Gale Warning 5, NWS Medford, OR

628 
WHUS76 KMFR 211029
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
229 AM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

PZZ376-212330-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150222T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150223T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150224T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0005.150222T0000Z-150222T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
229 AM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10
PM PST THIS EVENING. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY.

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT INCREASING TO 25 
  TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL 
  GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH MONDAY. 

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET. STEEP SEAS WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN ALL 
  WATERS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ALL OTHER 
  AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ356-212330-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-150222T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150223T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
229 AM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET. STEEP SEAS WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY SMALL CRAFT 
  ADVISORY SEAS. SMALL CRAFT WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2 
  NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST AND NEAR CAPES. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ370-212330-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150223T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150224T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
229 AM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET. STEEP SEAS WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL BE 
  AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY 
  MORNING...THEN EXTEND TO ALL AREAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 
  MONDAY MORNING. ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY 
  SEAS. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ350-212330-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150222T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150223T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
229 AM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET. STEEP SEAS WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH 
  OF COQUILLE POINT. ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY SMALL CRAFT 
  ADVISORY SEAS. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

$$

SPILDE

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

825 
WHUS76 KMFR 212222
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
222 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

PZZ370-220600-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0006.150222T0900Z-150222T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
222 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 AM PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. WINDS BECOME NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 35
  KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET. STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY AT LEAST SMALL
  CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
  GALES AND THE STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
  SUNDAY MORNING...MAINLY BEYOND 30 NM FROM SHORE.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ376-220600-
/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0005.150221T2222Z-150222T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150222T0600Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
222 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 AM PST MONDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
PST MONDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH THIS
  EVENING...THEN NORTH-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET. STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALL AREAS
  WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS
  SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ356-220600-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-150222T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
222 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 AM PST MONDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

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

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THE
  STRONGER WINDS AND SEAS WILL MOVE NORTH AND FURTHER OFFSHORE
  TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ350-220600-
/O.EXT.KMFR.SI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150222T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
222 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 AM PST MONDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* SEAS: STEEP...CHOPPY...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY LEVEL SEAS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT LEVEL
  WINDS WILL OCCUR PRIMARILY BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE THIS EVENING
  AND THEN MOVE BEYOND 10 NM OFFSHORE SUNDAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

651 
WHUS76 KMFR 220601
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1001 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015


PZZ376-221915-
/O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150222T0600Z/
/O.EXP.KMFR.SE.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150222T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1001 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 


* WINDS: NORTH-NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT
  TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET. STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT
  ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

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


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ370-221915-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0006.150222T0900Z-150222T1800Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1001 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
PST MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 30
  TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* SEAS: WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET. STEEP SEAS WILL 
  CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY AT LEAST SMALL 
  CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 
  GALES AND THE STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 
  SUNDAY MORNING...MAINLY BEYOND 30 NM FROM SHORE. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

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.

&&

$$

PZZ356-221915-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-150222T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
1001 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

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

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY SMALL CRAFT 
  ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THE 
  STRONGER WINDS AND SEAS WILL MOVE NORTH AND FURTHER OFFSHORE 
  TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

$$

PZZ350-221915-
/O.CON.KMFR.SI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150222T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150223T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
1001 PM PST SAT FEB 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM
PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT.

* SEAS: STEEP...CHOPPY...WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT 
  ADVISORY LEVEL SEAS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT LEVEL 
  WINDS WILL OCCUR PRIMARILY BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE THIS EVENING 
  AND THEN MOVE BEYOND 10 NM OFFSHORE SUNDAY. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

$$


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
955 AM PST FRI FEB 20 2015

.DISCUSSION...QUICK UPDATE THIS MORNING TO UPDATE AREA WINDS AND
CLOUD COVER. UPDATE TO THE WIND GRIDS BROUGHT MARINE WINDS UP
QUICKER SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO AND HENCE THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH
WAS UPGRADED TO A WARNING STARTING THIS EVENING. MTS

&&

.AVIATION...FOR THE 20/12Z TAF CYCLE...IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST IN THE UMPQUA BASIN...NEAR THE COOS COAST...AND IN THE
COQUILLE VALLEY THROUGH ABOUT 17-19Z. PARTIAL TERRAIN OBSCURATIONS
WILL OCCUR IN THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE UMPQUA DIVIDE.
LIFR FOG COULD STILL DEVELOP AROUND SUNRISE IN PORTIONS OF THE
ROGUE VALLEY. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE TO VFR IN THESE AREAS
THIS AFTERNOON. SOME IFR FOG/LOW CLOUDS WILL REDEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT IN THE SAME GENERAL AREAS. VFR WILL PREVAIL ELSEWHERE.
SPILDE

&&

.MARINE...UPDATED 500 AM PST FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015...OFFSHORE HIGH
PRESSURE AND A THERMAL TROUGH NEAR THE COAST WILL BOTH STRENGTHEN
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASING NORTH
WINDS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY REACHING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS
MAINLY FROM CAPE BLANCO SOUTH. SMALL CRAFT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
EXPAND NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO ON SATURDAY. STEEP SEAS WILL DEVELOP
OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...THEN
PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE OFFSHORE
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY CAUSING WINDS TO DIMINISH AND SEAS TO
SUBSIDE. SPILDE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE SOUTH AND SPILL
COLD AIR INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE
CASCADES. MEANWHILE, A THERMAL TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO THE
SOUTH OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL RESULT IN STEADY OFFSHORE
FLOW BEGINNING TODAY AND EXTENDING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHILE
INVERSIONS WILL SOMEWHAT SHELTER THE WEST SIDE VALLEYS FROM THE
MORE EXTREME EFFECTS OF THIS PATTERN, THE EAST SIDE IN OREGON,
NEARLY ALL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE MIDSLOPES AND RIDGES OF THE
CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS, AND THE SOUTHWESTERN OREGON COAST WILL
EXPERIENCE VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND MODERATE TO POOR OVERNIGHT
RECOVERIES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. IN FACT, SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN
THE COASTAL RANGES OF CURRY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES AND THE
MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH
METEOROLOGICAL RED FLAG CRITERIA BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
AFTERNOON. AS FUELS REMAIN WET AND UNRECEPTIVE, NO HEADLINES WILL
BE ISSUED. HOWEVER, USERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF CONDITIONS, AS ANY
POCKETS OF DRIER FUELS COULD QUICKLY ACCELERATE FIRE BEHAVIORS
DURING CONTROLLED BURN OPERATIONS. SEE THE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST
PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION AND THE FORECAST FOR SPECIFIC AREAS.
-BPN

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 500 AM PST FRI FEB 20 2015/
DISCUSSION...20/00Z NAM/GFS/EC IN. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES PREVAIL
OVER MOST OF THE MEDFORD CWA THIS MORNING. THE EXCEPTION TO THE
RULE...THERE ARE SOME LOW CLOUDS OVER THE COQUILLE AND UMPQUA
BASINS.

THE GLOBAL PATTERN SHOWS A WAVE NUMBER OF 4 OR 5...USUALLY A
PROGRESSIVE PATTERN. IN THESE PARTS...NOT SO MUCH AS A REX BLOCK
REMAINS OFFSHORE LINED UP AROUND 135W.

THE RIDGE PORTION OF THE BLOCK WILL BUILD THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE NORTHERLY
THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING SOME COLDER AIR TO THE
AREA...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE CASCADES. AT THAT POINT THE FOCUS
WILL SHIFT TO SHORT WAVES EMBEDDED IN THE NORTHERLY FLOW MOVING
INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THESE SHORT WAVES WILL DIG A TROUGH
INTO CALIFORNIA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...AND FLOW ALOFT WILL
BECOME NORTHEASTERLY OVER THE MEDFORD CWA. THIS WILL KICK OFF A
RATHER STRONG OFFSHORE LOW LEVEL FLOW EVENT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE MODELS ALSO ADVERTISE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS. IF
THAT OCCURS ANYWHERE IT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS THOSE AREAS WILL BE CLOSER TO
THE SHORT WAVES ALOFT AND THERE WILL BE A BIT OF ASSIST FROM
UPSLOPE FLOW. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE COLD AND STABLE NATURE OF SUCH
AIR MASSES...ANY PRECIPITATION THAT DOES OCCUR WILL BE LIGHT AND
SPOTTY.

FROM SUNDAY TO MONDAY THE UPPER RIDGE WILL "FLOP OVER" THE DIGGING
TROUGH...WHICH CAN SET THE SCENE FOR THE FORMATION OF ANOTHER REX
BLOCK IF THE TROUGH SHEARS AND LEAVES A CUTOFF LOW BEHIND.
HOWEVER...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE NOT GOING FOR THIS
SCENARIO...LEAVING A GRADUALLY WEAKENING RIDGE OVER THE FORECAST
AREA. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL WEAKEN MONDAY. IT WILL REMAIN DRY SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK UP A
BIT. STOCKTON

EXTENDED DISCUSSION FROM THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AFD...DRY WEATHER
CONTINUES NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, THEN THE NEXT CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION MAY ARRIVE THURSDAY IF WE TAKE THE EC AT FACE VALUE.
HOWEVER THE GFS SHOWS A DRY SOLUTION WITH THE RIDGE POSITIONED
FARTHER EAST AND SHORTWAVES TRACKING EAST OF THE AREA. THIS COULD
END UP BEING A TRANSITION DAY FOLLOWED BY A COOLER AND WETTER
PATTERN BY THE END OF THE MONTH. -PETRUCELLI

&&

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

CA...NONE.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR
PZZ350-356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-370.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR
PZZ370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10
PM PST SATURDAY FOR PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY
FOR PZZ376.