Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2015
Gale Warning 16, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Apr 29, 2015, 2:58 PM PDT. It took effect at Apr 30, 2015, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 62 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2015, 2:58 PM PDT (21:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 30, 2015, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2015, 2:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 62 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765 WHUS76 KMFR 292158 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 258 PM PDT WED APR 29 2015 ...GALES AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OFFSHORE AND A THERMAL TROUGH DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BRING INCREASING NORTH WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO GALE FORCE SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS WILL ALSO DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THESE CONDITIONS MAY LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO...WINDS AND SEAS WILL REACH ADVISORY LEVEL. PZZ376-301100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0011.150430T1800Z-150502T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0018.150501T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0016.150501T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0014.150430T1800Z-150502T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 258 PM PDT WED APR 29 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT GUSTING TO 35 KT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * SEAS: BECOMING VERY STEEP AND CHOPPY 10 TO 13 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE MAINLY FROM PORT ORFORD SOUTHWARD...INCREASING TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY TO GALE FORCE FROM 10 TO 30 NM FROM SHORE...AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN OTHER AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ356-301100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.150501T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 258 PM PDT WED APR 29 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT...STRONGEST MORE THAN 5NM FROM SHORE. * SEAS: STEEP AND BECOMING CHOPPY 9 TO 12 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: STEEP NORTHWEST SWELL MOST AREAS TODAY TRANSITIONS TO CHOPPY...WIND DOMINATED SEAS...ESPECIALLY BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES. SEAS INCREASE TO ADVISORY LEVELS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-370-301100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.150501T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.150501T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 258 PM PDT WED APR 29 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. * SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY 8 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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424 WHUS76 KMFR 301027 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 327 AM PDT THU APR 30 2015 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OFFSHORE AND A THERMAL TROUGH DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BRING GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO GALE FORCE SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO THIS MORNING AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE. WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. PZZ356-302330- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0016.150430T1900Z-150501T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0018.150430T1900Z-150501T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.150430T1900Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 327 AM PDT THU APR 30 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNINGS...WHICH ARE BOTH IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY AT 8 TO 10 FEET, EXCEPT VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE WINDS AND SEAS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. GALES AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ376-302330- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0016.150430T1900Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.150430T1900Z-150503T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 327 AM PDT THU APR 30 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNINGS ARE BOTH NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS ALSO BOTH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT...EXCEPT INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL EASE A BIT TONIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN GALE FORCE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY 9 TO 11 FEET...EXCEPT VERY STEEP 11 TO 13 FEET SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE WINDS AND SEAS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. GALES AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL BE MAINLY FROM PORT ORFORD SOUTHWARD OUT TO AROUND 50 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-370-302330- /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.150430T1900Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.150430T1900Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 327 AM PDT THU APR 30 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE BOTH NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT...STRONGEST IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY 8 TO 10 FEET...HIGHEST IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
078 WHUS76 KMFR 302212 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 312 PM PDT THU APR 30 2015 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND A THERMAL TROUGH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND REACH GALE FORCE IN THE AREA SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. PZZ356-011115- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150501T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150501T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 312 PM PDT THU APR 30 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...EXCEPT GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY AT 8 TO 10 FEET... EXCEPT VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE WINDS AND SEAS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. GALES AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ376-011115- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 312 PM PDT THU APR 30 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT...EXCEPT GALES AT 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY 9 TO 11 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...EXCEPT VERY STEEP 11 TO 13 FEET SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-370-011115- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 312 PM PDT THU APR 30 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...STRONGEST IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY 7 TO 10 FEET...HIGHEST IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WATERS BETWEEN 5 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ DW HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
095 WHUS76 KMFR 010934 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 234 AM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND A THERMAL TROUGH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL REACH GALE FORCE IN THE AREA SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE...WHILE SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS OVER ALL BUT THE VERY NEAR CHORE WATERS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. PZZ356-012245- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0019.150501T1800Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 234 AM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. * SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY AT 8 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: EXPECT STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES AND HEADLANDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-012245- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150501T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0018.150501T1800Z-150503T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 234 AM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND CHOPPY AT 9 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-012245- /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0018.150501T1800Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 234 AM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS: STEEP AND CHOPPY AT 8 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: EXPECT STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES AND HEADLANDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ376-012245- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150501T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 234 AM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND CHOPPY AT 10 TO 13 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD...WITH STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ELSEWHERE. ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
421 WHUS76 KMFR 012159 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 259 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND A THERMAL TROUGH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO, MAINLY BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE. SEAS WILL BECOME VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS OVER MOST THE WATERS THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. PZZ356-021100- /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0017.150501T2159Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 259 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. GALES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET DOMINATED BY A 7 TO 8 SECOND WIND CHOP. SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ376-021100- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 259 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET, DOMINATED BY A 8 SECOND WIND CHOP. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES WILL IMPACT THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE WATERS BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE FROM PORT ORFORD SOUTH...WITH STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ELSEWHERE. ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-021100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 259 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET, DOMINATED BY A 7 TO 8 SECOND WIND CHOP. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. INITIALLY, VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS NEAR CAPE BLANCO THEN EXPAND NORTHWARD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, IMPACTING ALL THE WATERS BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE, WITH STEEP ADVISORY SEAS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-021100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 259 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP SEAS 9 TO 10 FEET, DOMINATED BY 7 TO 8 SECOND WIND CHOP. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. INITIALLY VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS FROM CAPE ARAGO SOUTH, THEN EXPAND NORTHWARD ON SATURDAY AND IMPACT ALL THE AREA. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
810 WHUS76 KMFR 020902 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 202 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 PZZ356-022215- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150505T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 202 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET. SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 8 NM FROM SHORE...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES AND HEADLANDS. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ376-022215- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 202 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL AREAS. GALES WILL IMPACT AREAS BETWEEN 10 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-022215- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150505T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 202 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR HEADLANDS AND CAPES. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 4 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-022215- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 202 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS AS WELL AS STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
649 WHUS76 KMFR 022156 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 256 PM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 PZZ356-031100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150504T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 256 PM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT...EASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET...LOWERING SLIGHTLY TO 7 TO 10 FT SUNDAY. SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 3 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 8 NM FROM SHORE... WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ376-031100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0192.150503T1200Z-150504T1500Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 256 PM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 KT...EASING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 9 TO 10 FT SEAS ON SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...THEN VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS FROM 8 TO 40 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD WITH STEEP ADVISORY LEVEL SEAS ELSEWHERE. GALES WILL IMPACT AREAS BETWEEN 8 AND 40 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ELSEWHERE. THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-031100- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 256 PM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT..EASING TO NORTH 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET...LOWERING TO STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE WATERS NEAR CAPE BLANCO ON SUNDAY. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR THE CAPES THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ELSEWHERE. THEN ON SUNDAY SMALL CRAFT SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS SOUTH OF BANDON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-031100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.150503T1200Z-150504T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 256 PM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 KT..EASING TO NORTH 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 11 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT...GRADUALLY LOWERING SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM COOS BAY SOUTH ON SUNDAY. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER SUNDAY MORNING WITH A MIX OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM COOS BAY SOUTHWARD...BECOMING STEEP ADVISORY LEVEL SEAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
261 WHUS76 KMFR 030928 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 228 AM PDT SUN MAY 3 2015 PZZ356-032230- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.000000T0000Z-150504T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 228 AM PDT SUN MAY 3 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. THE GALE WARNING IS ALSO NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS OF 35 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET FOR MOST AREAS...EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FEET WITHIN 3 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF BROOKINGS. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN CAPE BLANCO AND THE MOUTH OF THE SMITH RIVER. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL BUT THE MOST SHELTERED WATERS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ370-032230- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0190.150503T0928Z-150504T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 AM PDT SUN MAY 3 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF OF 8 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 20 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ350-032230- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150503T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0182.000000T0000Z-150503T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-150504T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 228 AM PDT SUN MAY 3 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. * SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ PZZ376-032230- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150503T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150504T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0192.150503T0928Z-150504T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0181.000000T0000Z-150504T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 AM PDT SUN MAY 3 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. * SEAS: STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FT. * AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL WATERS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS ELSEWHERE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Apr 29, 2:25 PM PDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:25 PM PDT, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
225 PM PDT WED APR 29 2015
.DISCUSSION...CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGE SHOWS A WEAK UPPER TROUGH
APPROACHING THE AREA. THIS HAS RESULTED IN CUMULUS BUILD UPS MAINLY
EAST OF THE CASCADES AND EASTERN SISKIYOU AND MODOC COUNTY AND SOME
LOW TOPPED CUMULUS ON THE WESTSIDE. THE MODELS STILL SHOW THE
GREATEST INSTABILITY IN SOUTHEAST LAKE AND MODOC COUNTY, EVEN THEN
IT'S MARGINAL AT BEST SO THE CURRENT FORECAST OF A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS REASONABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING.
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND RIDGING WILL BUILD
SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH A WEAK WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER
OUR AREA. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF
OF THE WEEKEND. AT THE SURFACE, A THERMAL TROUGH WILL DEVELOP WITH
INCREASING OFFSHORE FLOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MODELS
SHOW INCREASING OFFSHORE WINDS AT 925 MB AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE
CHETCO EFFECT TO DEVELOP WITH DOWNSLOPING WINDS. AS A RESULT, MAX
TEMPERATURES AT BROOKINGS WILL LIKELY GET NEAR OR INTO THE LOWER
80S. ELSEWHERE TEMPERATURES WILL END UP WARMER THAN TODAY AND WILL
BE ABOVE NORMAL. ON FRIDAY, THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL SHIFT INLAND
WITH THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN THE WESTSIDE VALLEYS.
MEANWHILE THE FLOW WILL TURN ONSHORE AT THE COAST, SO BROOKINGS IS
EXPECTED TO BE COOLER.
MAX TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER WEST OF THE CASCADES SATURDAY AS THE
THERMAL TROUGH SHIFTS EAST OF THE CASCADES AND ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS.
SKIES WILL REMAIN CLEAR FOR THE MOST PART INTO SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH
COULD NOT RULE OUT SOME CUMULUS BUILD UPS IN NORTHERN CAL DUE TO
WEAK INSTABILITY LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. -PETRUCELLI
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODELS SHOW LITTLE SPREAD
AND FAIRLY HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL BE WARM UNDER BENIGN ZONAL
FLOW ALOFT SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AT THE SAME TIME, A BROAD TROUGH IS
SHOWN DROPPING INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. WHILE SUNDAY WILL LIKELY BE
DRY, THERE ARE HINTS ON BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF THAT A LEAD SHORTWAVE
AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND EAST SIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE MODELS THEN BEGIN TO DIFFER IN THE HANDLING OF THE UPPER TROUGH
ON TUESDAY AND ARE QUITE DIFFERENT BY WEDNESDAY. THE GFS IS THE
SLOWER AND STRONGER MODEL (FOR US) WITH A CLOSED LOW GRADUALLY
MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE B.C. COAST TUESDAY AND INLAND ROUGHLY ALONG
THE COLUMBIA RIVER ON WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST ECMWF SHOWS THE UPPER
LOW MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHERN B.C. ON TUESDAY AND THEN QUICKLY
INTO THE CANADIAN ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY WITH WEAK RIDGING DEVELOPING
OVER US. THERE IS LITTLE SPREAD AMONG THE GFS MEMBERS WITH THE
TROUGH, AND THE FASTER/FURTHER NORTH ECMWF SOLUTION IS A RATHER NEW
DEVELOPMENT, SO I'VE STAYED CLOSER TO THE GFS FOR NOW. EITHER
SOLUTION WOULD LIKELY BE DRY ON TUESDAY, BUT WE WILL KEEP CHANCE
POPS IN FOR WEDNESDAY. BOTH DAYS WILL LIKELY BE COOLER IN EITHER
CASE, BUT I HAVEN'T GONE AS COOL AS THE MAJORITY OF GUIDANCE WOULD
SUGGEST FOR WEDNESDAY. -WRIGHT
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 29/18Z TAF CYCLE...AREAS OF STRATUS WITH MVFR
CIGS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY RADIATION FOG AND
STRATUS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT, BUT OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO
KEEP VFR CONDITIONS GOING OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA (INCLUDING
ALL TERMINALS) THROUGH THURSDAY. -WRIGHT
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 220 PM PDT WEDNESDAY 29 APR 2015...HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD OFFSHORE AND A THERMAL TROUGH WILL DEVELOP
OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN
STRENGTHENING NORTH WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS. THE MODELS SHOW THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW END GALE
FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO
STARTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY
NIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE BRIEFLY AT NIGHT, THEN INCREASE AGAIN
DURING THE DAY. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY, BUT THEY ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN ABOVE SMALL
CRAFT.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY
FOR PZZ356-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11
PM PDT SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY
FOR PZZ376.
GALE WARNING FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
PZZ376.The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:34 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Apr 29, 3:34 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Apr 29, 3:34 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 4 days | |
| Apr 29, 3:34 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 5 days | |
| Apr 29, 2:58 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 4 days |
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