Gale Warning 1, NWS Medford, OR

507 
WHUS76 KMFR 100010
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
410 PM PST THU JAN 9 2014

PZZ350-356-370-376-101315-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140110T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140110T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0001.140110T2100Z-140112T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0004.140110T2100Z-140112T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
410 PM PST THU JAN 9 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM
PST FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST
SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO
10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO
10 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM
FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY. 

* SEAS: WEST SWELL INCREASES THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH 
  HEAVY WEST SWELL BETWEEN 23 AND 25 FEET EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. 
  THIS WILL COMBINE WITH GALE DRIVEN WIND WAVES FRIDAY NIGHT 
  INTO SATURDAY TO BRING EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TO 
  THE COASTAL WATERS. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KT THIS EVENING BEFORE BRIEFLY 
  DIMINISHING FRIDAY MORNING. GALES 35 TO 40 KT ARE EXPECTED 
  FRIDAY NIGHT...PEAKING OUT NEAR 45 KT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: TODAY'S SMALL CRAFT WINDS WILL BE NORTH OF 
  CAPE FERRELO....WITH GALES FRIDAY OVER ALL THE WATERS. THE 
  STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE....SPREADING 
  TO ALL OF THE WATERS AS WESTERLY SWELL INCREASES THROUGH THE 
  WEEK. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYPG

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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR

871 
WHUS76 KMFR 101123
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
323 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014

PZZ356-110030-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140110T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0005.140110T1800Z-140111T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0001.140111T0000Z-140111T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0001.140111T0000Z-140111T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0004.140111T0000Z-140112T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
323 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST
SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM
PST SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE
GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM
PST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 11 TO 15 FEET AT 14 SECONDS ARE EXPECTED
  TODAY. SEAS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 FEET AS SWELL COMBINES WITH
  VERY STEEP AND LARGE WIND WAVES. THIS WILL BRING EXCEPTIONALLY
  DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TO THE COASTAL WATERS. THEN, SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, WIND WAVES WILL GRADUALLY
  DECREASE BUT REMAIN STEEP AND A HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL MOVE INTO
  THE WATERS WITH SEAS INCREASING TO 22 TO 27 FEET.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE THIS
  MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT TO 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS OF 50
  TO 60 KT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TONIGHT AND
  PERSIST INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT WINDS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS TODAY
  WITH GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  AND TONIGHT AND PERSISTING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE AREA
  OF STORM FORCE WINDS IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM 5 AND 15 NM FROM
  SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO. SMALL CRAFT SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL
  AREAS TODAY BECOMING VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYPG


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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

$$

PZZ350-370-376-110030-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140110T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0005.140110T1800Z-140111T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0001.140111T0000Z-140111T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0001.140111T0000Z-140112T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0004.140111T0000Z-140112T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
323 AM PST FRI JAN 10 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST
SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
PST SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE
GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
PST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 12 TO 15 FEET AT 14 SECONDS ARE EXPECTED
  TODAY. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT, SEAS WILL INCREASE TO
  NEAR 20 FEET AS SWELL COMBINES WITH VERY STEEP AND LARGE WIND
  WAVES. THIS WILL BRING EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TO THE
  COASTAL WATERS. THEN, DANGEROUS CONDITIONS CONTINUE SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, AS VERY STEEP WIND WAVES OF
  10 TO 15 FEET COMBINE WITH HEAVY WEST SWELL WITH SEAS REACHING
  24 TO 29 FEET.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT LATE THIS
  MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT REACHING GALE TO STORM FORCE
  WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 KT. THESE WINDS WILL
  PERSIST INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE BECOMING
  WEST GALES OF 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT WINDS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS TODAY
  WITH GALES TO STORM FORCE WINDS DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  AND TONIGHT AND PERSISTING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE AREA
  OF STORM FORCE WINDS IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM 5 AND 40 NM FROM
  SHORE AND NEAR ALL CAPES. SMALL CRAFT SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS
  TODAY BECOMING VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.


* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYPG


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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR

544 
WHUS76 KMFR 102230
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
230 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014

PZZ350-356-370-376-111130-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140111T0000Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0001.140110T2230Z-140112T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0004.140110T2230Z-140112T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0001.140110T2230Z-140111T1500Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
230 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY...
...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN UPGRADED...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN UPGRADED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS. THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST
SATURDAY. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM
PST SUNDAY.

* SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY SEAS OF 15 TO 17 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS
  AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 FEET BY TONIGHT AS SWELL
  COMBINES WITH VERY STEEP AND LARGE WIND WAVES. SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WIND WAVES WILL GRADUALLY
  DIMINISH BUT BUILDING HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL RESULT IN SEAS OF 24
  TO 28 FEET. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS: WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO 35
  TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 KT LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
  PEAK LATE TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY
  SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: STORM FORCE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM SHORE OUT
  TO 30 NM NEAR CAPE BLANCO AND TO THE NORTH...AND BETWEEN 5 AND
  10 NM FROM SHORE TO THE SOUTH. GALES WILL IMPACT ALL OTHER
  AREAS. VERY HEAVY AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
  ALL AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYPG

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR

024 
WHUS76 KMFR 102311 CCA
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
309 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014

PZZ350-356-370-376-111215-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140111T0000Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T0000Z/
/O.COR.KMFR.GL.W.0001.140110T2230Z-140112T0600Z/
/O.COR.KMFR.SE.W.0004.140110T2230Z-140112T2100Z/
/O.COR.KMFR.SR.W.0001.140110T2230Z-140111T1500Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
309 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY...
...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN UPGRADED...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN UPGRADED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS. THE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST
SATURDAY. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM
PST SUNDAY.

* SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY SEAS OF 15 TO 17 FEET AT 14 SECONDS THIS
  AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 FEET BY TONIGHT AS SWELL
  COMBINES WITH VERY STEEP AND LARGE WIND WAVES. SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WIND WAVES WILL GRADUALLY
  DIMINISH BUT BUILDING HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL RESULT IN SEAS OF 24
  TO 28 FEET. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS: WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO 35
  TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 KT LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
  PEAK LATE TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY
  SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: STORM FORCE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OUT TO 30 NM
  FROM SHORE NORTH OF PORT ORFORD...AND BETWEEN 5 AND 20 NM FROM
  SHORE TO THE SOUTH. GALES WILL IMPACT ALL OTHER AREAS. VERY
  HEAVY AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER ALL AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYPG

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR


BPN

647 
WHUS76 KMFR 111038
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
238 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014

PZZ350-356-370-376-112345-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140112T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1500Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
238 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING...

A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. A
GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY SEAS OF NEAR 20 FEET ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
  THIS MORNING AS SWELL COMBINES WITH VERY STEEP AND LARGE WIND
  WAVES. THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WIND WAVES WILL
  GRADUALLY DIMINISH BUT BUILDING HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL RESULT IN
  SEAS OF 23 TO 28 FEET. THESE HEAVY SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS
  EVENING AND TONIGHT. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH SUNDAY
  NIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 KT LATE
  ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE
  TODAY BUT SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WILL
  PERSIST FOR MANY AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.
  WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW GALES LATE THIS EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: STORM FORCE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OUT TO 30 NM
  FROM SHORE NORTH OF PORT ORFORD...AND BETWEEN 5 AND 20 NM FROM
  SHORE TO THE SOUTH. GALES WILL IMPACT ALL OTHER AREAS THROUGH
  EARLY THIS MORNING.  THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
  EVENING...EXPECT GALES TO MAINLY IMPACT AREAS NEAR CAPE BLANCO
  NORTHWARD TO FLORENCE AS WELL AS LOCATIONS BEYOND 10 NM FROM
  SHORE FROM CAPE SEBASTIAN TO CAPE BLANCO. HEAVY AND STEEP
  HAZARDOUS SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER ALL AREAS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYPG

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL
VESSELS. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR

485 
WHUS76 KMFR 111458
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
658 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014

PZZ350-356-370-376-120400-
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/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140112T2100Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
658 AM PST SAT JAN 11 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
...STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE GALE
WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY. 


* SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY SEAS OF 14 TO 18 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO
  INCREASE TO 23 TO 28 FEET BY THIS EVENING AS BUILDING WEST SWELL
  COMBINES WITH VERY STEEP WIND WAVES. WIND WAVES WILL LOWER
  TONIGHT BUT HEAVY SWELL WILL CONTINUE WITH LARGE SEAS PERSISTING
  TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WILL
  PERSIST FOR MANY AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.
  WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW GALES LATE THIS EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...EXPECT GALES
  TO MAINLY IMPACT AREAS NEAR CAPE BLANCO NORTHWARD TO FLORENCE AS
  WELL AS LOCATIONS BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE FROM CAPE SEBASTIAN TO
  CAPE BLANCO. HEAVY AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
  ALL AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYPG


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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR

878 
WHUS76 KMFR 112241
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
241 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014

PZZ356-121145-
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/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0006.140111T2241Z-140112T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140112T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.140112T2100Z-140114T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
241 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM
SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
...GALE WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN
DOWNGRADED. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM
PST SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 15 TO 17 FEET THIS
  AFTERNOON WILL TRANSITION THIS EVENING TO VERY HEAVY SEAS OF 20
  TO 24 FEET AT 15 SECONDS DUE TO BUILDING WESTERLY SWELL. WIND
  WAVES WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BUT HEAVY SWELL WILL CONTINUE INTO
  SUNDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH SUNDAY...BUT WILL
  REMAIN STEEP THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 KT. WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT AREAS
  NORTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN. HEAVY AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS CAN BE
  EXPECTED OVER ALL AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYPG

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.

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.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140112T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140112T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.140112T2100Z-140114T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
241 PM PST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST
TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM
SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST
TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 15 TO 18 FEET THIS
  AFTERNOON WILL TRANSITION THIS EVENING TO VERY HEAVY SEAS OF 23
  TO 26 FEET AT 15 SECONDS DUE TO BUILDING WESTERLY SWELL. WIND
  WAVES WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BUT HEAVY SWELL WILL CONTINUE INTO
  SUNDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH SUNDAY...BUT WILL
  REMAIN STEEP THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT WILL
  PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
  DECREASE BELOW GALES LATE THIS EVENING...BECOMING WEST AT 25 TO
  30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN
  GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF
  A LINE FROM WINCHESTER BAY TO A POINT 4O NM WEST OF CAPE BLANCO.
  ALL OTHER AREAS CAN EXPECT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. WINDS
  WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AND RETREAT TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING.
  HEAVY AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER ALL AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYPG

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.

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.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
306 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014

.DISCUSSION...EVERYTHING LOOKS TO REMAIN ON TRACK CONCERNING THE
UPCOMING STORM SYSTEM THIS WEEKEND...AND THE WEAKER SYSTEM DUE IN
TODAY. MODELS ARE IN RATHER GOOD AGREEMENT...SO HAVE INCREASED
CONFIDENCE IN MANY ASPECTS OF THE FORECAST. HAVE OPTED TO ISSUE
HIGH WIND WATCHES FOR THE COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE DUE
TO THIS INCREASED CONFIDENCE...AND THE DETAILS OF THESE WILL BE
DISCUSSED BELOW.

CURRENTLY...SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER THE CASCADES AND MANY AREAS WITHIN
THE WEST SIDE. WINDS ALSO REACHED ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER PORTIONS
OF LAKE AND KLAMATH COUNTIES LATE LAST NIGHT...AND HAVE REMAINED
THERE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE WINDS
SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...BUT SHOULD THEY
CONTINUE...THE ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BY A FEW HOURS.
SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING...BUT
WILL RETURN IN FULL FORCE LATER TODAY AS A STRONG WARM FRONT
PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA AND OVERRUNNING BEGINS IN EARNEST. THE WARM
FRONT WILL ALSO ACT TO PUSH UP SNOW LEVELS...FROM AROUND 3500 FEET
THIS MORNING TO OVER 6000 FEET THIS EVENING. UNTIL THAT
TIME...SNOW WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LONG WAVE RIDGING WILL THEN TAKE CONTROL OF THE
AREA...WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND DECREASED PRECIPITATION
CHANCES EXPECTED FRIDAY.

THE RIDGE WILL SLIDE QUICKLY EAST FRIDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING THE MAIN
EVENT TO PUSH TOWARDS THE FORECAST AREA. THIS TROUGH HAS BECOME MORE
VIGOROUS WITH EACH PASSING MODEL RUN...AND ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT
THIS WILL BE A STRONG WET SEASON STORM FOR OUR AREA. PRIMARY
CONCERNS WILL BE WIND...RAIN/SNOW...AND EXTREMELY STRONG SURF
CONDITIONS...AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.
PRIMARY CONCERNS WILL LIE WITH THE WIND SPEEDS. AT THE COAST...MODEL
SOLUTIONS...IN PARTICULAR THE NAM...ARE PRODUCING A COASTAL JET
FEATURE WITH BOUNDARY LAYER WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. THIS
WILL LIKELY LEAD TO VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST...ESPECIALLY
OVER HEADLANDS AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS. FOR THE EAST SIDE...WIND
SPEEDS AT 700 MB ARE APPROACHING 75 MPH IN BOTH THE EC AND GFS
SOLUTIONS. FORECAST GRADIENTS HAVE INCREASED AS WELL. LATE LAST
NIGHT...FORECAST GRADIENTS BETWEEN RDM AND RDD WERE AROUND -8
MB...AND WERE PRODUCING WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH NEAR SUMMER LAKE. FOR
THIS WEEKEND...GRADIENTS WILL BE HALF AGAIN OR DOUBLE THOSE VALUES.
FOR THESE REASONS...HAVE OPTED TO ISSUE A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR BOTH
AREAS...ANTICIPATING THAT A HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE NECESSARY
LATER THIS WEEK.

WHILE LESS OF AN IMPACT...THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO PRODUCE QUITE A BIT
OF PRECIPITATION. WITH A TROPICAL MOISTURE SOURCE FEEDING INTO THE
REGION...THERE IS GOOD REASON TO SUSPECT THAT RAINFALL RATES WITHIN
THE AREA WILL BE HEAVY. HOWEVER...THE SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH RATHER
QUICKLY...SO PRECIPITATION TOTALS WILL BE LIMITED. SNOW LEVELS WILL
INITIALLY BEGIN NEAR 8000 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL QUICKLY DROP
TO BELOW 4000 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. WE CAN THEREFORE EXPECT SOME
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN THE CASCADES AND OTHER HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...WITH MOUNTAIN PASSES POSSIBLY RECEIVING SEVERAL INCHES
BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION WINDS DOWN. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY AS ANOTHER WARM FRONT MOVES IN.

FROM MONDAY ONWARD...THE STRONG EAST PACIFIC RIDGE RETURNS...AND ALL
SIGNS POINT TO IT REMAINING IN CONTROL FOR MUCH...IF NOT ALL...OF
NEXT WEEK. THE RESULT WILL BE OFFSHORE FLOW...WITH SIGNIFICANT DRYING
AND WARMING ACROSS THE AREA. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE WILL BE THE
VALLEYS...WHICH CAN EXPECT THE RETURN OF INVERSIONS...LIMITED
MIXING...AND OF COURSE...OVERNIGHT AND MORNING FOG. -BPN

&&

.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 09/06Z TAF CYCLE...WITH A 100+ KNOT
NORTHWEST JET STREAM MOVING OVER THE AREA AND ONE SHORTWAVE TROUGH
BELOW IT RUNNING ONTO THE HEALS OF THE NEXT...WE HAVE HAD A REPORT
OF SEVERE TURBULENCE OVER MEDFORD AT FLIGHT LEVEL 8500 FEET LAST
EVENING. ALSO HAD A REPORT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE ICING EARLIER
OVER MONTAGUE. CONDITIONS FOR ICING TO LESSEN SOME EARLY THIS
MORNING AS MID LEVEL MOISTURE DIMINISHES...BUT THE THREAT FOR
TURBULENCE IS LIKELY TO REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD AS
ONE FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND REPLACED BY THE NEXT WHILE THE JET
STREAM HOLDS OVER US.

HAVE BACKED OFF ON REDUCTIONS IN CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES THROUGH
THE MORNING FROM THE PREVIOUS TAF ISSUANCE AS IT APPEARS THAT
THERE WILL BE NO BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST. HIGH CLOUDS FROM THE NEXT
SYSTEM ARE ALREADY OVERSPREADING THE TAIL END OF THE CURRENT
FRONTAL SYSTEM. THUS...EXPECT VALLEY CEILINGS TO MOSTLY REMAIN IFR
TO MVFR OVERNIGHT RATHER THAN LOWER. ON THURSDAY...CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES SHOULD COME UP QUICKLY TO VFR IN THE MORNING...BUT A
WARM FRONT PUSHING IN DURING THE LATER AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS
LIKELY TO RESULT IN MVFR AND IFR PUSHING ONTO THE COAST AND THEN
INLAND. -BTL

&&

.MARINE...WIND WAVES COMBINED WITH INCREASING WESTERLY SWELL WILL
CREATE CHAOTIC HAZARDOUS SEAS NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO. WESTERLY SWELL
CONTINUES TO INCREASE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH
ANOTHER...MUCH STRONGER...FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. GALES AND VERY STEEP DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED
DURING THIS TIME FRAME....WITH GUSTS POSSIBLE REACHING STORM
STRENGTH POSSIBLE BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH AT THIS TIME AND WILL
KEEP AT STRONG GALES. EXTREMELY LARGE SWELLS BEHIND THE FRONT WITH
SEAS POTENTIALLY REACHING 25 FT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. -SVEN

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM
     PST FRIDAY FOR ORZ021-022.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR ORZ021-022.
     HIGH SURF WARNING FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY FOR
     ORZ021-022.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR ORZ030-031.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
     FOR ORZ030-031.

CA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
     FOR CAZ085.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 1 PM
     THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY FOR
     PZZ350-356-370-376.
     GALE WARNING FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY FOR
     PZZ350-356-370-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY
     FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.

BPN/BTL/SBN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
308 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014

CAZ080>085-ORZ021>031-100015-
WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST-
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA...
WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE...
DORRIS...ALTURAS...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT...BANDON...
PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH...
DRAIN...ELKTON...ROSEBURG...SUTHERLIN...GREEN...MYRTLE CREEK...
CANYONVILLE...GLENDALE...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION...
STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE...
CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...
SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY...
CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW
308 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...RAIN...AND SNOW
   THIS WEEKEND...

AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
ONSHORE SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MOST
PROMINENT FEATURES OF THIS SYSTEM...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW IN THE CASCADES AND HEAVY SURF ALONG THE COAST.

GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT...WHILE WINDS ALONG THE COAST...OVER THE SISKIYOUS
AND CASCADES...AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE COULD APPROACH
50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

THE SYSTEM WILL BE VERY WET...WITH A TROPICAL MOISTURE CONNECTION.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION
WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BE ABOVE
5000 FEET...BUT WILL DROP TO BELOW 4000 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING.
THIS SYSTEM MAY BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO THE HIGHER
MOUNTAIN PASSES.

HEAVY SURF WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST SATURDAY. BREAKER HEIGHTS MAY
EXCEED 30 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE. JETTIES AND PIERS WILL BE
OCCASIONALLY INUNDATED...AND THERE WILL BE SNEAKER WAVES ALONG
THE BEACHES AS WELL.

STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AS
THIS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES.

BPN