRONGEST IN THE WESTERN PORTION. OVERNIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 KNOTS...EXCEPT NEAR AND SOUTH OF BROOKINGS WITHIN 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST...WHERE THEY WILL WILL BE LIGHTER AND MORE VARIABLE. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. THE MOST HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL PROPAGATE IN TOWARD THE COAST THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ376-211400- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130821T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 417 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO 8 TO 12 FEET ON WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 50 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ370-211400- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 417 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS 30 TO AS HIGH AS 40 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WINDS BE 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN NORTH SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL BE 7 TO 10 FEET AT 9 TO 10 SECONDS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-211400- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T0700Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 417 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 KT THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 KNOTS. * SEAS: NORTH SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING SEAS WILL BE 6 TO 9 FEET. WHILE SEAS WILL BE LESS STEEP ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEY WILL STEEPEN AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE WINDS AGAIN INCREASES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
060 WHUS76 KMFR 210444 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 944 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 PZZ376-211015- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130821T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 944 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 KNOTS WILL DIMINISH TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO 8 TO 12 FEET ON WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 50 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ356-211015- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130821T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 944 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL CONTINUE AROUND 10 FEET THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING TO 10 FEET OR LESS. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 KNOTS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING... STRONGEST IN THE WESTERN PORTION. OVERNIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 KNOTS...EXCEPT NEAR AND SOUTH OF BROOKINGS WITHIN 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST... WHERE THEY WILL WILL BE LIGHTER AND MORE VARIABLE. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. THE MOST HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL PROPAGATE IN TOWARD THE COAST THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ370-211015- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 944 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT OVERNIGHT THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN NORTH SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL THEN SUBSIDE TO 7 TO 9 FEET AT 10 SECONDS BY THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-211015- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T0700Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 944 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... 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 MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 KNOTS. * SEAS: NORTH SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 7 FEET WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL STEEPEN AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE WIND AGAIN INCREASES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
509 WHUS76 KMFR 210933 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 233 AM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 PZZ376-212245- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130821T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130821T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 233 AM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT...DECREASING BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN NORTH SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL THEN SUBSIDE TO 7 TO 9 FEET AT 10 SECONDS BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ356-212245- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T0700Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 233 AM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SEAS: SHORT PERIOD WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL CONTINUE AROUND10 FEET THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING TO 10 FEET OR LESS. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS...EXCEPT NEAR AND SOUTH OF BROOKINGS WITHIN 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST... WHERE THEY WILL WILL BE LIGHTER AND MORE VARIABLE. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-212245- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T0700Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 233 AM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS. * SEAS: 5 TO 8 FEET AT AROUND 8 SECONDS. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-212245- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130823T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-130822T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 233 AM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT...DECREASING BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS: 7 TO 9 FEET AT 10 SECONDS...DECREASING BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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 Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Aug 17, 8:47 AM PDT, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 8:47 AM PDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 847 AM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013 .DISCUSSION...A DISSIPATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS DRAPED EAST OF THE CASCADES THIS MORNING AS EVIDENCED BY A CORRIDOR OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD FROM NORTHEAST OREGON TO ABOUT NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY. NOT EXPECTING MUCH FROM THIS TODAY AS THE FAVORABLE JET EXITS TO THE NORTHEAST. EVEN SO, WITH A LITTLE INSTABILITY, SOME CUMULUS MAY BE ABLE TO GROW LARGE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER MENTION EXTENDING FROM NEAR WINTER RIM TO WAGONTIRE. OTHER THAN THAT, A QUIET DAY WEATHER-WISE ACROSS THE CWA. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S HERE IN MEDFORD WITH MOSTLY MID 80S EAST SIDE. WILDFIRE SMOKE SPREAD OUT OVERNIGHT AND IS THICKEST OVER THE RIVER VALLEYS OF JOSEPHINE AND WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTIES...BUT EVEN SOME MADE IT DOWN THE CHETCO TO JUST EAST OF BROOKINGS THIS MORNING. THE WHISKEY COMPLEX IS ALSO GENERATING SOME THICKER SMOKE ALONG THE EAST END OF THE UMPQUA DIVIDE. OVERALL, A FAIRLY DIFFUSE SMOKE LAYER EXTENDS NORTH AND EASTWARD BEYOND THE CASCADES. THE MARINE LAYER IS NOT NEARLY AS EXTENSIVE AS IT WAS YESTERDAY MORNING ONLY PENETRATING TO ABOUT ELKTON IN WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...AND IT STAYED OFFSHORE ALL NIGHT SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO. EXPECT STRATUS TO ERODE BACK TO THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WILL THEN LIKELY RETURN THIS EVENING WITH A RENEWED MARINE PUSH. OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO WILL PUSH ANY MARINE CLOUDS WELL OFFSHORE BY SUNRISE. WE'LL BE TAKING A LONG LOOK AT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE FOR THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK AS THE CLOSED LOW OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST DRAWS MOISTURE NORTHWARD MONDAY-TUESDAY AND THEN EVENTUALLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA MID-LATE WEEK. SPILDE && .AVIATION...BASED ON THE 17/12 TAF CYCLE. MVFR CONDITIONS HAS SPREAD INLAND INTO KOTH EARLY THIS MORNING. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE LOW CLOUDS TO BE HUGGING THE COAST. THEREFORE I DONT EXPECT MVFR CIGS TO REMAIN VERY LONG AFTER SUNRISE. BEST CHANCE FOR BREAK UP AND LIFT TO VFR AROUND 17Z THE REST OF THE DAY WILL BE VFR WITH BREEZY NORTH WINDS. LOW CLOUDS COULD BRING IFR TO KOTH AGAIN TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL BUILD UP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE CASCADES...SISKIYOUS AND EASTSIDE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CONFINED PARTS OF LAKE AND NORTHEAST KLAMATH COUNTIES. SMOKE AND HAZE FROM LOCAL WILDFIRES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS FROM THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS NORTH TO THE UMPQUA DIVIDE AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN AREAS BUT IT WILL LIKELY REMAIN VFR. FJB && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 348 AM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013/ DISCUSSION... IT HAS BEEN A QUIET NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM ALOFT UNDER A CONTINUED SOUTHWEST FLOW. WHAT'S LEFT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN DISSOLVING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BE ALONG THE CASCADES EASTWARD TODAY. BASED ON VERY LIMITED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY YESTERDAY (WHICH FEATURED ONE CLOUD TO GROUND STRIKE IN NORTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY) AND WARMING IN THE 700 TO 500MB LAYER, EXPECT THAT WE ARE UNLIKELY TO SEE ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. HOWEVER, THE PRESENCE OF AN IMPULSE NEAR TROPOPAUSE LEVEL COMBINED WITH THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL WARRANTS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER MENTION IN THE FORECAST, BUT ONLY FOR NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST NORTH OF PAISLEY AND FROM ABOUT SILVER LAKE EAST AND NORTHEASTWARD. IT SHOULD BE THE SAME AS YESTERDAY TO A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER TODAY FOR ALL AREAS. A MINIATURE HEAT WAVE WILL COMMENCE ON SUNDAY AND IS LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS TEMPERATURES SURGE TO ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS SHOULD GET MEDFORD UP AROUND 100 ON MONDAY, WITH HOTTER CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER RIVER VALLEYS TO THE SOUTH. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING GUIDANCE INDICATES LIGHT TO MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW IN THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS, FOCUSED OVER NORTHWESTERN SISKIYOU, CURRY, AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES. THE NAM12 IS MOST ROBUST IN SHOWING 850MB WINDS REACHING 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THIS AREA. TYPICALLY, IN THIS KIND OF PATTERN, RH RECOVERIES THE FIRST NIGHT AND MORNING ARE USUALLY MODERATE OR BETTER. IT IS USUALLY THE SECOND NIGHT THAT IS PROBLEMATIC IN TERMS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES. WHILE LOCAL GUIDANCE DOES NOT INDICATE ANYTHING WORSE THAN MODERATE RECOVERIES AS OF NOW FOR BOTH MORNINGS, THE BEST DEWPOINT AND TEMPERATURE FORECASTS SHOW THAT RIDGE TOP RH RECOVERIES MAY DROP TO 35 TO 45% IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME SITES MAY, THEREFORE, NEAR RED FLAG CRITERIA. AT THIS POINT SUSPECT IT IS LIKELY TO BE JUST THE HIGHEST RAWS AT ONION MOUNTAIN THAT GETS BOTH THE LOW RH AND WIND AT THE SAME TIME TO REACH CRITERIA. ON THE EXTREME END RED MOUND, QUAIL PRAIRIE, AND SLATER BUTTE COULD BE CLOSE. WHAT IS VERY INTERESTING IS THAT, WHILE THIS OFFSHORE FLOW IS GOING ON IN SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS, SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL BE SEEING CLOUDS AND INSTABILITY INCREASING AS A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW MEANDERS WEST OF MONTERREY. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL BEGINS IN OUR AREA FIRST IN MODOC COUNTY ON MONDAY MORNING AND THEN SPREADS SLOWLY NORTH AND WEST. EXPECT THAT IT IS MOST LIKELY TO TAKE UNTIL MONDAY EVENING TO SEE THE FIRST PIECE OF ENERGY EJECT NORTH FROM THE SIERRAS YIELDING A REALISTIC SHOT OF LIGHTING ACROSS MODOC AND LAKE COUNTIES. THE LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AS IT OPENS AND EJECTS INTO THE GENERAL FLOW. IT STILL APPEARS THAT THE PRIMARY WINDOW FOR SIGNIFICANT ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE FAVORED GFS40 INDICATES PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1 INCH DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THIS MEANS THAT STORMS IN THE HEART OF THE MOISTURE SURGE WILL BE CAPABLE OF WETTING RAINFALL, BUT, GIVEN PRECEDING HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS, NEW FIRE STARTS WILL AGAIN BE OF MAJOR CONCERN. THE WEST SIDE COULD GET INTO THE THUNDERSTORM ACTION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING IF SOUTHEAST FLOW IS STRONG ENOUGH TO ADVECT THE STORMS OVER THE SISKIYOUS. MODELS HAVE WAVERED SOME IN SHOWING THE UPPER LOW LINGERING OR SOME RENDITION OF A NEW UPPER TROUGH FOLDING IN AND KEEPING SOME THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AROUND LONGER. WHILE THIS IS POSSIBLE, THE LATEST 00Z RUNS OF THE GFS AND ECMWF APPEAR QUITE CONSISTENT IN FOCUSING THE THREAT IN THE SAID PERIOD. OF COURSE, THE LONGER THE LOW LINGERS IN THE AREA THE GREATER THE THREAT FOR RAIN BECOMES AS THE SYSTEM WOULD BE ABLE TO INGEST MORE MONSOONAL MOISTURE. EXPECT WE WILL NEED SOME FIRE WEATHER WATCHES FOR THIS EVENT BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. BTL && .MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. CA...NONE. PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...NONE. MAS/BTL/FJB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2:57 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 4 days | |
| Aug 17, 2:57 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 20 hr | |
| Aug 17, 2:57 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 4 days | |
| Aug 17, 2:57 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 20 hr | |
| Aug 17, 2:57 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 4 days | |
| Aug 17, 3:06 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Curry, Douglas, Harney, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 2 more | 68 hr |
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