Gale Warning 2, NWS Medford, OR

629 
WHUS76 KMFR 172309
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
309 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015


PZZ356-181200-
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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150118T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
309 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST SUNDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL RISE TO
  GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KTS LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. LOWER WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT
  WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT ARE EXPECT SOUTH OF CAPE
  SEBASTIAN WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP 10 TO 11 FT SEAS DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND
  WAVES THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BUILD TO VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC 11
  TO 15 FT SEAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...CONTINUING
  INTO TONIGHT. THEN SEAS WILL TRANSITION TO STEEP 11 TO 13 FT
  SEAS AT 12 SECONDS SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS
  EXCEPT FOR LIGHTER WINDS AND SEAS WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE SOUTH OF
  CAPE SEBASTIAN.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ376-181200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150118T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T0900Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
309 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL RISE TO
  GALES OF 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KTS LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. LOWER WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT ARE
  EXPECT SOUTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP 11 TO 12 FT SEAS DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND
  WAVES THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BUILD TO VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC 11
  TO 15 FT SEAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...CONTINUING
  INTO TONIGHT. THEN SEAS WILL TRANSITION TO STEEP 12 TO 13 FT
  SEAS AT 12 SECONDS SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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.


&&

$$

PZZ350-181200-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150118T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
309 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY...

THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL RISE TO
  GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KTS LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. LOWER WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT ARE
  EXPECT SOUTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP 10 TO 12 FT SEAS DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND
  WAVES THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BUILD TO VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC 12
  TO 16 FT SEAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...CONTINUING
  INTO TONIGHT. THEN SEAS WILL TRANSITION TO STEEP 12 TO 14 FT
  SEAS AT 12 SECONDS SUNDAY MORNING...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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

&&

$$

PZZ370-181215-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150118T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
309 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL RISE TO
  GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KTS LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. LOWER WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT ARE
  EXPECT SOUTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP 10 TO 12 FT SEAS DOMINATED BY SHORT PERIOD WIND
  WAVES THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BUILD TO VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC 13
  TO 16 FT SEAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...CONTINUING
  THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SEAS WILL TRANSITION TO STEEP TO VERY
  STEEP SEAS OF 13 TO 15 FEET AT 12 SECONDS SUNDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS
  THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN VERY STEEP SEAS WILL LINGER SUNDAY MORNING
  OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATERS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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


&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

201 
WHUS76 KMFR 180421
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
821 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015


PZZ356-181200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150118T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150118T0900Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
821 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST SUNDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL RISE TO
  GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KTS THIS
  EVENING. LOWER WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35
  KT ARE EXPECT SOUTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC 11 TO 15 FT SEAS THIS EVENING...
  CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. THEN SEAS WILL TRANSITION TO STEEP 11
  TO 13 FT SEAS AT 12 SECONDS SUNDAY MORNING... CONTINUING INTO
  MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL 
  AREAS EXCEPT FOR LIGHTER WINDS AND SEAS WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE 
  SOUTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ376-181200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150118T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
821 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
SUNDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL RISE TO
  GALES OF 35 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KTS THIS
  EVENING. LOWER WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT ARE EXPECT SOUTH OF CAPE
  SEBASTIAN WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC 11 TO 15 FT SEAS THIS
  EVENING...CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. THEN SEAS WILL TRANSITION TO
  STEEP 12 TO 13 FT SEAS AT 12 SECONDS SUNDAY MORNING...
  CONTINUING INTO MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL 
  AREAS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-181200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150118T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
821 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
SUNDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 KT WILL RISE TO
  GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KTS THIS
  EVENING. LOWER WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT ARE EXPECT SOUTH OF CAPE
  SEBASTIAN WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC 12 TO 16 FT SEAS THIS EVENING...
  CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. THEN SEAS WILL TRANSITION TO STEEP 12
  TO 14 FT SEAS AT 12 SECONDS SUNDAY MORNING... CONTINUING INTO
  MONDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL 
  AREAS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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

&&

$$

PZZ370-181730-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150118T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150118T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
821 PM PST SAT JAN 17 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY. A
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50
  KTS THIS EVENING. LOWER WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT ARE EXPECT SOUTH OF
  CAPE SEBASTIAN WITHIN 5 NM OF SHORE.

* SEAS: VERY STEEP AND CHAOTIC 13 TO 16 FT SEAS THIS
  EVENING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SEAS WILL TRANSITION
  TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 13 TO 15 FEET AT 12 SECONDS
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL 
  AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN VERY STEEP SEAS WILL LINGER SUNDAY 
  MORNING OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATERS. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

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

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
100 AM PST SAT JAN 17 2015

.DISCUSSION...17/00Z NAM/GFS IN.

RAIN IS DEVELOPING TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SO FAR MEASURABLE
AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO THE SOUTH COAST AND KALMIOPSIS
AREA...AND WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY.

THE HEMISPHERIC PATTERN SHOWS A 4 OR 5 WAVE PATTERN AROUND THE
GLOBE...GENERALLY A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN. THE COLDEST AIR REMAINS
IN PLACE OVER BAFFIN ISLAND. ON THE LARGE SCALE IT LOOKS LIKE A
BROAD DIRTY RIDGE IS IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND WESTERN
NORTH AMERICA...BUT A SMALLER SCALE READING OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST SHOWS ZONAL FLOW WITH EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES.

BY TUESDAY NIGHT...BOTH THE EC AND THE GFS SOLUTIONS SHOW THAT THE
GLOBAL PATTERN WILL CONSOLIDATE TO A THREE WAVE PATTERN WITH
STRONG RIDGES OFF THE WEST COAST...EASTERN ATLANTIC...AND EASTERN
EUROPE INTO SCANDINAVIA.

SO THE OVERALL WEATHER PICTURE LOOKS STORMY INTO MONDAY...THEN
DRYING OUT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS THE RIDGING SETS UP OFFSHORE.
THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN SUPPORT DRY WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE
WEEK...BUT THE GFS SOLUTION STILL BRINGS A FRONT ONSHORE NEXT
THURSDAY NIGHT.

SCALING DOWN TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...A WEAK DIRTY RIDGE IS IN
PLACE OVER THE AREA WITH EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH. MORE
SUCH WAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT THE BUILDING
RIDGE TO THE SOUTH WILL FORCE THE STORM TRACK FARTHER NORTH. ONCE
THE STRONGEST WAVE MOVES ONSHORE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...MOST OF THE
ENERGY IS DIRECTED INTO NORTHERN OREGON AND WASHINGTON STATE.

HOWEVER...THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL BE ALL QUIET DOWN HERE. AS
THESE SHORT WAVES WILL BE SUPPORTING VIGOROUS SURFACE
FRONTS...AND THE SOUTHERN END OF THESE FRONTS WILL IMPACT THE
MEDFORD CWA.

THE CURRENT SHORT WAVE IS SUPPORTING A WARM FRONT WHICH IS NOW
STARTING TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE CWA. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
WILL BE SIGNIFICANT BUT NOT EXCESSIVE. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO
8000 TO 9000 FEET SATURDAY.

THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE SATURDAY NIGHT. IN TERMS
OF WIND AND PRECIPITATION...THIS LOOKS TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH ADVISORY
CRITERIA OVER THE EAST SIDE AND SHASTA VALLEY...AND WILL APPROACH
HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA ALONG THE COAST. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP
TO AROUND 4000 FEET BEHIND THE FRONT.

POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE SUPPORTING DYNAMICS MOVE NORTH WITH THE
STORM TRACK.

THE LAST OF THE SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE ONSHORE TO THE NORTH SUNDAY
NIGHT. THIS WON'T AMOUNT TO MUCH OF AN EVENT FOR THE MEDFORD
CWA...JUST SOME SHOWERS OVER THE AREA.

THE LONG WAVE RIDGE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE WEST COAST. THIS
WILL END THE PRECIPITATION...AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP AGAIN
OVER THE RIDGES. OFFSHORE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL PREVAIL MONDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. AN INVERSION WILL LIKELY SET UP OVER AT LEAST SOME OF
THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS..AND THIS WILL KEEP THOSE AREAS CLOUDIER
AND COOLER. AIR STAGNATION MAY BECOME AN ISSUE AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

THE GFS SOLUTION SHOWS A STRONG SHORT WAVE MOVING OVER THE RIDGE
AND ONSHORE THURSDAY MORNING...WITH A WEAK FRONT MOVING ONSHORE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ONE FOLLOWS THURSDAY NIGHT. THESE SYSTEMS
LOOK DUBIOUSLY WET GIVEN THE 5700M 500MB HEIGHTS WITH IT...AND
THINK THESE ARE OVERDONE. THE EC SOLUTION SHOWS A SIMILAR UPPER
LEVEL PATTERN BUT KEEPS IT DRY...AND THIS IS THE PREFERRED
SOLUTION. THE RIDGE REBUILDS AFTER THAT WITH NO PRECIPITATION FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...FOR THE 17/06Z TAF CYCLE...WIDESPREAD MVFR
CIGS/VISIBILITIES, LOCAL IFR, AND WIDESPREAD TERRAIN OBSCURATION
WILL ACCOMPANY A WARM FRONT THROUGH THE MORNING. CONDITIONS MAY
IMPROVE TO A MIX OF VFR/MVFR CIGS FOR INLAND AREAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH BEFORE A COLD
FRONT PUSHES INLAND OVERNIGHT AND BRINGS WITH IT ANOTHER PERIOD OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION.

STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL GENERATE WIND SHEAR CONDITIONS AT THE COAST
AND PERHAPS INTO THE UMPQUA BASIN...WHILE INCREASING WINDS THROUGH
THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING WILL CAUSE ENHANCE THE CHANCES FOR
TURBULENCE OVER THE AREA.

SK

&&

.MARINE...UPDATED AT 600 PM, FRIDAY JANUARY 16, 2015...A WARM FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS TONIGHT WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING
ACROSS THE WATERS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS
TONIGHT...THEN SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED RISE TO GALES BEGINNING
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING.  STEEP SEAS CONTINUE
TONIGHT THEN WILL BECOME CHAOTIC AND VERY STEEP ACROSS THE WATERS
LATE SATURDAY. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT GALES AND VERY STEEP CHAOTIC
SEAS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AS MODELS ARE SHOWING GOOD AGREEMENT
WITH THE FORECAST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. SOME UNCERTAINTY
REMAINS CONCERNING HOW SOON GALES WILL BEGIN AS WELL AS WHETHER
GALES WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERNMOST WATERS FROM BROOKINGS
SOUTHWARD. HAVE CONTINUED THE GALE WATCH AND ADDED A HAZARDOUS SEAS
WATCH FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

SUNDAY MORNING, WINDS WILL LOWER BUT BUILDING WESTERLY SWELL IS
EXPECTED TO BRING STEEP SEAS OF 11 TO 14 FEET SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTH WINDS IS EXPECTED EARLY
NEXT WEEK. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER BELOW 10 FEET ON TUESDAY BUT
AREAS OF STEEP SEAS DUE TO NORTHERLY WIND CHOP MAY OCCUR FOR
PORTIONS OF THE WATERS SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO. /CC

&&

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

CA...NONE.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
        LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM PST
        SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
        SATURDAY NIGHT FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM PST
        SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.

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