Gale Warning 23, NWS Medford, OR

648 
WHUS76 KMFR 202216
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
316 PM PDT TUE MAY 20 2014

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0032.140521T0000Z-140522T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
316 PM PDT TUE MAY 20 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
THURSDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40
  KT IN THE SOUTHERN OUTER PORTION OF THE WATERS.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 10 FEET.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT AT LEAST SMALL CRAFT 
  ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS...WITH GALES AND VERY STEEP AND 
  HAZARDOUS SEAS BEYOND 8 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 

* TIMING: WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT THEN
  INCREASE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE AT THEIR
  HIGHEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE 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.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

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

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0032.140521T0000Z-140522T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
316 PM PDT TUE MAY 20 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
THURSDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT FRIDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25
  KT IN THE NORTHERN PORTION.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT AT LEAST SMALL CRAFT 
  ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS...WITH GALES AND VERY STEEP AND 
  HAZARDOUS SEAS BETWEEN 10 AND 50 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD 
  BEACH. 

* TIMING: WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT THEN
  INCREASE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE AT THEIR
  HIGHEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE 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.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

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

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
316 PM PDT TUE MAY 20 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH AT 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. WINDS WILL
  BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* SEAS: CHOPPY WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED 
  BETWEEN 5 AND 30 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO. ALL AREAS 
  WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP AND CHOPPY SEAS. 

* 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.

&&

$$
DW

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601 
WHUS76 KMFR 210946
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
246 AM PDT WED MAY 21 2014

PZZ356-376-220000-
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/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0062.000000T0000Z-140523T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140522T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0032.000000T0000Z-140522T1200Z/
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-
246 AM PDT WED MAY 21 2014

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

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND SEAS ARE NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11
PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING...RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE
  EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET EXCEPT LOCALLY
  UP TO 14 FEET SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. SEAS DIMINISH TONIGHT BUT
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE AT LEAST SMALL CRAFT 
  ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS...WITH GALES AND VERY STEEP AND 
  HAZARDOUS SEAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. 

* TIMING: WINDS AND SEAS HAVE DECREASED TEMPORARILY THIS MORNING
  BUT WILL RISE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK THIS EVENING...THEN
  DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

* 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.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

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

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
246 AM PDT WED MAY 21 2014

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

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH AT 15 TO 20 KT THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 20
  TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING.
  GUSTS MAY REACH GALE FORCE 35 KT IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO
  THIS EVENING.

* SEAS: CHOPPY WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...HOWEVER THE
  STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF CAPE
  ARAGO BETWEEN 2 AND 30 NM OFFSHORE.

* TIMING: WINDS AND SEAS HAVE DECREASED TEMPORARILY THIS MORNING
  BUT WILL RISE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK THIS EVENING...THEN
  DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$


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984 
WHUS76 KMFR 212159
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
259 PM PDT WED MAY 21 2014

PZZ356-376-221100-
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/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-140523T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0062.000000T0000Z-140523T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0032.000000T0000Z-140522T1200Z/
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-
259 PM PDT WED MAY 21 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
THURSDAY...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT GUSTS TO 40 KT LASTING THROUGH THE
  EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY TONIGHT TO 20 TO 25 KT
  BEFORE INCREASING THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 30 KT.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 13 FEET PEAKING THIS
  EVENING. SEAS DIMINISH TONIGHT BUT REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH
  FRIDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE AT LEAST SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS...WITH GALES AND VERY STEEP AND
  HAZARDOUS SEAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE 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.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

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

&&

$$

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
259 PM PDT WED MAY 21 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY...

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

* WINDS: NORTH AT 20 TO 25 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING AND GUSTS MAY
  REACH GALE FORCE 35 KT IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. WINDS
  WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT THURSDAY MORNING. 

* SEAS: CHOPPY WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED...HOWEVER THE
  STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF CAPE
  ARAGO BETWEEN 5 AND 40 NM OFFSHORE.

* 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.

&&

$$


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
807 PM PDT MON MAY 19 2014

.UPDATE...SHOWERS ARE CONTINUING ACROSS INLAND AREAS THIS EVENING
AS A LOW ALONG THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST CONTINUES TO BRING
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTO THE AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE MAINLY OCCURRED  NEAR THE CASCADES EARLY THIS EVENING.
OVERALL THE ATMOSPHERE IS STABILIZING THOUGH AND THE CHANCE FOR
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS LOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE
EVENING. HAVE UPDATED POPS OVER THE AREA TO INCREASE SHOWERS
THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING IN JACKSON COUNTY AND WESTERN JOSEPHINE
COUNTY WHERE BANDS OF SHOWERS ARE ROTATING THROUGH. EXPECT THE
BEST SHOWER ACTIVITY THIS EVENING IN KLAMATH, EASTERN DOUGLAS,
JACKSON, WESTERN JOSEPHINE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN LAKE AND MODOC COUNTIES AS WELL.

SHOWERS ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER
THE AREA AS THE LOW SHIFTS FURTHER SOUTH TONIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...BASED ON 20/00Z TAF ISSUANCE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH A COOL UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
OVERHEAD. BRIEF MVFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY UNTIL 06Z...AND
ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...THE EAST SIDE...AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE CASCADES.  TERRAIN
OBSCURATIONS WILL BE COMMON IN THESES AREAS AS WELL. MVFR CIGS
WILL RETURN TO THE COAST THIS EVENING AND SPREAD INTO THE UMPQUA
BASIN TONIGHT WITH CLEARING TO VFR AGAIN AROUND 16Z TUESDAY
MORNING.  -BPN/CC

&&

.MARINE...UPDATED 19/1430 PDT...LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
SOUTH OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...EXPECT SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS
AND CHOPPY SEAS. A THERMAL TROUGH AND OFFSHORE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
DEVELOP TUESDAY...RESULTING IN MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS AND
STEEP WIND-DRIVEN SEAS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS. MODELS AND PRESSURE GRADIENT FORECASTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY
SUGGESTED GALE FORCE WINDS AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS IN WATERS
SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. HAVE ISSUED A GALE WATCH AND HAZARDOUS SEAS
WATCH FOR THIS AREA. ALL OTHER AREAS CAN EXPECT STRONG SMALL CRAFT
WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH THURSDAY. AT THAT TIME...WINDS AND SEAS
WILL DIMINISH AS THE THERMAL TROUGH WEAKENS. AFTER A RELATIVELY
QUIET WEEKEND...A WEAK FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE WATERS
EARLY NEXT WEEK. -BPN

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 232 PM PDT MON MAY 19 2014/

SHORT TERM...THE WEATHER PATTERN HAS BECOME ACTIVE ACROSS MOST OF
THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A
WEEK...COURTESY OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT IS SWINGING INTO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THE OFFSHORE WATERS. THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN FOCUSED OVER SOUTHERN LAKE...KLAMATH...AND MODOC
COUNTIES TODAY SO FAR...BUT STORMS ARE FORMING OVER SISKIYOU AND
KLAMATH COUNTIES NOW AND WILL LIKELY IMPACT JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE
COUNTIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS ARE LIGHTNING...SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. CURRENT MODEL DATA FROM
THE RAP13 AND HRRR 3KM SUGGESTS THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OVER THE
SISKIYOUS AND CASCADES AROUND 3PM AND THEN PUSH INTO THE ROGUE
VALLEY AROUND 4 TO 5 PM.  OF COURSE WE CAN'T TAKE THESE MODELS
VERBATIM...BUT THIS PROVIDES A GOOD IDEA OF THE SPATIAL EVOLUTION
AND MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS.

TONIGHT...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH WEST OF THE
CASCADES AND THEY WILL BE FOCUSED OVER EASTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN LAKE AND KLAMATH COUNTIES AS THE UPPER LOW SHIFTS TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST. HERE...A DEFORMATION ZONE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE
LOW COULD SUSTAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE LOW
WILL BE SLOW ENOUGH TO MOVE OUT THAT SHOWERS COULD AFFECT EASTERN
SISKIYOU AND MODOC COUNTIES ON TUESDAY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.

AREAS AWAY FROM MODOC AND EASTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE
A WARMING AND DRYING TREND FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THAT WILL
BRING TEMPERATURES UP TO ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY
THURSDAY. THE CURRY COUNTY COAST IN PARTICULAR WILL SEE WELL ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY DUE TO MODERATE OFFSHORE EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS.

LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE OPERATIONAL EC AND GFS
ARE IN SIMILAR AGREEMENT ON FRIDAY, THEN THEY BEGIN TO DIVERGE
FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE EC SHOWS AN UPPER RIDGE
BUILDING NEAR 130W SATURDAY, THEN THE RIDGE AXIS BUILDS INTO THE
PAC NW SUNDAY IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER TROUGH DIGGING OUT NEAR
140W. THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN ON MONDAY AS THE ABOVE MENTION UPPER
TROUGH PUSHES EAST AND WEAKENS AT THE SAME TIME. IN CONTRAST...THE
GFS SHOWS A WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH A STRONGER UPPER LOW IN
THE GULF OF ALASKA ON SATURDAY...TRACKING IT TOWARDS VANCOUVER
ISLAND BY SUNDAY EVENING THEN MOVING SOUTH INTO OREGON/WASHINGTON
MEMORIAL DAY. OF NOTE, THE PREVIOUS GFS RUN WAS SIMILAR TO THE EC
AND THE RMOP GUIDANCE FOR NEXT WEEKEND SHOWS A LOW PROBABILITY AND
PREDICTABILITY OF THE STRONGER TROUGH. THEREFORE CONFIDENCE IN THE
GFS SOLUTION IS LOW AND WE'LL BE LEANING TOWARDS THE EC SOLUTION,
THUS KEPT POPS LOW IN THE EXTENDED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILDER
BUT WERE NOT EXPECTING ANY HEAT WAVE. MOST LIKELY THEY WILL BE
NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. -PETRUCELLI

&&

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

CA...NONE.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
     PZZ356-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM PDT
     WEDNESDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
     WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR PZZ356-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 8
     AM PDT FRIDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM PDT
     THURSDAY FOR PZZ376.

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