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Gale Warning 29, NWS Medford, OR

August 17, 2013

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-
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/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.

&&

$$

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/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.

&&

$$

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/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
10 follow-up statements
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

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