Alert archive / California / Hazardous Seas Warnings in 2015

Hazardous Seas Warning 44, NWS Eureka, CA

December 23, 2015

NWS Eureka, CA issued this hazardous seas warning at Dec 23, 2015, 2:32 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 23, 2015, 9:45 AM PST. It was in force for 41 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
Dec 23, 2015, 2:32 AM PST (10:32 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2015, 9:45 AM PST
Expired
Dec 25, 2015, 2:31 AM PST
In force
41 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

The text

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

688 
WHUS76 KEKA 231032
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
232 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

PZZ475-231845-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151223T1100Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0044.151224T0500Z-151224T2300Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
232 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
PST THURSDAY.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO TO 35 KT
  TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 14 TO 16 FT AROUND 14 SECONDS BUILDING TO 16 TO
  19 FEET AROUND 15 SECONDS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SEAS WILL
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

PZZ470-231845-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151223T2300Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
232 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO
  10 TO 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 17 TO 19 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

$$

PZZ450-455-231845-
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151225T2300Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
232 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST FRIDAY...

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT
  THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 14 TO 17 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

$$
9 follow-up statements
139 
WHUS76 KEKA 231630
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
830 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

PZZ470-240030-
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151223T2300Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
830 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 
  10 TO 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 17 TO 19 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL 
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

$$

PZZ475-240030-
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0044.151224T0500Z-151224T2300Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
830 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST
THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 3 PM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO TO 35 
  KT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 14 TO 16 FT AROUND 14 SECONDS BUILDING TO 16 
  TO 19 FEET AROUND 15 SECONDS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SEAS WILL 
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

PZZ450-455-240030-
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151225T2300Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
830 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST FRIDAY...

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 
  KT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 14 TO 17 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL 
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

$$
418 
WHUS76 KEKA 231745
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
945 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

PZZ450-240145-
/O.UPG.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151225T2300Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.SE.W.0044.151223T1745Z-151224T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.151224T1700Z-151225T2300Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
945 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 3 PM PST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THURSDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 3 PM PST FRIDAY. THE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15  
KT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 14 TO 17 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL 
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

PZZ470-240145-
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151223T2300Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
945 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 
  10 TO 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 17 TO 19 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL 
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

$$

PZZ475-240145-
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0044.151224T0500Z-151224T2300Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
945 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST
THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 3 PM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO TO 35 
  KT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 14 TO 16 FT AROUND 14 SECONDS BUILDING TO 16 
  TO 19 FEET AROUND 15 SECONDS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SEAS WILL 
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

PZZ455-240145-
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151225T2300Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
945 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST FRIDAY...

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 
  KT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 14 TO 17 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL 
  REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

$$
392 
WHUS76 KEKA 232258
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
258 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015

PZZ470-240700-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151225T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
258 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST
THURSDAY...

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL GUSTS
  AROUND 35 KT POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
  EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 17 TO 20 FT AROUND 14 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN
  ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY AND SUBSIDE THIS WEEKEND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

$$

PZZ475-240700-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151225T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0044.151224T0500Z-151224T2300Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
258 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 3 PM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH THURSDAY.
  OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO TO 35 KT POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS WITH
  THE FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 16 TO 20 FEET AROUND 15 SECONDS TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY AND SUBSIDE
  THIS WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

PZZ450-240700-
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-151224T1700Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.151224T1700Z-151225T2300Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
258 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
3 PM PST FRIDAY...

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH THURSDAY. FEW
  GUSTS NEAR 30 KT POSSIBLE WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING. 

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 14 TO 17 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN
  ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY AND SUBSIDE THIS WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

PZZ455-240700-
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151225T2300Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
258 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST FRIDAY...

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST TO 5 TO 15 KT THROUGH THURSDAY. FEW
  GUSTS TO 30 KT POSSIBLE WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING. 

* SEAS...NORTHWEST 14 TO 17 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN
  ELEVATED THROUGH FRIDAY AND SUBSIDE THIS WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

$$
024 
WHUS76 KEKA 240412
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
812 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015

PZZ470-241215-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T1100Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151224T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0046.151224T1100Z-151225T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
812 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST
THURSDAY... 
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...W TO NW 15 TO 25 KT THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING 20 TO
  30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THURSDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT
  CROSSES THE WATERS.

* SEAS...STEEP WAVES WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING IN ASSOCIATION
  WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT AND GALE FORCE WINDS. THIS WILL BE A
  TOP A NORTHWEST SWELL OF 19 TO 25 FT AROUND 16 SECONDS. SEAS
  WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ475-241215-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0044.151224T0412Z-151224T1100Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151224T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.GL.W.0046.151224T1100Z-151225T0500Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
812 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST
THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...W TO NW 15 TO 25 KT THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING 20 TO
  30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THURSDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT
  CROSSES THE WATERS.

* SEAS...STEEP WAVES WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING IN ASSOCIATION
  WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT AND GALE FORCE WINDS. THIS WILL BE A
  TOP A NORTHWEST SWELL OF 17 TO 23 FT AROUND 16 SECONDS. SEAS
  WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND.

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ455-241215-
/O.UPG.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151225T2300Z/
/O.EXA.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.151224T1100Z-151225T0500Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
812 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THURSDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY.

* WINDS...W TO NW 5 TO 15 KT THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING 15 TO
  25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THURSDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT
  CROSSES THE WATERS.

* SEAS...STEEP WAVES WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING IN ASSOCIATION
  WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT AND GALE FORCE WINDS. THIS WILL BE A
  TOP A NORTHWEST SWELL OF 15 TO 22 FT AROUND 16 SECONDS. SEAS
  WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND.

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

&&

$$

PZZ450-241215-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.151224T1100Z-151225T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
812 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM
PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...W TO NW 5 TO 15 KT THIS EVENING. WINDS BECOMING 15 TO
  25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THURSDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT
  CROSSES THE WATERS.

* SEAS...STEEP WAVES WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING IN ASSOCIATION
  WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT AND GALE FORCE WINDS. THIS WILL BE A
  TOP A NORTHWEST SWELL OF 19 TO 25 FT AROUND 16 SECONDS. SEAS
  WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND.

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

&&

$$
153 
WHUS76 KEKA 241030
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
230 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015

PZZ470-241830-
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T1100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151224T1100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0046.151224T1100Z-151225T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
230 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...NW 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 KT AS A COLD FRONT
  MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 19 TO 25 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ475-241830-
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-151224T1100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0209.000000T0000Z-151224T1100Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0046.151224T1100Z-151225T0500Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
230 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...NW 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 KT AS A COLD FRONT
  MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 19 TO 25 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
 

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ450-241830-
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.151224T1100Z-151225T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
230 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...NW 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT AS A COLD FRONT
  CROSSES THE WATERS.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 17 TO 22 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.


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

&&

$$

PZZ455-241830-
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.151224T1100Z-151225T0500Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
230 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...NW 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT AS A COLD FRONT
  CROSSES THE WATERS

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 17 TO 22 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.


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

&&

$$
457 
WHUS76 KEKA 241700
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
900 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015

PZZ470-475-250100-
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-151225T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
900 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...NW 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 KT TODAY.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 19 TO 25 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS 
  WILL SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ450-250100-
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.000000T0000Z-151225T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
900 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...NW 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 KT EARLY TODAY.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 17 TO 22 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS 
  WILL SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. 

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

&&

$$

PZZ455-250100-
/O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151224T2300Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.000000T0000Z-151225T0500Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
900 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...NW 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT TODAY.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 17 TO 22 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS 
  WILL SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. 

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

&&

$$
660 
WHUS76 KEKA 242240
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
240 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015

PZZ450-250500-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-151225T0500Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.000000T0000Z-151225T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
240 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...NW 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 KT THROUGH TONIGHT.
  MODERATE NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND BECOME LIGHT
  AND VARIABLE BY SATURDAY.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 15 TO 19 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

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

&&

$$

PZZ455-250500-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151225T0500Z/
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.000000T0000Z-151225T0500Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
240 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...NW 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT THROUGH TONIGHT.
  MODERATE NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND BECOME LIGHT
  AND VARIABLE BY SATURDAY.


* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 15 TO 19 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

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

&&

$$

PZZ470-475-250500-
/O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-151225T0500Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
240 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...NW 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 KT TODAY. MODERATE
  TO FRESH NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND BECOME LIGHT
  AND VARIABLE BY SATURDAY.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 17 TO 22 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$
277 
WHUS76 KEKA 250453
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
853 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015

PZZ470-475-251100-
/O.EXT.KEKA.GL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-151225T1100Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
853 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST FRIDAY...

* WINDS...NW 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 KT TONIGHT.
  MODERATE TO FRESH NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND BECOME
  LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY SATURDAY.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 17 TO 22 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ450-251100-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-151225T1100Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.000000T0000Z-151225T1100Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
853 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST FRIDAY...

* WINDS...NW 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 KT THROUGH TONIGHT.
  MODERATE NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND BECOME LIGHT
  AND VARIABLE BY SATURDAY.

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 15 TO 20 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

&&

$$

PZZ455-251100-
/O.EXT.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151225T1100Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.000000T0000Z-151225T1100Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
853 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST FRIDAY...

* WINDS...NW 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT THROUGH TONIGHT. 
  MODERATE NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AND BECOME LIGHT 
  AND VARIABLE BY SATURDAY. 

* SEAS...NORTHWEST SWELL 15 TO 19 FT AROUND 15 SECONDS. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

&&

$$
346 
WHUS76 KEKA 251031
MWWEKA

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
231 AM PST FRI DEC 25 2015

PZZ475-251800-
/O.CAN.KEKA.GL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-151225T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.SE.W.0045.151225T1031Z-151225T1800Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM-
231 AM PST FRI DEC 25 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING.
THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WINDS...N 20 TO 30 KT TODAY...EASING TO 15 TO 25 KT BY TONIGHT.

* SEAS...NW 17 FT AT 13 SECONDS THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 13 FT
  AT 13 SECONDS BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING TO SUBSIDE
  OVERNIGHT.



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.

&&

$$

PZZ470-251845-
/O.CAN.KEKA.GL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-151225T1100Z/
/O.EXB.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.000000T0000Z-151226T1200Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM-
231 AM PST FRI DEC 25 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE GALE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* WINDS...N 15 TO 25 KT TODAY.

* SEAS...NW 15 FT AT 13 SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 11 FT AT 12 SECONDS
  BY THIS EVENING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

PZZ450-251845-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SE.W.0044.000000T0000Z-151225T1100Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.000000T0000Z-151226T1200Z/
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM-
231 AM PST FRI DEC 25 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. 

* SEAS...NW 15 FT AT 13 SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 11 FT AT 12
  SECONDS BY THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

PZZ455-251845-
/O.CAN.KEKA.SE.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151225T1100Z/
/O.EXT.KEKA.SC.Y.0210.000000T0000Z-151226T1200Z/
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM-
231 AM PST FRI DEC 25 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. 

* WINDS...NW 15 TO 25 KT TODAY.

* SEAS...NW 15 FT AT 13 SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 11 FT AT 12
  SECONDS BY THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hazardous seas warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Eureka, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hazardous seas warning went out at Dec 22, 3:11 PM PST, 11 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 3:11 PM PST, 11 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
311 PM PST TUE DEC 22 2015

.SYNOPSIS...SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COLD SYSTEM
WILL BRING RAIN TO COASTAL AREAS AND SNOW TO THE INTERIOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM (THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...ONSHORE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS TO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS WEAK SHORTWAVES IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW MOVE INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. EACH SYSTEM WILL BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR TO
THE REGION GRADUALLY REDUCING SNOW LEVELS TO 3000-3500 FEET
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THUS LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN DEL
NORTE AND NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES WHERE THE BEST MOISTURE WILL
BE PRESENT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL REMAIN LESS THAN AN INCH
IN MOST AREAS...BUT MAY REACH A FEW INCHES IN DEL NORTE AND
HUMBOLDT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE NEXT MORE POTENT SYSTEM WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST
CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY EVENING BRINGING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AND
EVEN LOWER SNOW LEVELS. MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES SNOW LEVELS FALLING
TO NEAR 2000 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE INTERIOR. SNOW
LEVELS THIS LOW WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT WILL SUPPORT HIGHER
SNOW RATIOS...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS OVER 4000 FEET. THUS THE
WIDESPREAD 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WILL
ALSO BRING HIGH SNOW TOTALS ACROSS THE INTERIOR. CURRENT INDICATIONS
ARE THAT ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS THE VALLEY FLOORS OF TRINITY COUNTY
MAY SEE AT LEAST SOME SNOW WITH ELEVATIONS OVER 3000 FEET SEEING THE
MOST SNOW ACCUMULATION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE TO ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 2000 FEET...5 TO 10 INCHES OVER
3000 FEET AND OVER A FOOT OF ACCUMULATION OVER 4000 FEET. LESSER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN MENDOCINO COUNTY WHERE SNOW LEVELS WILL TAKE
LONGER TO LOWER THROUGH THURSDAY.

AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL HAIL IN SHOWERS NEAR THE COAST AND POSSIBLY A
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS WILL
COME TO AN END DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AS DRY NORTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS
WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING INTO THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST. AS
COLD AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. CURRENT MOS
GUIDANCE PREDICTS TEMPERATURES MAY FALL INTO THE TEENS IN INTERIOR
VALLEYS BY FRIDAY OR SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IF FRESH SNOW
COVER IS PRESENT AND CLOUDS CLEAR SUFFICIENTLY. THUS THERE IS A
VERY GOOD CHANCE FOR SNOW TO STILL BE ON THE GROUND CHRISTMAS
MORNING IN THE INTERIOR. TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO BOTTOM OUT IN THE
UPPER 20S SATURDAY MORNING NEAR THE COAST. UPPER RIDGING WILL
SLIDE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY BRINGING MOSTLY DRY
WEATHER TO THE REGION WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WARMING BY ONLY A
FEW DEGREES. SNOW LEVELS WILL SLOWLY RESPOND TO THE PATTERN SHIFT
AND SHOULD LIFT TO 5000-6000 FT BY SATURDAY EVENING.

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...ON SUNDAY MODELS SHOW A WEAK
SHORTWAVE BRUSH ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BRINGING A POSSIBILITY
FOR RAIN AND PASS LEVEL SNOW. THIS IS WHERE THE GFS AND ECMWF
BEGIN TO DIVERGE IN TIMING AND AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION SUNDAY
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE ECMWF FALLS BEHIND THE GFS BUT IS
DEEPER AND BRINGS MORE SHOWERY PRECIPITATION TO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DAY 6 AND
7 HERE, THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR THE LONG RANGE MODELS TO CHANGE SO
KEPT POPS AT CLIMO FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST AND BLENDED WITH THE
NEIGHBORS. BY LATE NEXT WEEK WE COULD SEE DRY WEATHER DEVELOP AS
BOTH MODELS HINT AT UPPER RIDGING ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED
STATES. KML

&&

.AVIATION...VARIABLE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS NW
CALIFORNIA TODAY AS MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW HAS BROUGHT SHOWERS TO THE
AREA. HEADING INTO THE OVERNIGHT...PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
WILL CONTINUE...PRODUCING GENERALLY VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS...WITH
POTENTIALLY SOME IFR CIGS AND VSBYS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL
CONTINUE NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO...ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE IN MENDOCINO COUNTY. STP

&&

.MARINE...A LARGE NORTHWESTERLY SWELL WILL MAINTAIN AN ELEVATED SEA
STATE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK BEFORE SUBSIDING OVER THE WEEKEND TO
WAVE HEIGHTS BELOW 10 FT. NORTHERLY WINDS, ON THE OTHER HAND, WILL
REMAIN FRESH TO STRONG THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK WITH THE SURFACE
RIDGE OFFSHORE HELPING TO KEEP A TIGHTENED PRESSURE GRADIENT. WINDS
WILL BRIEFLY TURN SOUTHERLY THIS WEEKEND AS WEAK SHORTWAVE SLIDES
ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THESE SOUTH WINDS WILL BRIEFLY RAMP UP
AHEAD OF THE WEAK FRONT AND, DEPENDING ON WHAT MODEL YOU LOOK AT,
COULD SEE SOME NEAR GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS. CONFIDENCE ISN'T VERY
HIGH IN THE MAGNITUDE OF THESE WINDS AS MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE LATE
IN THE WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE BEST WINDOW FOR
FAVORABLE WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LATER FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
THEN WAVE MODELS SHOW ANOTHER LARGE NW SWELL BORN FROM AN ALEUTIAN
STORM THAT WILL CAUSE THE SEA SATE TO BUILD AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THE ONLY CHANGE I MADE TO THE HAZARDS FOR THE NEAR TERM IS THE
ISSUANCE OF A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OUTER WATERS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. THE ASCAT PASS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON SHOWED THAT WINDS IN THE NORTHERN OUTER WATERS MAY BE
A LITTLE LIGHTER THAN FORECAST BUT ARE PREDICTED TO INCREASE FURTHER
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. KML

&&

.HYDROLOGY...RIVERS ARE GRADUALLY RECEDING. THE RUSSIAN AT HOPLAND
SHOULD DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY STAGE SOON. THE EEL RIVER AT
FERNBRIDGE IS FORECAST TO DROP BELOW MONITOR STAGE AROUND 6 AM WED
MORNING. /SEC

&&

.EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...
	 COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 11 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR
     CAZ001.

	 WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
     AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR CAZ003.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
     AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR CAZ004.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
     AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR CAZ076.

NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM PST FRIDAY FOR PZZ450-455.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR PZZ470-475.

     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 3 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR PZZ470.

     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR PZZ475.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 12:42 PM PST, 13 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1242 PM PST TUE DEC 22 2015

CAZ001-002-232045-
REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST-
1242 PM PST TUE DEC 22 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ADDITIONAL MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH VERY HIGH
ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL.

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

CAZ003-004-232045-
NORTH COAST INTERIOR-UPPER TRINITY RIVER-
1242 PM PST TUE DEC 22 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TONIGHT SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 3000 FEET AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
BRING RAIN AND SNOW WITH SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 2000 FEET. IN TRINITY
COUNTY SNOW LEVELS MAY BE DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS.

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

CAZ076-232045-
MENDOCINO INTERIOR-
1242 PM PST TUE DEC 22 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
BRING RAIN AND SNOW WITH SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 2500 FEET.

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 3:32 AM PSTWinter Storm WarningEKA50 hr
Dec 23, 9:45 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisoryEKA65 hr

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Sources

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