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Gale Warning 13, NWS Portland, OR

March 4, 2014

NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Mar 4, 2014, 2:21 PM PST. It took effect at Mar 5, 2014, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 24 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
Mar 4, 2014, 2:21 PM PST (22:21 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 5, 2014, 1:00 PM PST
Expired
Mar 6, 2014, 1:00 PM PST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR

The text

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

506 
WHUS76 KPQR 042221
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
221 PM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

PZZ255-275-050630-
/O.UPG.KPQR.SI.Y.0027.140305T0600Z-140305T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0012.140305T0700Z-140305T1500Z/
/O.UPG.KPQR.SW.Y.0019.140305T0600Z-140305T2100Z/
/O.UPG.KPQR.GL.A.0007.140306T0000Z-140306T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0013.140305T2100Z-140306T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
221 PM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST
WEDNESDAY. GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY
TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. THIS IS AN UPGRADE FROM THE PREVIOUS GALE
WATCH.

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. STRONGEST WINDS
  BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. AFTER A LULL WEDNESDAY... EXPECT
  WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY LATE
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS MAY EASE SOME WEDNESDAY EVENING BUT
  A THIRD ROUND OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY
  MORNING. 

* SEAS: INCREASING TO 10 TO 11 FT LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY 
  WEDNESDAY. AFTER DIPPING BELOW 10 FT BRIEFLY WEDNESDAY...
  SEAS BUILD BACK TO THE UPPER TEENS...POSSIBLY NEAR 20 FT ON 
  THURSDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-270-050630-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0027.140305T0400Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0019.140305T0600Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.GL.A.0007.140306T0300Z-140307T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
221 PM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM
THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...A FEW GUSTS TO 35
  KT CLOSE TO SHORE LATE TONIGHT. AFTER A LULL WEDNESDAY... EXPECT
  WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT ON THURSDAY. 

* SEAS: INCREASING TO 10 TO 11 FT LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY 
  WEDNESDAY. AFTER DIPPING BELOW 10 FT BRIEFLY WEDNESDAY...SEAS 
  BUILD BACK TO THE UPPER TEENS...POSSIBLY NEAR 20 FT ON 
  THURSDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-050630-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0036.140305T0100Z-140305T0600Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0037.140305T1200Z-140305T1700Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
221 PM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM
TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS: 8 FT TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 10 FT NEAR DAYBREAK
  WEDNESDAY...THEN BACK TO 8 TO 9 FT ON WEDNESDAY.

* FIRST EBB: 11 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB AROUND 
  7 PM THIS EVENING. 

* SECOND EBB: 12 TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE EBB 
  AROUND 730 AM WEDNESDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
10 follow-up statements
088 
WHUS76 KPQR 050507
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
907 PM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

PZZ255-275-051315-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0012.140305T0700Z-140305T1500Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.140305T2100Z-140306T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
907 PM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM
PST THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A GALE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST
THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. STRONGEST WINDS
  BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. AFTER A LULL WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...EXPECT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 KT
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS MAY EASE SOME WEDNESDAY
  EVENING BUT A THIRD ROUND OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: INCREASING TO 10 TO 11 FT LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
  WEDNESDAY. AFTER DIPPING BELOW 10 FT BRIEFLY WEDNESDAY...SEAS
  BUILD BACK TO THE UPPER TEENS...POSSIBLY NEAR 20 FT ON THURSDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-270-051315-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0019.140305T0600Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.A.0007.140306T0300Z-140307T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
907 PM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30
  KT...A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT CLOSE TO SHORE LATE TONIGHT. AFTER A
  LULL WEDNESDAY...EXPECT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45
  KT ON THURSDAY.

* SEAS: INCREASING TO 10 TO 11 FT LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY 
  WEDNESDAY. AFTER DIPPING BELOW 10 FT BRIEFLY WEDNESDAY...SEAS 
  BUILD BACK TO THE UPPER TEENS...POSSIBLY NEAR 20 FT ON 
  THURSDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-051315-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-140305T0600Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0037.140305T1200Z-140305T1700Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
907 PM PST TUE MAR 4 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM
TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY. 

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS: 8 FT TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 10 FT NEAR DAYBREAK 
  WEDNESDAY...THEN BACK TO 8 TO 9 FT ON WEDNESDAY. 

* FIRST EBB: 11 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB AROUND 
  7 PM THIS EVENING. 

* SECOND EBB: 12 TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE EBB 
  AROUND 730 AM WEDNESDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
160 
WHUS76 KPQR 051039
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
239 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

PZZ250-270-051845-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KPQR.GL.W.0013.140306T0000Z-140307T0000Z/
/O.UPG.KPQR.GL.A.0007.140306T0300Z-140307T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
239 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING.

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 KT TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RISING TO 30 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT
  LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ255-275-051845-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140305T1500Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.140305T2100Z-140306T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
239 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. A
GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT TODAY AND THIS
  EVENING. WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT
  LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-051845-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0037.140305T1200Z-140305T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.RB.Y.0038.140306T0200Z-140306T0600Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
239 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* GENERAL SEAS: 8 FT TODAY...INCREASING TO 10 FT LATE TONIGHT.

* FIRST EBB: 12 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE STRONG EBB
  CURRENT AROUND 730 AM THIS MORNING.

* SECOND EBB: 12 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE EBB AROUND 745
  PM THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
783 
WHUS76 KPQR 051401
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
601 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

PZZ255-275-052215-
/O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140305T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0020.140305T1401Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KPQR.SI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140305T2100Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.140305T2100Z-140306T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
601 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO
BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 KT TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RISING TO 30 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT
  LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.


* SEAS: 10 FT WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS THIS MORNING.

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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 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 ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ250-270-052215-
/O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0020.140305T1401Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.140306T0000Z-140307T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
601 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
THIS MORNING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 KT TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RISING TO 30 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT 
  LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 

* SEAS: 10 FT WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS THIS MORNING.

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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 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 ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-052215-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-140305T1700Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0038.140306T0200Z-140306T0600Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
601 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
PST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* GENERAL SEAS: 8 FT TODAY...INCREASING TO 10 FT LATE TONIGHT.

* FIRST EBB: 12 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE STRONG EBB 
  CURRENT AROUND 730 AM THIS MORNING. 

* SECOND EBB: 12 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE EBB AROUND 
  745 PM THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
506 
WHUS76 KPQR 051649
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
849 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

PZZ210-060100-
/O.EXP.KPQR.RB.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-140305T1700Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0038.140306T0200Z-140306T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.RB.Y.0039.140306T1200Z-140307T0000Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
849 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM
PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM PST
THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR WILL EXPIRE AT
9 AM PST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* GENERAL SEAS: 8 FT TODAY...INCREASING TO 10 FT LATE
  TONIGHT...AND TO 12 FEET THURSDAY MORNING.

* FIRST EBB: 13 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE EBB AROUND 745
  PM THIS EVENING.

* SECOND EBB: 12 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 815 AM
  THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$

PZZ250-270-060100-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.140306T0000Z-140307T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
849 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4
PM PST THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM
PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 KT TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RISING TO 30 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT 
  LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 

* SEAS: 10 FT WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS THIS
  MORNING....BUILDING TO NEAR 18 FT TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-275-060100-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140305T2100Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-140305T1800Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.140305T2100Z-140306T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
849 AM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10
AM PST THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST THURSDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 KT TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RISING TO 30 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT 
  LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 

* SEAS: 10 FT WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS THIS
  MORNING...BUILDING TO NEAR 18 FT TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
660 
WHUS76 KPQR 052255
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
255 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

PZZ255-275-060700-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140306T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
255 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 30 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: 15 FT WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 13 SECONDS THIS EVENING
  BUILDING TO NEAR 20 FT TONIGHT

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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-270-060700-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.140306T0000Z-140307T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
255 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 KT TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS
  EVENING...RISING TO 30 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY.

* SEAS: 10 FEET...BUILDING TO 15 FT WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 13
  SECONDS THIS EVENING...AND BUILDING TO NEAR 20 FT BY EARLY
  THURSDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-060700-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0038.140306T0200Z-140306T0600Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0039.140306T1200Z-140307T0000Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
255 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM
TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* GENERAL SEAS: 7 TO 9 FT TONIGHT...BUILDING TO AROUND 12 FT EARLY
  THU MORNING.

* FIRST EBB: 10 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 745 PM
  THIS EVENING.

* SECOND EBB: 13 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 815 AM
  THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
140 
WHUS76 KPQR 060442
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
842 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014


PZZ250-270-061245-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140307T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
842 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS THROUGH
  THU MORNING. STRONGEST WIND FROM 2 AM THROUGH 8 AM. WIND WILL
  DECREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY THU AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: 12 TO 15 FEET TONIGHT...THEN 15 TO 19 FEET THU MORNING.
  SEAS EASING TO AROUND 12 FEET LATE THU NIGHT. DOMINANT PERIOD 10
  TO 12 SECONDS. PRIMARY SWELL DIRECTION SW THROUGH THU NIGHT. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-275-061245-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140306T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
842 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS THROUGH
  THU MORNING. A FEW GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT
  THROUGH EARLY THU MORNING. STRONGEST WIND OCCURRING 2 AM THROUGH
  8 AM. WIND DECREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS EARLY THU AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: AROUND 15 FEET...BUT BUILDING TO 16 TO 20 FEET LATE
  TONIGHT AND THU MORNING. DOMINANT PERIOD 10 TO 12 SECONDS WITH A
  SW TO W PRIMARY SWELL DIRECTION. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-061245-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-140306T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0039.140306T1200Z-140307T0400Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
842 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO
8 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM
TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* GENERAL SEAS: 7 TO 9 FEET TONIGHT...BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FEET
  EARLY THU MORNING. SEAS REMAINING AROUND 15 FEET THU MORNING
  THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 

* FIRST EBB: 11 FEET WITH BREAKERS THROUGH 10 PM ASSOCIATED WITH
  AN EBB THAT OCCURRED AROUND 745 PM THIS EVENING.

* SECOND AND THIRD EBBS: 15 FEET WITH BREAKERS DURING EBBS AROUND
  815 AM AND 830 PM THU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
743 
WHUS76 KPQR 061141
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
341 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014


PZZ250-061945-
/O.UPG.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140307T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SR.W.0006.140306T1141Z-140306T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
341 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE
GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 25 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55
  KNOTS THROUGH MID MORNING THU. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE IN THE
  AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 16 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE
  IN THE AFTERNOON. PRIMARY SWELL DIRECTION SW THROUGH THU NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE
SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND
CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS
AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ255-061800-
/O.UPG.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140306T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SR.W.0006.140306T1141Z-140306T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
341 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE
GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 25 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55
  KNOTS THROUGH MID MORNING THU. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE IN THE
  AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 16 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE
  IN THE AFTERNOON. PRIMARY SWELL DIRECTION SW THROUGH THU NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE
SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND
CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS
AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ270-275-061945-
/O.EXT.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140306T2100Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
341 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS 
  THROUGH THU MORNING. STRONGEST WIND FROM 2 AM THROUGH 8 AM. 
  WIND WILL DECREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY THU AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS: 16 TO 19 FEET THU MORNING. SEAS BEGINNING TO EASE IN THE
  AFTERNOON. DOMINANT PERIOD 10 TO 12 SECONDS. PRIMARY SWELL
  DIRECTION SW THROUGH THU NIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-061945-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0039.140306T1200Z-140307T0400Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
341 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
8 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PST THIS EVENING. 

* GENERAL SEAS: 12 TO 14 FEET THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

* FIRST EBB: 15 FEET WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 815 AM
  THU MORNING.

* SECOND EBB: 15 FEET WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 830 PM
  THU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
530 
WHUS76 KPQR 061607
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
807 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

PZZ270-275-062100-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140306T2100Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
807 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS THROUGH
  THIS MORNING. STRONGEST WIND THROUGH 10 AM TODAY. WIND WILL
  DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT.

* SEAS: 17 TO 20 FEET THIS MORNING. SEAS BEGINNING TO EASE IN THE
  AFTERNOON. DOMINANT PERIOD 10 TO 12 SECONDS. PRIMARY SWELL
  DIRECTION SW THROUGH THU NIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-255-061800-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140306T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
807 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 25 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS THROUGH
  MID MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE TO 20 TO
  25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 16 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO 
  EASE IN THE AFTERNOON. PRIMARY SWELL DIRECTION SW THROUGH THU 
  NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE
SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND
CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS
AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ210-070015-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-140307T0400Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
807 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
8 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PST THIS EVENING. 

* GENERAL SEAS: 12 TO 14 FEET THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

* FIRST EBB: 15 FEET WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 815 AM 
  THU MORNING. 

* SECOND EBB: 15 FEET WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 830 PM 
  THU. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
068 
WHUS76 KPQR 061758
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
958 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

PZZ250-255-062100-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SR.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140306T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KPQR.GL.W.0013.140306T1800Z-140306T2100Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
958 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 25 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS THROUGH
  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE
  TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: SEAS OF 16 TO 20 FT THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO EASE
  IN THE AFTERNOON. PRIMARY SWELL DIRECTION SW THROUGH THU NIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ270-275-062100-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140306T2100Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
958 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WIND 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS THROUGH
  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WILL DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
  TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT.

* SEAS: 17 TO 20 FEET THIS MORNING. SEAS BEGINNING TO EASE IN 
  THE AFTERNOON. DOMINANT PERIOD 10 TO 12 SECONDS. PRIMARY SWELL 
  DIRECTION SW THROUGH THU NIGHT. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-070200-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-140307T1800Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
958 AM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST FRIDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST FRIDAY. 

* GENERAL SEAS: 13 TO 15 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* FIRST EBB: 16 FEET WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 830 PM
  TONIGHT.

* SECOND EBB: 16 FEET WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 915 AM
  FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
631 
WHUS76 KPQR 062115
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
115 PM PST THU MAR 6 2014

PZZ270-275-070515-
/O.EXP.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140306T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0028.140306T2115Z-140307T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0021.140306T2115Z-140307T2200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
115 PM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM
PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
2 PM PST FRIDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH
  THE NIGHT.

* SEAS: 17 TO 20 FEET TODAY. SEAS WILL EASE OVERNIGHT...AND FALL
  BELOW 10 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DOMINANT PERIOD 12 TO 14
  SECONDS. PRIMARY SWELL DIRECTION SW THROUGH THU NIGHT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 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 ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ250-255-070515-
/O.EXP.KPQR.GL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140306T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0028.140306T2115Z-140307T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0021.140306T2115Z-140307T2200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
115 PM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM
PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
2 PM PST FRIDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH
  THE NIGHT.

* SEAS: 17 TO 20 FEET TODAY. SEAS WILL EASE OVERNIGHT...AND FALL
  BELOW 10 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DOMINANT PERIOD 12 TO 14
  SECONDS. PRIMARY SWELL DIRECTION SW THROUGH THU NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 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 ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-070515-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-140308T0000Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
115 PM PST THU MAR 6 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST FRIDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST FRIDAY. 

* GENERAL SEAS: 13 TO 15 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* FIRST EBB: 16 FEET WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 830 PM 
  TONIGHT. 

* SECOND EBB: 16 FEET WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 915 AM 
  FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND

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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 4, 9:21 AM PST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 9:21 AM PST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
920 AM PST TUE MAR  4 2014

.SYNOPSIS...SHOWERY WEATHER WITH RISING SNOW LEVELS TODAY. RAIN WILL
RETURN TOWARDS THIS EVENING. RAINY AND BREEZY TONIGHT THROUGH
THU...WITH RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES. WEATHER WILL QUIET DOWN THIS
WEEKEND...WITH DRIER MILD WEATHER ON TAP.

&&

.UPDATE...MINIMAL CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR TODAY. SHOWERS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH A PRIMARY EMPHASIS TOWARD THE
FAR NORTH. VALLEY WILL START RATHER SUNNY BUT SHOULD SEE SKIES FILL
IN SHORTLY AS WEAK INSTABILITY DEVELOPS. SHOWERS WILL MAINLY BE ON
THE ORDER OF A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS OR LESS, BUT SOME SHALLOW CAPE WILL
LEND TOWARD A SPOTTY HEAVIER SHOWER WITH POTENTIAL FOR ABOUT A TENTH
IF EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER JUST RIGHT. TEMPERATURE BUMPS UP BY
LAST SHIFT WILL PROBABLY WORK OUT OK BUT EARLY CLOUDS HERE ACROSS
THE FAR NORTH MAY THWART THAT EFFORT. GRIDS ARE ON THEIR WAY WITH
THE TEXT AVAILABLE SOON. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. STILL
ASSESSING WIND CONCERNS FOR THURSDAY. /JBONK

&&

.SHORT TERM...MILD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WILL HAVE SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS...MAINLY TO N OF A NEWPORT TO MT HOOD LINE. THIS
DUE TO ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OFFSHORE THAT WILL TRACK INTO
W WASHINGTON TODAY. WITH MILD AIR MASS IN PLACE...LOOKS REASONABLE
THAT WILL EASILY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S FOR HIGHS TODAY. MOS
GUIDANCE PUSHES INTO THE LOWER 60S. WILL EDGE TODAYS HIGHS INTO THE
LOWER 60S FOR INTERIOR...WITH WARMEST S OF SALEM.

NEXT SYSTEM STILL LURKING WELL TO THE SW...BUT WILL PUSH INTO THE
REGION THIS EVENING. STRONG WAVE NOW AT 35N 144W WILL MOVE RAPIDLY
TOWARDS VANCOUVER ISLAND TONIGHT AND EARLY WED. RAIN WILL INCREASE
LATER THIS EVENING. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 1 INCH AHEAD OF
THE FRONT. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO WED AM OVER
THE COAST AND COASTAL MTNS.

RAIN LETS UP A BIT MID DAY ON WED...BUT STRONGER SYSTEM FAST ON THE
HEELS WILL PUSH ANOTHER WARM FRONT N ACROSS THE AREA. MORE RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ARCH N ACROSS REGION LATE WED
AFTERNOON AND WED EVENING. DECENT PRES GRADIENT AT THAT TIME...WITH
GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH LIKELY ALONG THE COAST WED NIGHT.

STRONG LOW THAT IS DRIVING THIS WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH ON THU. GFS
IS MAKES LOW THE DEEPEST...AND SEEMS REASONABLE. ALL MODELS MOSTLY
AGREE WITH A STRONG LOW ABOUT 200 MILES OFF THE N OREGON COAST BY 4
AM THU. MODELS VARY IN DEGREES OF STRENGTH AND TRACKS...BUT PREFER
GFS TREND OF A FILLING LOW AS IT PUSHES INTO W WASHINGTON ON THU.
REGARDLESS OF THE ACTUAL TRACK OF THE LOW...THERE IS PLENTY OF
GRADIENT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WED NIGHT AND THU AM TO SUPPORT STRONG
SOUTH WINDS...WITH GUSTS 60 TO 75 MPH. WILL LIKELY NEED HIGH WIND
WATCH/WARNING FOR THAT TIME FRAME FOR THE COAST AND COAST MTNS...BUT
WILL DEFER DECISION TO DAY SHIFT.

PLENTY OF MOISTURE...AND WITH STRONG LIFT...WILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF
RAIN WED NIGHT AND THU AM. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ONSHORE LATER THU AM
WITH TRANSITION TO SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY TSTORMS. SNOW LEVELS WILL
DROP BACK TOWARDS 3500 TO 4000 FEET BY LATE THU AFTERNOON. ROCKEY.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...FAST WESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS BUILD
BRIEFLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT WILL
SLOWLY PUSH INTO THE REGION SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE A
TROPICAL MOISTURE TAP...SO ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE ECMWF WANTS TO BRING ANOTHER FRONT THROUGH THE REGION
MONDAY...HOWEVER THE GFS KEEPS THE ENERGY FARTHER NORTH WITH THE
SYSTEM ONLY CLIPPING THE AREA. BB
&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS AT INLAND TAF SITES FOR MOST OF THE DAY
AND EARLY EVENING TODAY. SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTH
OREGON COAST AND NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER INTO THE CASCADES WHICH
WILL BRING MVFR CONDITIONS. ALONG THE COAST MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY WITH OCCASIONAL VFR
CEILINGS MIXED IN AT TIMES. ORGANIZED RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE
REGION THROUGH THE EVENING AND TONIGHT. EXPECT A MIX OF MVFR AND IFR
AT THE COAST...WITH CONDITIONS EVENTUALLY GETTING TO MVFR INLAND
OVERNIGHT.

KPDX AND APPROACHES...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING. A PERIOD OF MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH
STEADIER RAIN. /KMD

&&

.MARINE...WESTERLY SWELL TODAY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST UNDER 10
FT TODAY...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND WED. WIND GUSTS EXPECTED
TO PICK UP WITH A WARM FRONT CROSSING THE WATERS LATE TONIGHT...
WHICH WITH WIND WAVES MAY DRIVE SEAS BACK ABOVE 10 FT FOR A TIME
LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. SMALL CRAFT CATEGORY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND WED MORNING...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF GALES
POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

A CONSIDERABLY STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH WED NIGHT
AND THU AS A STRONG LOW PRES SYSTEM TRACKS TOWARDS VANCOUVER ISLAND.
GALE FORCE WINDS APPEAR LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND THERE IS A
CHANCE THAT GUSTS MAY APPROACH STORM FORCE WITH THE COLD FRONT THU
MORNING AS A COASTAL JET SETS UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SEAS WILL BUILD
WED NIGHT AND THU IN RESPONSE TO THE WINDS...POTENTIALLY PEAKING IN
THE 16 TO 20 FT RANGE THU.  /KMD

&&

.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
WA...NONE.
PZ...GALE WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM
     PST WEDNESDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
     TO 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.

     GALE WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD OR TO
     FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
     10 PM PST THIS EVENING.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM PST
     WEDNESDAY.

&&

MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT..
    HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND

INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
    WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.PORTLAND.GOV
    WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSPORTLAND

THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM
THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 8:07 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarPQR26 hr
Mar 4, 2:29 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsPQR35 hr
Mar 4, 8:57 AM PSTGale WatchPQR18 hr
Mar 4, 8:57 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarPQR24 hr
Mar 4, 8:57 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPQR18 hr
Mar 4, 11:40 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchPQR22 hr
Mar 4, 2:21 PM PSTGale WarningPQR16 hr
Mar 4, 2:24 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningPQR47 hr

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Sources

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