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Gale Warning 33, NWS Medford, OR

August 20, 2015

NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Aug 20, 2015, 2:44 PM PDT. It took effect at Aug 21, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 12 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
Aug 20, 2015, 2:44 PM PDT (21:44 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 21, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired
Aug 22, 2015, 2:00 AM PDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

The text

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

646 
WHUS76 KMFR 202144
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
244 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015


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/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0027.150821T2100Z-150822T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0040.150821T2100Z-150822T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0033.150821T2100Z-150822T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
244 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY.
A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE
GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT...BRIEFLY LOWERING TO 15 TO 25 KT
  FRIDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SEAS: STEEP 7 TO 9 FT SEAS DUE TO A MIX OF NORTHWEST SWELL AT 8
  TO 9 SECONDS AND WIND CHOP. STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS
  OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
  EVENING. THEN STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5
  NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH STEEP
  SEAS IMPACTING ALL AREAS. FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, GALES
  AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF
  PORT ORFORD...WITH SMALL CRAFT WINDS AND SEAS ELSEWHERE. STEEP
  SEAS IMPACT ALL WATERS ON SATURDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$

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/O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0027.150821T2100Z-150822T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0040.150821T2100Z-150822T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0033.150821T2100Z-150822T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
244 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT
SATURDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE HAZARDOUS
SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...INCREASING TO
  30 TO 35 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: STEEP 7 TO 10 FEET SEAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING DUE TO A
  MIX OF NORTHWEST SWELL AT 8 TO 9 SECONDS AND WIND CHOP. STEEP
  TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 9 TO 11 FEET WILL DEVELOP
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THEN STEEP SEAS WILL
  PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT ACROSS MOST THE
  AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND STEEP SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL
  AREAS. GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF PORT
  ORFORD MAINLY FROM 7 NM TO 50 NM FROM SHORE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STEEP SEAS IMPACT ALL WATERS ON SATURDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.150821T2100Z-150822T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
244 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: STEEP 6 TO 8 FT SEAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING DUE TO NORTHWEST
  SWELL AT 8 TO 9 SECONDS AND WIND CHOP. STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF
  6 TO 9 FEET WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STEEP
  SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP
  SEAS...HOWEVER THE STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO.
  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT MOST THE AREA
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.150821T2100Z-150822T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
244 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: STEEP 6 TO 8 FT SEAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING DUE TO NORTHWEST
  SWELL AT 8 TO 9 SECONDS AND WIND CHOP. STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF
  6 TO 9 FEET WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STEEP
  SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP
  SEAS...HOWEVER THE STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO.
  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL PRIMARILY IMPACT THE
  WATERS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
3 follow-up statements
012 
WHUS76 KMFR 211031
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
331 AM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.150821T2100Z-150822T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.150821T2100Z-150822T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
331 AM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SEAS: BEYOND 5 NM...STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 8 TO 10 FT
  DIMINISHING TO 4 TO 8 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITHIN 5 NM...SEAS 5
  TO 7 FT LOWERING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5
  NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPES THROUGH THE MORNING WITH STEEP SEAS
  IMPACTING ALL AREAS. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... GALES AND
  VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF
  PORT ORFORD...WITH SMALL CRAFT WINDS AND SEAS ELSEWHERE. SEAS
  INCREASE AGAIN MAINLY OFFSHORE BETWEEN PORT ORFORD AND GOLD
  BEACH SATURDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0033.150821T2100Z-150822T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.150821T2100Z-150822T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
331 AM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET STEEPEN TO 9 TO 12 FEET
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STEEP SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT ACROSS MOST THE
  AREA THIS MORNING AND STEEP SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS. GALES
  AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD
  MAINLY FROM 7 NM TO 50 NM FROM SHORE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
  FRIDAY NIGHT. STEEP SEAS IMPACT ALL WATERS ON SATURDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.150821T2100Z-150822T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
331 AM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET CONTINUE THROUGH
  SATURDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP SEAS...
  HOWEVER THE STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO. SMALL
  CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL IMPACT MOST THE AREA THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0225.000000T0000Z-150823T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.150821T2100Z-150822T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
331 AM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SEAS: SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET STEEPEN AND INCREASE TO 6 TO 9 FEET
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS LOWER TO AROUND 5 FEET EARLY
  SATURDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LOWERING
  TO 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 5 NM AND SOUTH
  OF CAPE ARAGO. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL PRIMARILY
  IMPACT THE WATERS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

MTS

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
468 
WHUS76 KMFR 212147
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
247 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015


PZZ356-221100-
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/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150822T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.000000T0000Z-150823T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0224.000000T0000Z-150823T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
247 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE
WARNING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS
SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 


* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT.

* SEAS: BEYOND 5 NM...STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. WITHIN 5
  NM...5 TO 7 FT AT 8 SECONDS.

* AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  BEYOND 8 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN. SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACTS WATERS BEYOND 3NM FROM SHORE...WITH
  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS EXPECTED IN ALL BUT THE MOST SHELTERED
  WATERS.

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-221100-
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150822T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150822T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.000000T0000Z-150823T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0223.000000T0000Z-150823T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
247 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

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

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL WATERS
  BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY WINDS AND 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.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-221100-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.000000T0000Z-150823T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0225.000000T0000Z-150823T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
247 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET AT 8 SECONDS.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED
  BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN CAPE ARAGO AND CAPE BLANCO...AND
  BEYOND 8 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF CAPE ARAGO.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-221100-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.000000T0000Z-150823T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0224.000000T0000Z-150824T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
247 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM PDT SUNDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT WINDS AND SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY
  ALL AREAS WITHIN THE FORECAST ZONE.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
280 
WHUS76 KMFR 220906
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
206 AM PDT SAT AUG 22 2015

PZZ376-222215-
/O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150822T0900Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150822T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.000000T0000Z-150823T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0223.000000T0000Z-150823T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
206 AM PDT SAT AUG 22 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 30 TO 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET UNTIL EARLY THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* AREAS AFFECTED: HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL WATERS BEYOND 10
  NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS
  AND 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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-222215-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150822T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.000000T0000Z-150823T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0224.000000T0000Z-150823T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
206 AM PDT SAT AUG 22 2015

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 30 KT.

* SEAS: BEYOND 5 NM...STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. WITHIN 
  5 NM...5 TO 7 FT AT 8 SECONDS. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED 
  BEYOND 8 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN. SMALL CRAFT 
  ADVISORY WINDS WILL IMPACTS WATERS BEYOND 3NM FROM SHORE...
  WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS EXPECTED IN ALL BUT THE MOST 
  SHELTERED WATERS. 

* 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-222215-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.000000T0000Z-150823T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0225.000000T0000Z-150823T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
206 AM PDT SAT AUG 22 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: STEEP SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET AT 8 SECONDS.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS ARE 
  EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN CAPE ARAGO AND CAPE 
  BLANCO...AND BEYOND 8 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF CAPE ARAGO. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-222215-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0212.000000T0000Z-150823T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0224.000000T0000Z-150824T0600Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
206 AM PDT SAT AUG 22 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

* SEAS: STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT WINDS AND SEAS WILL IMPACT NEARLY 
  ALL AREAS WITHIN THE FORECAST ZONE. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT 
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

$$


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 Aug 20, 2:35 PM PDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 2:35 PM PDT, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
235 PM PDT THU AUG 20 2015

.DISCUSSION...UPPER TROUGHING WILL BRUSH THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE
NORTH TODAY INTO TOMORROW...BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE
FORECAST AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. CURRENT TEMPERATURES ARE
ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW READINGS 24 HOURS AGO. THE WILDFIRES
AND THE SMOKE GENERATED BY THE WILDFIRES ARE OUR MAIN FOCUS IN
TERMS OF WEATHER IMPACTS OVER THE SEVERAL DAYS AT LEAST.

TONIGHT...SMOKE CONCENTRATIONS WILL BE CLOSE TO OR HIGHER THAN LAST
NIGHT'S IN THE ROGUE VALLEY. NORTH WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL
PUSH ANY SMOKE FROM THE STOUTS CREEK FIRE SOUTH INTO SHADY COVE AND
THEN FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE BEAR CREEK VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. IT'S
DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHETHER SMOKY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...OR SOME IMPROVEMENT WILL OCCUR. FOR
NOW...WE ARE EXPECTING SMOKE TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST PART OF
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...PENDING HOW MUCH SMOKE PRODUCTION THERE IS
FROM THE FIRE.

THE OTHER AREA THAT WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT SMOKE...HAZARDOUS AT
TIMES...WILL BE WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY WHERE THE UPSTREAM GASQUET
COMPLEX'S IMPRESSIVE SMOKE PRODUCTION IS DEPOSITING SMOKE IN THE
KLAMATH RIVER VALLEY...PER AFTERNOON WEST WINDS. THE LATEST HOURLY
OBSERVATION AT HAPPY CAMP SHOWS HAZARDOUS SMOKE CONCENTRATIONS
THERE. SMOKE SHOULD CONTINUE THERE OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY
MORNING UNDER STRONG NIGHTTIME INVERSIONS.

TOMORROW WILL FEATURE COOLER TEMPERATURES...CONTINUED SMOKY AND HAZY
CONDITIONS...AND A SIMILAR WINDS. HOWEVER...ONE PLACE THE WINDS
WILL SHIFT IS AT THE COAST WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS AT THE CURRY
COUNTY COAST WILL CREATE A CHETCO EFFECT...BRINGING COASTAL
LOCATIONS THERE WARM TEMPERATURES...INTO THE 80S.
ADDITIONALLY...IF SMOKE CAN MIX OUT SOME DURING THE DAY IN THE
KLAMATH RIVER VALLEY...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS MAY BE ALLEVIATED AT
NIGHT BECAUSE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT NIGHT...KEEPING
SMOKE FROM DEL NORTE COUNTY FIRES TO THE WEST OF THE AREA. THERE
ARE SOME FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WITH THE DEVELOPING THERMAL TROUGH
AT THE COAST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...DUE TO A DRYING AIR
MASS...WARMING TEMPERATURES...AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. PLEASE
SEE THE FIRE WEATHER DISCUSSION BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS. IT IS
NOTEWORTHY THAT A CONENSUS OF THE NAM12 AND GFS40 SHOWS DEWPOINT
TEMPERATURES AT 3500 FEET ABOUT -10C BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
MORNINGS TOWARD THE CURRY COUNTY COAST...INDICATIVE OF THE VERY
DRY AIR MASS ALOFT IN THE THERMAL TROUGH PATTERN.

ON SATURDAY THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVES INLAND...AND AS IS
TYPICAL...THIS WILL BE THE HOTTEST AND DRIEST DAY...AS WELL AS
MODERATELY UNSTABLE. SATURDAY WILL START OFF WITH DRY EASTERLY
FLOW IN THE HIGH CASCADES...THOUGH DOES NOT LOOK VERY STRONG AT
THIS POINT. 850MB WINDS ARE 10-15KT FROM THE EAST PER THE NAM12.
THESE ARE...HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE
NATIONAL CREEK COMPLEX AND STOUTS CREEK FIRE. ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS FLOW SHIFTS SOUTHWESTERLY
ALOFT. THEN...BOTH THE EC AND GFS SHOW A ROBUST UPPER TROUGH
APPROACHING THE AREA...WHICH BRINGS DOWN TEMPERATURES
GRADUALLY...ALL THE WAY INTO WEDNESDAY AT LEAST. THE EC AND GFS
DIFFER ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE TROUGH...AND THE UNCANNY ABILITY
FOR UPPER TROUGHS TO TRANSFORM INTO CUTOFF LOWS...MEANDERING ALONG
THE COAST FOR DAYS...PROMPTS US TO FAVOR THE ECMWF.
HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THIS PATTERN...SO
CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN THE FORECAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR MAINLY THE
CASCADES...SISKIYOUS...AND POINTS EAST MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
AT THIS POINT...LIFTED INDEX VALUES ARE BARELY NEGATIVE AND
MOISTURE IS NOT ABUNDANT...SO SLIGHT CHANCE IS EMPHASIZED. IF THE
LOW BECOMES CUT OFF AND FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHERLY...PERHAPS MORE
MOISTURE WILL BE INTRODUCED AND THUNDER CHANCES COULD BECOME
HIGHER. WE WILL MONITOR.

&&

.AVIATION...FOR THE 20/18Z TAF CYCLE...AT THE COAST, VFR CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. CURRENT TAF SHOWS IFR CIGS
RETURNING AT 2Z, BUT IT COULD BE DELAYED BY AN HOUR OR TWO. ONCE IFR
CIGS RETURN, IT WILL REMAIN THERE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. INLAND, VFR
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER MARINE
STRATUS WILL REDEVELOP AND COULD BRING MVFR CIGS TO ROSEBURG TOWARDS
11Z. WILDFIRE SMOKE WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY, INCLUDING
KMFR AND KLMT, EXCEPT RIGHT NEAR THE WILDFIRE, VISIBILITIES SHOULD
MOSTLY BE MVFR OR LOWER. -PETRUCELLI

&&

.MARINE...UPDATED 200 AM PDT THURSDAY 20 AUGUST 2015...STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND LOW PRESSURE OVER LAND WILL PRODUCE INCREASING
NORTH WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
SEAS WILL BE COMPOSED OF FRESH SWELL AND WIND WAVE INITIALLY, THEN
BECOME MAINLY WIND DRIVEN FRIDAY. AT LEAST SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY OVER THE SOUTHERN WATERS THEN OVER ALL
WATERS BY FRIDAY. GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE POSSIBLE DOWNWIND OF
CAPE BLANCO AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING, BUT MORE LIKELY BY FRIDAY
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND
SEAS HAVE BEEN EXPANDED AND GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCHES HAVE
BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. -WRIGHT

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...UPDATED 220 PM PDT, THURSDAY 19 AUGUST 2015...THE
THERMAL TROUGH HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE CASCADES AND WINDS ARE
STARTING TO INCREASE IN SOME LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE
CASCADES. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY INTO THIS EVENING. THIS ALONG WITH
LOW HUMIDITIES COULD RESULT IN A FEW LOCATIONS BRIEFLY REACHING
RED FLAG CONDITIONS, BUT THEY ARE STILL NOT EXPECTED TO BE
WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT A WARNING, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO
HEADLINE.

IT WILL BE COOLER YET AND SOMEWHAT MORE HUMID TOMORROW AS A WEAK
TROUGH GOES BY TO OUR NORTH AND ONSHORE FLOW DEEPENS. THIS SHOULD
YIELD HUMIDITIES THAT ARE NOT AS CRITICAL, DESPITE ANOTHER ROUND OF
AFTERNOON WEST WINDS.

OFFSHORE FLOW WILL QUICKLY SET UP IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER TROUGH
PASSAGE FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG AND
OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES SHOULD BE FAIRLY GOOD. THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL
STRENGTHEN AND BUILD NORTH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AT THE SAME
TIME, THE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL TIGHTEN WHICH COULD RESULT IN
BREEZY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES ALONG
THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. ALSO THERE IS A
CHANCE FOR MODERATE TO POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES FOR THE MID SLOPES
AND RIDGES. BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE MENTION SCENARIO'S, WE'LL HEADLINE
FOR THIS.

THE THERMAL TROUGH SHIFTS INLAND ON SATURDAY WITH DRY AND HOT
CONDITIONS RETURNING. ONE THING WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON
IS THE HAINES. DECIDED TO FORCE IN A HAINES 5 WEST OF THE CASCADES
ON SATURDAY, MOSTLY DUE THE MOISTURE TERM. IT WILL BE DRY AT THE MID
LEVELS, BUT WITH WARMING ALOFT, THE STABILITY TERM MAY NOT BE HIGH
ENOUGH FOR A HAINES 6. -PETRUCELLI

&&

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

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR
     PZZ356-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR PZZ356.
     GALE WARNING FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR PZZ356.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY
     FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT
     SATURDAY FOR PZZ350-370.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR
     PZZ376.
     GALE WARNING FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR PZZ376.

NSK/NSK/NSK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 2:20 AM PDTGale WatchMFR12 hr
Aug 20, 2:20 AM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasMFR69 hr
Aug 20, 2:44 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningMFR44 hr

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Sources

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