Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2014

Gale Warning 19, NWS Medford, OR

April 9, 2014

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Apr 9, 2014, 2:36 PM PDT. It took effect at Apr 10, 2014, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 54 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
Apr 9, 2014, 2:36 PM PDT (21:36 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2014, 5:00 PM PDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2014, 11:03 PM PDT
In force
54 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

891 
WHUS76 KMFR 092136
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 PM PDT WED APR 9 2014

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/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0019.140411T0000Z-140413T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
236 PM PDT WED APR 9 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT
SATURDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 9 TO 12 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 13
  TO 14 FEET BEFORE DECREASING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT.
  WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT BUT EXPECT SMALL
  CRAFT WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY 
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY BETWEEN 5 AND 50 NM FROM 
  SHORE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS...
  ALTHOUGH WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN SHELTERED WATERS 
  BETWEEN PORT ORFORD AND GOLD BEACH...AND SOUTH OF BROOKINGS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

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.

&&

$$

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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-
236 PM PDT WED APR 9 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT SATURDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 9 TO 11 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 12
  FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DECREASING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY BETWEEN 5 AND 50 NM FROM SHORE.
  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS... ALTHOUGH
  WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN SHELTERED WATERS BETWEEN PORT
  ORFORD AND GOLD BEACH...AND SOUTH OF BROOKINGS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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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8 follow-up statements
613 
WHUS76 KMFR 100915
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
215 AM PDT THU APR 10 2014

PZZ376-102215-
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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0019.140411T0000Z-140413T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
215 AM PDT THU APR 10 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 PM PDT SATURDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 9 TO 12 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 
  13 TO 14 FEET BEFORE DECREASING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. 
  WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT BUT EXPECT SMALL 
  CRAFT WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS SOUTH.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

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.

&&

$$

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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-
215 AM PDT THU APR 10 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 9 TO 11 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 
  12 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DECREASING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY 
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY BETWEEN 5 AND 50 NM FROM 
  SHORE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS... 
  ALTHOUGH WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN SHELTERED WATERS BETWEEN 
  PORT ORFORD AND GOLD BEACH...AND SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
300 
WHUS76 KMFR 102135
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
235 PM PDT THU APR 10 2014

PZZ376-111045-
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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0019.140411T0000Z-140413T0000Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
235 PM PDT THU APR 10 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 PM PDT SATURDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 9 TO 12 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 13
  TO 15 FEET BEFORE DECREASING TO 8 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. 
  WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT BUT EXPECT SMALL 
  CRAFT WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY 
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS SOUTH. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

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.

&&

$$

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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-
235 PM PDT THU APR 10 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 9 TO 11 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 12
  FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DECREASING TO 7 TO 8 FEET SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY 
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY BETWEEN 5 AND 50 NM FROM 
  SHORE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS... 
  ALTHOUGH WEAKER WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN SHELTERED WATERS BETWEEN 
  PORT ORFORD AND GOLD BEACH...AND SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
886 
WHUS76 KMFR 110953
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
253 AM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
253 AM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 11 FEET...INCREASING THE
  NEXT TWO AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS TO 10 TO 13 FEET. SEAS LOWER TO 6 TO
  8 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS MORNING AND SATURDAY MORNING...INCREASING
  TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT DURING THE NEXT TWO
  AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. WINDS DIMINISH SHARPLY TO LESS THAN 15
  KT SUNDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALMOST ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS...WITH LOWER...STEEP SEAS EXPECTED NORTH OF
  GOLD BEACH WITHIN 2NM FROM SHORE. NORTH GALES WILL AFFECT MOST
  OF THE WATERS EXCEPT LOWER WINDS EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH
  WITH 2NM FROM SHORE AND FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
253 AM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 9 TO 13 FEET BEFORE DECREASING
  TO LESS THAN 10 FEET SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 KT.
  WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SATURDAY NIGHT...DECREASING TO 20
  KT OR LESS BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WINDS WILL AFFECT ALL
  AREAS...WITH GALES AFFECTING PREDOMINANTLY THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF
  OF THE ZONE. ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS
  SEAS...WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF
  THE ZONE TONIGHT.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

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.

&&

$$

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/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140412T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
253 AM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 10 FEET...DECREASING TO 6
  TO 9 FEET TONIGHT.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
  ZONE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-112300-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140412T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
253 AM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 10 FEET...DECREASING TO 7
  TO 9 FEET TONIGHT.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY AROUND CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND
  2NM FROM SHORE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL
  AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$

SK
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
010 
WHUS76 KMFR 112135
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
235 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

PZZ356-121200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
235 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 12 TO 14 FEET. 

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING HOURS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BOTH DECREASE LATE NIGHT
  THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BETWEEN BROOKINGS AND GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 2 MILES FROM SHORE.
  WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LIGHTER NEAR SHORE...ESPECIALLY IN THE
  VICINITY OF BROOKINGS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-121200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
235 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SUNDAY...

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 PM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 12 TO 14 FEET. 

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING HOURS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BOTH DECREASE LATE NIGHT
  THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-121200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140412T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
235 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

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 PM PDT SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 10 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY 
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE 
  ZONE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. 

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING HOURS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BOTH DECREASE LATE NIGHT
  THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-121200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140412T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
235 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 10 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY 
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE 
  ZONE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. 

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING HOURS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BOTH DECREASE LATE NIGHT
  THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR
944 
WHUS76 KMFR 120554
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1054 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

PZZ356-121900-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.140412T0600Z-140413T1200Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0024.140412T0600Z-140413T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
1054 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 12 TO 14 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING HOURS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BOTH DECREASE LATE 
  NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MORNING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL
  OCCUR BETWEEN BROOKINGS AND GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 2 MILES 
  FROM SHORE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LIGHTER NEAR SHORE...
  ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF BROOKINGS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H


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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-121900-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.140412T0600Z-140414T0600Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0024.140412T0600Z-140413T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1054 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. 


* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 12 TO 14 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING HOURS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BOTH DECREASE LATE 
  NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MORNING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL
  OCCUR SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H


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.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-121900-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140412T0600Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140414T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.140412T0600Z-140414T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1054 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT SUNDAY.


* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 10 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY 
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE 
  ZONE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING HOURS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BOTH DECREASE LATE 
  NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MORNING. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H


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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-121900-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140412T0600Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-140413T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.140412T0600Z-140413T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
1054 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT SUNDAY.


* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 10 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY 
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE 
  ZONE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING HOURS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BOTH DECREASE LATE 
  NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MORNING. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H


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.

&&

$$

BTL

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877 
WHUS76 KMFR 120953
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
253 AM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

PZZ370-122300-
/O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
253 AM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 10 FEET...LOWERING BELOW 8
  FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35
  KT...DIMINISHING BELOW 20 KT SUNDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION
  OF THE ZONE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING HOURS. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-122300-
/O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
253 AM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 10 FEET...DECREASING TO
  LESS THAN 8 FEET LATE TONIGHT.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35
  KT...DECREASING TO LESS THAN 20 KT TONIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY AROUND CAPE BLANCO. SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING HOURS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-376-122300-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
253 AM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING 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 UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING 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 GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 10 TO 13 FEET...DECREASING TO 10
  FEET OR LESS BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING HOURS.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BETWEEN POINT SAINT GEORGE AND GOLD BEACH AND BEYOND 2 MILES
  FROM SHORE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LOWER NEAR SHORE...ESPECIALLY
  JUST TO THE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$

SK
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532 
WHUS76 KMFR 122103
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
203 PM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

PZZ356-376-131015-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140413T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0045.140413T0600Z-140413T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
203 PM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM
THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 10 TO 13 FEET...DECREASING TO 7
  TO 10 FEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT...DECREASING TO 20
  TO 30 KT TONIGHT.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BETWEEN POINT SAINT GEORGE AND GOLD BEACH AND FROM 2 TO 25 MILES
  FROM SHORE. WINDS AND SEAS MAY BE LOWER IMMEDIATELY NEAR SHORE...
  ESPECIALLY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS AND NORTH OF GOLD BEACH.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H



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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-131015-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
203 PM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM
PDT SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 10 FEET...LOWERING TO 7 TO
  9 FEET TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KT...
  DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT...THEN LOWERING BELOW 20 KT
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY 
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN 
  PORTION OF THE ZONE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT 
  ALL AREAS. 

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-131015-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
203 PM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...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 AM PDT SUNDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING 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 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 10 FEET...LOWERING TO 7 TO
  9 FEET TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KT...
  DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT...THEN LOWERING BELOW 20 KT
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS...WITH VERY 
  STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS LIKELY AROUND CAPE BLANCO. SMALL 
  CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. 

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H

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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126 
WHUS76 KMFR 130603
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1103 PM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

PZZ356-376-131800-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140413T1500Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0025.140413T0603Z-140413T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0050.140413T0603Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1103 PM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY.


* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 10 TO 13 FEET...DECREASING TO 
  7 TO 10 FEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  BETWEEN POINT SAINT GEORGE AND GOLD BEACH AND FROM 2 TO 25 MILES
  FROM SHORE. WINDS AND SEAS MAY BE LOWER IMMEDIATELY NEAR
  SHORE...ESPECIALLY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS AND NORTH OF
  GOLD BEACH.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H


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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-131800-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T0900Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SI.Y.0050.140413T0603Z-140413T0900Z/
/O.EXA.KMFR.SW.Y.0045.140413T0600Z-140413T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1103 PM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY.


* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 9 FEET TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT...THEN LOWERING BELOW 20 KT
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS. SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H


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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-131800-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-140413T0600Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-140413T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KMFR.SW.Y.0045.140413T0600Z-140413T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
1103 PM PDT SAT APR 12 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SUNDAY.


* SEAS: CHOPPY AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 9 FEET TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT...THEN LOWERING BELOW 20 KT
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT STEEP SEAS. SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/Z67H


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.

&&

$$

BTL

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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 Apr 9, 2:17 PM PDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:17 PM PDT, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
217 PM PDT WED APR 9 2014

.DISCUSSION...CURRENT VISIBLE IMAGE SHOWS CLOUD COVER IN DOUGLAS AND
PARTS OF COOS COUNTY AND CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT FROM NORTHEAST SISKIYOU
COUNTY TO SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY. THIS IS ALL DUE TO A DISSIPATING
FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA. AT THIS POINT WERE NOT EXPECTING ANY
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THROUGH THIS EVENING. COULD NOT RULE OUT A
COUPLE OF BRIEF SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN CASCADES LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING, BUT THAT SHOULD BE IT.

A RATHER QUIET PATTERN IS AHEAD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS OVER THE
AREA. EXPECT DRY AND MILDER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH
500MB HEIGHTS INCREASING AND TEMPERATURES AVERAGING 3-5 DEGREES
HIGHER COMPARED TO TODAY. AN UPPER LOW CENTERED NEAR 29N/140W WILL
SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL CAL BY FRIDAY EVENING, BUT THIS WILL
HAVE LITTLE OR NO EFFECT FOR US. THE EC AND GFS SHOW SOME QPF OUTPUT
SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA, BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR
ANY CONVECTIVE SHOWERS OR STORMS. THEREFORE REMOVED ANY CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION.

THE MODELS SHOW AND UPPER TROUGH MOVING SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST OREGON
SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING A DRY COOL FRONT AND
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING OFFSHORE WEST OF THE CASCADES. ANY
PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE TROUGH
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO
THE AREA SUNDAY WITH CONTINUED OFFSHORE FLOW AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES, AT LEAST WEST OF THE CASCADES. 850 MB TEMPS SUNDAY
COULD END UP BETWEEN 14-15C WHICH COULD PUT PARTS OF THE ROGUE
VALLEY NEAR OR IN THE LOWER 80S. FOR NOW WENT WITH 80 DEGREES IN
MEDFORD, BUT IT COULD END UP HIGHER.

THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST MONDAY WITH INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW. THE
GFS SHOWS SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK VIA QPF IN NORTHERN CAL AND EAST
OF THE CASCADES MONDAY AFTERNOON WHICH COULD BE DUE TO THE MODEL
SHOWING A STRONGER SHORTWAVE. THE EC REMAINS DRY AND WEAKER WITH THE
UPPER TROUGH. DECIDED TO ADJUST POPS DOWN, BUT STILL KEEP AT LEAST A
SLIGHT CHANCE MENTION.

THE EC AND GFS SHOW THE RIDGE BREAKING DOWN WITH A WESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT SETTING UP AFTER MONDAY WITH ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVING NORTH OF
THE AREA TUESDAY. HOWEVER THE MODELS DIVERGE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THE GFS DEPICTS A BAGGY TROUGH AND, THUS MORE QPF OVER
THE AREA. ON CONTRAST THE EC SHOWS MORE RIDGING AND SHOWS NOTHING
UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DECIDED TO GO WITH A A COMBINATION OF WHAT
HAVE ALREADY AND BLEND PART OF THE EC AND GFS SOLUTION. -PETRUCELLI

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL TERMINALS FOR THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER THERE IS A CHANCE THAT MVFR CIGS COULD FORM
AT KRBG BETWEEN 12-14Z. THIS IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE GUIDANCE OR
TAF, BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS.
-PETRUCELLI

&&

.MARINE...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN
STRONG THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL
BEGIN THIS MORNING FOR SEAS AND THIS AFTERNOON FOR WINDS. DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOONS...WINDS IN SOME AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF CAPE
BLANCO COULD APPROACH GALE FORCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN OUTER WATERS. CONSISTENT STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS WIND
DRIVEN SEAS. DUE TO THIS...THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT. ALL SIGNS POINT TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF NORTHERLY WINDS
AND VERY CHOPPY SEAS...THUS ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING.

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.

CA...NONE.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 5 PM PDT
     SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY
     FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
     PZZ350-356-370-376.
     GALE WARNING FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR PZZ376.

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