Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2015
Gale Warning 40, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Oct 9, 2015, 2:30 PM PDT. It took effect at Oct 10, 2015, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Oct 9, 2015, 2:30 PM PDT (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2015, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2015, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
556 WHUS76 KMFR 092130 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 PZZ370-101030- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0224.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0242.151009T2130Z-151010T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.151010T1200Z-151011T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0040.151010T1800Z-151011T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0243.151011T0300Z-151012T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 11 AM SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TO SOUTH GALES 30 TO 35 KT LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 14 FT SATURDAY...THEN SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 12 FT SATURDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FT SUNDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE STEEP... BECOMING VERY STEEP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS CHOPPY WIND WAVES DEVELOP...THEN BECOMING STEEP AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT SEAS TONIGHT AND SMALL CRAFT WINDS AND SEAS SATURDAY. THE GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN 10 NM AND 40 NM OFFSHORE. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS 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 VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-376-101030- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0224.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0242.000000T0000Z-151012T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.151010T1200Z-151011T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO BELOW 20 KT TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TO SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 14 FT SATURDAY...THEN SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 12 FT SATURDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FT SUNDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE STEEP. CHOPPY WIND WAVES WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE SATURDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT WINDS WILL PRIMARILY OCCUR BEYOND 10 NM OFFSHORE...EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-101030- /O.CAN.KMFR.SI.Y.0224.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0242.151009T2130Z-151012T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.151010T1200Z-151011T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 230 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PDT FRIDAY TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO BELOW 20 KT TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TO SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 14 FT SATURDAY...THEN SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 12 FT SATURDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FT SUNDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE STEEP. CHOPPY WIND WAVES WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE SATURDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT WINDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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320 WHUS76 KMFR 100010 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 510 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 PZZ370-101315- /O.EXP.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0242.000000T0000Z-151010T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.151010T1200Z-151011T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0040.151010T1800Z-151011T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0243.151011T0300Z-151012T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 510 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE TO SOUTH GALES 30 TO 35 KT LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 14 FT SATURDAY...THEN SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 12 FT SATURDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FT SUNDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE STEEP... BECOMING VERY STEEP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS CHOPPY WIND WAVES DEVELOP...THEN BECOMING STEEP AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT SEAS TONIGHT AND SMALL CRAFT WINDS AND SEAS SATURDAY. THE GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN 10 NM AND 40 NM OFFSHORE. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-376-101315- /O.EXP.KMFR.SE.W.0048.000000T0000Z-151010T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0242.000000T0000Z-151012T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.151010T1200Z-151011T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 510 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE TO SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FEET WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 14 FT SATURDAY...THEN SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 12 FT SATURDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FT SUNDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL BE STEEP. CHOPPY WIND WAVES WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE SATURDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT WINDS WILL PRIMARILY OCCUR BEYOND 10 NM OFFSHORE...EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. * 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 SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
815 WHUS76 KMFR 100954 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 254 AM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 PZZ350-102300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0242.000000T0000Z-151010T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0040.151010T1500Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.151010T1500Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0244.151011T0100Z-151012T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 254 AM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE TO SOUTH GALES 25 TO 35 KT LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT AGAIN THIS EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED STEEP SEAS 12 FEET WILL BUILD TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN 14 TO 15 FT LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FT TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS TODAY. GALES AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-102300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0242.000000T0000Z-151010T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0040.151010T1500Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.151010T1500Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0243.151011T0100Z-151012T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 AM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE TO SOUTH GALES 30 TO 35 KT LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT AGAIN THIS EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED STEEP SEAS AROUND 12 FT WILL BUILD TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN 14 TO 15 FT LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FT TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: MOST AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY GALES AND HAZARDOUS VERY STEEP SEAS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-376-102300- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0242.000000T0000Z-151012T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.151010T1500Z-151011T0100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 AM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WILL INCREASE TO SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED STEEP SEAS 10 TO 12 FT WILL BUILD TO 12 TO 14 FT LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE TO ABOUT 12 FT TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WIND WAVES WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH TONIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: MOST AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR WINDS AND SEAS TODAY...EXCEPT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITHIN 10NM FROM SHORE WHERE WINDS WILL BE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT SEAS WILL STILL BE STEEP. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
649 WHUS76 KMFR 102130 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 PZZ370-111030- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0243.151011T0100Z-151012T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 30 TO 35 KT WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS 13 TO 15 FT WILL SUBSIDE TO STEEP SEAS 12 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL BUT THE SOUTHERNMOST PARTS OF THE ZONE WILL BE AFFECTED BY GALES AND HAZARDOUS VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-111030- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0244.151011T0100Z-151012T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 230 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 25 TO 35 KT WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS 13 TO 15 FT WILL SUBSIDE TO STEEP SEAS 12 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: AREAS BEYOND 10 NM OFFSHORE WILL BE AFFECTED BY GALES AND HAZARDOUS VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-376-111030- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0242.000000T0000Z-151012T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151011T0100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT THIS EVENING. * SEAS: COMBINED STEEP SEAS 11 TO 13 FT WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO BELOW 10 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: MOST AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR WINDS AND SEAS TODAY...EXCEPT SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITHIN 10NM FROM SHORE WHERE WINDS WILL BE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT SEAS WILL STILL BE STEEP. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
589 WHUS76 KMFR 110055 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 555 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 PZZ370-111400- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0243.151011T0100Z-151012T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 555 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: COMBINED STEEP SEAS 12 TO 13 FT WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-111400- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0244.151011T0100Z-151012T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 555 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: COMBINED STEEP SEAS 12 TO 13 FT WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BELOW 10 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-376-111400- /O.EXP.KMFR.SC.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151011T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0242.000000T0000Z-151012T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 555 PM PDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS: COMBINED STEEP SEAS 11 TO 13 FT WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO BELOW 10 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED: THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ 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 Oct 9, 2:22 PM PDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 2:22 PM PDT, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
222 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015
.DISCUSSION...THE MAIN CONCERN AHEAD WILL AN INCREASING LONG PERIOD
SOUTHWEST SWELL TONIGHT WITH HIGH AND STEEP SEAS TONIGHT THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.WHILE THE SWELL IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO NECESSITATE ANY
SURF ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS, IT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNEAKER
WAVES. SEE PDXSPSMFR AND PDXMWSMFR FOR DETAILS.
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT IS NEAR THE COAST AND WILL MOVE INLAND
THIS EVENING. SO FAR, NO RETURNS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON THE RADAR AND
NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL AT ANY OF THE SURFACE OBS. THE 12Z NAM AND
GFS SHOW A WEAK FRONT REACHING THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON, THEN MOVING
INLAND THIS EVENING. THE NAM IS BULLISH WITH THE QPF THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING, BUT SUSPECT THIS MAY BE OVERDONE. IN CONTRAST THE GFS
IS DRY AND THE CURRENT RUN OF THE HRRR SHOWS VERY LIGHT AMOUNTS AT
THE COAST, MAINLY SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AND LITTLE IS ANYTHING OVERNIGHT.
THIS EVENINGS FRONT WILL BREAK UP AND DISSIPATE TONIGHT. THE UPPER
TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DIG FURTHER ON SATURDAY AND MOVE INLAND
SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THE SURFACE, A STRONGER FRONT THAT IS BEING
SUPPORTED BY A 100KT JET WILL REACH THE COAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
THEN MOVE INLAND SATURDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE AT
MEASURABLE RAINFALL FOR THE COAST, COASTAL MOUNTAINS, NORTH CASCADES
AND NORTH OF THE UMPQUA DIVIDE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER, BUT
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT.
AT THE SAME TIME 700MB WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AND COULD PEAK
OUT BETWEEN 40-50 KTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SOME OF
THESE STRONGER WINDS WILL SURFACE EAST OF THE CASCADES. THEREFORE
GUSTY WINDS ARE A GOOD BET, ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND
NEAR SUMMER LAKE AND WILL BE STRONGEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. ITS POSSIBLE A FEW OF THE HIGHER RIDGES
COULD GET CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA, SO ITS SOMETHING THAT WILL
NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY.
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED
BY WEAK UPPER RIDGING SUNDAY. ANY RAINFALL WILL END EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING WITH DRYING AND MILDER TEMPERATURES IN THE AFTERNOON.
THE EC AND GFS SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTION WITH A RIDGE BUILDING BACK INTO
THE REGION STARTING NEXT MONDAY AND POSSIBLY LASTING INTO MOST OF
NEXT WEEK. THE STORM TRACK WILL REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE AREA AND
WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WITH VARYING AMOUNTS
OF HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH. AT THE SURFACE A
THERMAL TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST, THEREFORE IT'S POSSIBLE
WE COULD HAVE WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR THE SOUTH COAST DEPENDING ON
THE POSITION OF THE THERMAL TROUGH. -PETRUCELLI
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 09/18Z TAF CYCLE...INLAND...INLAND AREAS CAN
EXPECT VFR THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE TAF PERIOD. HOWEVER, MVFR/IFR
CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE VALLEYS OF THE COASTAL RANGE
AND THE UMPQUA BASIN LATE TONIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
ALONG THE COAST...LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL AFFECT TERMINALS THIS
MORNING...THEN DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE WINDS INCREASE.
MVFR CEILINGS WILL FILL THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL FURTHER DEGRADE THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT AS CEILINGS LOWER TO IFR AND THEN LIFR. -BPN
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 9 AM PDT FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015...WINDS WILL INCREASE
AND SOUTHWEST SEAS WILL BUILD THROUGH THIS MORNING AS THE FIRST IN A
SERIES OF FRONTS ARRIVES FROM THE WEST. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
WINDS IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
FIRST FRONT. THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY, LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST
SWELL FROM THE REMNANTS OF CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE OHO WILL
ARRIVE. THIS 11 TO 14 FOOT SWELL AT 16 SECONDS IS LIKELY TO RESULT
IN 15 TO 20 FOOT BREAKER HEIGHTS. SWELL OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS UNUSUAL
FOR THIS AREA, AND A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. A
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AT SPSMFR HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED TO DISCUSS
PROBABLE IMPACTS TO BEACH GOERS. SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY A SLIGHTLY
STRONGER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS,
WHILE SEAS LIKELY INCREASE AGAIN TO HAZARDOUS AND VERY STEEP
CATEGORY AS THE SOUTHWEST SWELL DECREASES BUT COMBINES WITH AN
INCREASING LONGER PERIOD WEST SWELL.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...UPDATED 300 PM PDT FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015... THE FIRST
IN A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS HAS ARRIVED AT THE COASTTODAY,
BRINGING SOME LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE THERE BEFORE DISSIPATING
TONGIHT. THIS HAS ALSO BROUGHTG SOME GUSTY WINDS TO THE EAST SIDE
TODAY. SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY, A STRONGER FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH
ONTO THE COAST WITH SOME WETTING RAINFALL EXPECTED ON THE WEST SIDE,
PRIMARILY ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST AND ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY.
WETTING RAINS ARE LESS LIKELY IN OTHER WEST SIDE LOCATIONS...AND
VERY UNLIKELY EAST OF THE CASCADES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ESPECIALLY FROM THE CASCADES
EASTWARD, BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE CRITICAL.
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND ARE
LIKELY TO FALL TO ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THIS WEEKEND. -
BPN/SK
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY
FOR PZZ370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 8 PM SATURDAY TO 5
PM PDT SUNDAY FOR PZZ370.
GALE WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR PZZ370.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 9, 2:25 PM PDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 225 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ORZ021-022-110000- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR...GOLD BEACH 225 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... HEAVY SOUTHWEST SWELL GENERATED BY THE REMNANT LOW THAT WAS HURRICANE OHO WILL ARRIVE AT THE SOUTHWEST OREGON COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SWELL WILL CREATE 15 TO 20 FOOT BREAKING WAVES OVER JETTIES AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. UNUSUALLY LONG WAVE RUN UP WILL CREATE HAZARDS ON THE BEACHES AS WELL. IT'S STRONGLY RECOMMENDED VISITORS TO THE COAST REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF ZONE AND OFF JETTIES THIS WEEKEND. BREAKING WAVES WILL VARY GREATLY IN SIZE AND COULD EASILY SWEEP PEOPLE INTO THE WATER. WAVES CAN ROLL DRIFTWOOD LOGS AND TRAP PEOPLE UNDERNEATH. ADDITIONALLY...MARINERS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER UNUSUAL HAZARDS THIS WEEKEND. PLEASE REFER TO THE MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT /PDXMWSMFR/ FOR ADDITIONAL MARINE HAZARDS. PETRUCELLI/WRIGHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 68 hr | |
| Oct 9, 2:30 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 28 hr | |
| Oct 9, 2:30 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 57 hr |
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