Small Craft Advisory 34, NWS Eureka, CA

047 
WHUS76 KEKA 172156
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
256 PM PDT THU APR 17 2014

PZZ475-172300-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-140417T2300Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
256 PM PDT THU APR 17 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY. 

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
457 AM PDT THU APR 17 2014

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING LIGHT RAIN TO AREAS
NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO TODAY. BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT
IN A MOSTLY DRY WEEKEND BEFORE A STRONGER SYSTEM IMPACTS NORTHWEST
CALIFORNIA WITH MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW BY THE FIRST
HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY AS THE W
COAST UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS E AND WEAKENS. A LARGE MASS OF LOW
CLOUDINESS IS EVIDENT ON IR FOG ENHANCEMENT SATELLITE PIX. THIS
CLOUDINESS WILL SPREAD INLAND TODAY...MAINLY N OF CAPE MENDO. LOW
CLOUDS EXTEND UP THE EEL RIVER VALLEY ALL THE WAY TO THE SE CORNER
OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY. THESE CLOUDS MAY ERODE BEFORE THE LARGER BANK
OF LOW CLOUDS PUSH INLAND. MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL
THICKEN TODAY AS WELL. PRECIP WILL BE LIGHT WITH THIS FRONT...WITH
AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ACROSS DEL NORTE AND N HUMBOLDT
COUNTIES...WITH PERHAPS A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF N DEL NORTE COUNTY.

ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL GRAZE THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND
WITH EVEN LIGHTER PRECIP EXPECTED...MAINLY ACROSS THE REDWOOD
COAST AND NORTH COAST INTERIOR.

MODELS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH A DIGGING TROF OVER THE W
UNITED STATES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BRING
A BETTER CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD PRECIP WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF AN
INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE IN THE N. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL SIGNIFICANTLY
WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IT DIGS AND SHIFTS E. THE GFS CONTINUES TO
INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDER AS WELL BY TUE
AFTERNOON. WILL BEGIN TO HIGHLIGHT THIS STORM SYSTEM IN THE
HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCTS LIKELY TO FOLLOW.
/SEC

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.AVIATION...VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS TO CALM
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT KCEC AND KACV THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING.  VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT
KCEC AND KACV THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT
WINDS TO CALM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT KUKI THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

&&

.MARINE...THE WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH
TODAY AS AN OFFSHORE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WEAKENS AND SHIFTS
WESTWARD. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN CANADA
THIS WEEKEND GENERATING ELEVATED WESTERLY SWELLS WHICH WILL
PROPAGATE ACROSS THE WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE
NECESSARY ACROSS ALL THE WATERS THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK DUE
TO THE LARGE WESTERLY SWELLS PROPAGATING ACROSS THE WATERS.

&&

.EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...NONE.
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING PZZ455-475.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
532 AM PDT THU APR 17 2014

CAZ001-002-181245-
REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST-
532 AM PDT THU APR 17 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO THE AREA DURING
THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AMOUNTS NORTH
OF CAPE MENDOCINO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA.

CAZ003-004-076-181245-
NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
532 AM PDT THU APR 17 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE
AREA DURING THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA.