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Storm Warning 7, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this storm warning at Dec 4, 2015, 3:01 AM PST. It took effect at Dec 5, 2015, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 24 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
- Dec 4, 2015, 3:01 AM PST (11:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 5, 2015, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2015, 4:00 AM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
055 WHUS76 KMFR 041101 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 301 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION PZZ356-050000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.000000T0000Z-151205T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0004.151205T1200Z-151206T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0007.151205T1200Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0050.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 301 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT TONIGHT...REACHING STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: 11 TO 13 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 14 TO 18 FEET ON SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS INTO THIS EVENING. GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS 5 NM FROM SHORE WEST OF PORT ORFORD. GALES WILL AFFECT THE REST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PISTOL RIVER. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. 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. && $$ PZZ350-376-050000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.000000T0000Z-151205T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.151205T0300Z-151205T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0004.151205T1200Z-151206T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0007.151205T1200Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0050.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 301 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT TONIGHT...REACHING STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: 12 TO 14 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 14 TO 18 FEET LATE TONIGHT...THEN 18 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. GALES WILL AFFECT MOST OF ZONE 376 AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE IN ZONE 356 SOUTH OF BANDON LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY STORM FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST OF ZONE 376 AND 5 NM FROM SHORE WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. 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. && $$ PZZ370-050000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.000000T0000Z-151205T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0004.151205T1200Z-151206T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0007.151205T1200Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0050.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 301 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUST TO 50 KT TONIGHT...REACHING STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUST TO 60 KT BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: 12 TO 14 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 14 TO 18 FEET LATE TONIGHT...THEN 20 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECT BY SMALL CRAFT FOR SEAS INTO THIS EVENING...THEN GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT. STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS ON SATURDAY. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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
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158 WHUS76 KMFR 041624 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 824 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 PZZ356-050530- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.000000T0000Z-151205T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.151205T1200Z-151206T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 824 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT TONIGHT...REACHING STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: 11 TO 13 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 14 TO 18 FEET ON SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS INTO THIS EVENING. GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH NORTH TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS 5 NM FROM SHORE WEST OF PORT ORFORD. GALES WILL AFFECT THE REST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PISTOL RIVER. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. 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. && $$ PZZ350-376-050530- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.000000T0000Z-151205T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.151205T0300Z-151205T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.151205T1200Z-151206T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 824 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT TONIGHT...REACHING STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: 12 TO 14 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 14 TO 18 FEET LATE TONIGHT...THEN 18 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. GALES WILL AFFECT MOST OF ZONE 376 AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE IN ZONE 356 SOUTH OF BANDON LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY STORM FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST OF ZONE 376 AND 5 NM FROM SHORE WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. 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. && $$ PZZ370-050530- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.000000T0000Z-151205T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.151205T1200Z-151206T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 824 AM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUST TO 50 KT TONIGHT...REACHING STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUST TO 60 KT BY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: 12 TO 14 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 14 TO 18 FEET LATE TONIGHT...THEN 20 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT FOR SEAS INTO THIS EVENING...THEN GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS TONIGHT. STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED FOR ALL AREAS ON SATURDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
086 WHUS76 KMFR 042312 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 312 PM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BRINGING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. LARGE WESTERLY SWELL WILL FOLLOW THIS SYSTEM. PZZ356-051215- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.000000T0000Z-151205T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.151205T1200Z-151206T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 312 PM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 40 KT TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 13 TO 15 FEET...BUILDING TO 15 TO 25 FEET ON SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL SEE SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THIS EVENING BEFORE GALES BEGIN TO IMPACT MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT. STORM CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR PORT ORFORD BEYOND 7 NM. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. 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. && $$ PZZ350-376-051215- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.000000T0000Z-151205T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.151205T0300Z-151205T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.151205T1200Z-151206T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 312 PM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 40 KT...INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 13 TO 14 FT THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 17 TO 20 FT LATE TONIGHT...THEN 18 TO 26 FT ON SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED:SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. GALES WILL AFFECT ALL OF ZONE 376 AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE IN ZONE 356 SOUTH OF BANDON LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY STORM FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST OF ZONE 376 AND 5 NM FROM SHORE WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. HIGHEST SEAS AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-051215- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0268.000000T0000Z-151205T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.151205T0300Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.151205T1200Z-151206T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 312 PM PST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUST TO 50 KT TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 13 TO 16 FT THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 17 TO 20 FT LATE TONIGHT...THEN 22 TO 27 FT ON SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS AFFECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR IN NORTHERN PORTIONS. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
153 WHUS76 KMFR 051200 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 400 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 PZZ350-376-060100- /O.EXP.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-151205T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 400 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE UPGRADED AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGINNING TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 13 TO 18 FT EARLY THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 18 TO 24 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING THEN REMAINING VERY STEEP THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST OF ZONE 376 AND 5 NM FROM SHORE WEST OF CAPE BLANCO. HIGHEST SEAS AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. && $$ PZZ356-060100- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 400 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KT THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGINNING TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 12 TO 17 FT EARLY THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 16 TO 22 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING THEN REMAINING VERY STEEP THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL SEE GALES EXCEPT STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR PORT ORFORD BEYOND 7 NM 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. && $$ PZZ370-060100- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 400 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGINNING TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 13 TO 18 FT EARLY THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 18 TO 24 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING THEN REMAINING VERY STEEP THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR IN NORTHERN PORTIONS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
962 WHUS76 KMFR 051430 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 630 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 PZZ356-060130- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0035.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 630 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KT THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGINNING TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GALES LIKELY INTO MONDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 12 TO 17 FT EARLY THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 16 TO 22 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING THEN REMAINING VERY STEEP THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL SEE GALES EXCEPT STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR PORT ORFORD BEYOND 7 NM 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF BOTH GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-060130- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.A.0035.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 630 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGINNING TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GALES LIKELY INTO MONDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 13 TO 18 FT EARLY THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 18 TO 24 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING THEN REMAINING VERY STEEP THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST OF ZONE 376 AND 5 NM FROM SHORE WEST OF CAPE BLANCO THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGHEST SEAS AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF BOTH GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ370-376-060130- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 630 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGINNING TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GALES LIKELY INTO MONDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 13 TO 18 FT EARLY THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 18 TO 24 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING THEN REMAINING VERY STEEP THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR IN NORTHERN PORTIONS AND BEYOND 5 NM 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF BOTH GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ DW HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
242 WHUS76 KMFR 051658 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 858 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 PZZ356-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0035.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 858 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KT THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGINNING TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GALES LIKELY INTO MONDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 12 TO 16 FT THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 16 TO 22 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING THEN REMAINING VERY STEEP THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL SEE GALES EXCEPT STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR PORT ORFORD BEYOND 7 NM 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF BOTH GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0035.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 858 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGINNING TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GALES LIKELY INTO MONDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 14 TO 18 FT THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 18 TO 24 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING THEN REMAINING VERY STEEP THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST OF ZONE 376 AND 5 NM FROM SHORE WEST OF CAPE BLANCO THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGHEST SEAS AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF BOTH GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ370-376-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 858 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH TONIGHT THEN BEGINNING TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GALES LIKELY INTO MONDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 14 TO 18 FT THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO 18 TO 24 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING THEN REMAINING VERY STEEP THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR IN NORTHERN PORTIONS AND BEYOND 5 NM 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF BOTH GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
136 WHUS76 KMFR 052237 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 237 PM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 PZZ356-061200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0035.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 237 PM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KT THROUGH TONIGHT...DIMINISHING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GALES LIKELY INTO MONDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 16 TO 22 FT INTO THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...THEN LIKELY BECOMING VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL SEE GALES EXCEPT STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR PORT ORFORD BEYOND 7 NM 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF BOTH GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-061200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.A.0035.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 237 PM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GALES LIKELY INTO MONDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 18 TO 24 FT INTO THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...THEN LIKELY BECOMING VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT MOST OF ZONE 376 AND 5 NM FROM SHORE WEST OF CAPE BLANCO THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGHEST SEAS AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF BOTH GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ370-376-061200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 237 PM PST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 35 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GALES LIKELY INTO MONDAY. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN 18 TO 24 FT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL DIMINISH BRIEFLY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...THEN LIKELY BECOMING VERY STEEP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR IN NORTHERN PORTIONS AND BEYOND 5 NM 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 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF BOTH GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
420 WHUS76 KMFR 061227 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 427 AM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK... A SERIES OF STRONG STORM SYSTEMS WILL RESULT IN WARNING LEVEL WIND AND SEA CONDITIONS MUCH OF THIS WEEK...WITH ONLY SHORT LULL PERIODS BETWEEN STORMS. PZZ356-070030- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SC.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0051.151207T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0061.151206T1227Z-151208T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0035.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 427 AM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. * SEAS: WEST-SOUTHWEST 15 TO 18 FT AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 12 SECONDS TODAY. SEAS WILL BUILD THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING TO 18 TO 25 FEET AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 18 SECONDS. WAVE CONDITIONS WILL HAVE AN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND DRIVEN COMPONENT TO THEM TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT TODAY...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS. THE MOST HAZARDOUS WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-070030- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0051.151207T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0061.151206T1227Z-151208T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SE.A.0035.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 427 AM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. * SEAS: WEST-SOUTHWEST 16 TO 20 FT AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 12 SECONDS TODAY. SEAS WILL BUILD THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 25 FEET AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 18 SECONDS. WAVE CONDITIONS WILL HAVE AN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND DRIVEN COMPONENT TO THEM TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT TODAY...INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 KT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY WARNING LEVEL SEAS. NEARLY ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE GALE FORCE WINDS THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EXCEPT AREAS WITHIN A COUPLE OF MILES OF THE COAST IN THE VICINITY OF NORTH BEND. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-070030- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0061.151206T1227Z-151207T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0051.151207T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.A.0005.151207T0600Z-151207T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 427 AM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH 10 AM PST MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. A STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WEST-SOUTHWEST 17 TO 20 FT AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 12 SECONDS TODAY. SEAS WILL BUILD THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING TO 23 TO 28 FEET AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 18 SECONDS. WAVE CONDITIONS WILL HAVE AN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND DRIVEN COMPONENT TO THEM TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT TODAY...INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 KT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS 55 TO 60 KT POSSIBLE. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR IN NORTHERN PORTIONS. * 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 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. && $$ PZZ376-070030- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SR.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151206T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0061.151206T1227Z-151207T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0036.151207T0000Z-151207T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0051.151207T0000Z-151208T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 427 AM PST SUN DEC 6 2015 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. * SEAS: WEST-SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 FT AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 12 SECONDS TODAY. SEAS WILL BUILD THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING TO 21 TO 27 FEET AT A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 18 SECONDS. WAVE CONDITIONS WILL HAVE AN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND DRIVEN COMPONENT TO THEM TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT TODAY...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR IN NORTHERN PORTIONS. * 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 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. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Dec 3, 8:22 PM PST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 8:22 PM PST, 6 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
822 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015
.UPDATE...CURRENTLY, THE COLD FRONT LIES JUST WEST OF THE WARNER
MOUNTAINS IN LAKE AND MODOC COUNTIES, AND STRONG WINDS ARE STILL
ONGOING ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THAT AREA. ELSEWHERE, WINDS HAVE
DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, SO HAVE CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORIES FOR
ALL AREAS WEST OF THE FRONT. MEANWHILE, WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION
CONTINUES, WITH SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO JUST BELOW 5000 FEET, AS
PER RECENT TRAVEL CAMERA IMAGES. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
AT A GOOD PACE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, AND ALONG THE
CASCADES, SO WINTER HEADLINES REMAIN IN PLACE THERE.
CHANGES TONIGHT WERE MAINLY DONE TO BRING THE FORECAST IN LINE
WITH CURRENT OBSERVATIONS, WITH NO MAJOR ALTERATIONS MADE. THE
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE THE UPCOMING WEEKEND STORM
SYSTEM, WHICH HAS MANY SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS TO THE EVENT JUST
WINDING DOWN NOW.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW. -BPN
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 04/00Z TAF CYCLE...COLD FRONT MOVED INLAND YET
SHOULD DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING AS SYSTEMS PROGRESSES NORTH.
PLENTY OF MOISTURE FOR CIGS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA. CONTINUED CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS THIS EVENING AS COLD AIR MASS MOVES OVER LAND. THINKING
SOME CIGS IN THE VALLEYS COULD LOWER WITH DECREASING VISIBILITY INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAIN WILL ALSO START TO TURNOVER TO SNOW AT
KINGSLEY FIELD AROUND 9 AND 10Z. OVERALL MVFR THIS EVENING FOR THE
WEST SIDE WITH VFR CONTINUING FOR THE EAST SIDE.
-SMITH
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 400 PM PST THURSDAY 3 DEC 2015... WINDS HAVE
DECREASED THIS EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INLAND. WAVES ON
THE OTHER HAND STILL REMAIN HIGH AND WITHIN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
LOOK FOR WAVES TO CONTINUE WITHIN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHING SATURDAY
EVENING, GALES AND STORM FORCE WINDS ARE PROBABLE FOR THE OUTER
WATERS.
-SMITH
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 408 PM PST THU DEC 3 2015/
DISCUSSION...THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT IS BEING ACCOMPANIED BY A SURFACE LOW THAT IS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST FROM NEAR EUREKA AT THIS TIME. THIS LOW IS SPINNING
OFF A CLUMP OF SHOWERS THAT IS MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST
SISKIYOU COUNTY AT THIS TIME. THE GREATEST PRECIP RATES OF THIS
STORM SHOULD BE WITH THIS BATCH OF SHOWERS INTO EARLY EVENING IN
THE MT SHASTA AREA. WINDS SHOULD ALSO DECREASE QUICKLY AFTER THIS
SURFACE LOW EXITS. A COLD AIR MASS MOVES IN THIS EVENING BEHIND
THE FRONT...AND WITH ONSHORE FLOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE
FRONT WITH SNOW LEVELS POSSIBLY DROPPING TO I-5 PASS LEVEL BETWEEN
GRANTS PASS AND ROSEBURG AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SHOWERS THIS EVENING.
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WITH ONSHORE
FLOW INCREASING AS THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A +100KT JET NUDGES
INTO THE AREA. THERE IS A BRIEF LULL IN THE ACTION LATER FRIDAY
INTO SATURDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT NOW LOOKS TO BRING
PRECIP TO THE COAST SATURDAY MORNING. CURRENT MODELS HAVE WINDS AS
STRONG OR STRONGER THAN THE RECENT STORM...AND SHOULD LAST FOR A
LONGER DURATION...LASTING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WITH THE LONGER
DURATION SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT SNOW LEVELS SHOULD BE A
LITTLE HIGHER THAN WITH THIS CURRENT SYSTEM. SVEN
LONG-TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...BROAD TROUGHING OVER THE
NORTHEAST PACIFIC OCEAN IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE WEATHER
PATTERN IN THE EXTENDED TIMEFRAME. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE IN
MULTIPLE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER...AKA HEAVY PRECIPITATION...EVENTS DURING
THIS PERIOD.
THE EC AND GFS AGREE THAT TWO DISTINCT STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT
SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DURING THIS PERIOD. THE
FIRST WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL MOISTURE FOR THIS TIME
OF YEAR. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME YEAR...ABOUT
7000 FEET. THIS COULD BE PROBLEMATIC IF SIGNIFICANT RAIN IMPACTS
AREAS WHERE SNOWPACK HAS GROWN IN RECENT DAYS...RESULTING IN MELTING
SNOW...RUNOFF...AND HIGHER RIVER FLOWS. THAT SAID...THE GFS MOVES
THE MOISTURE THROUGH FAIRLY QUICKLY BUT ANOTHER STORM WITH HIGH
MOISTURE TRANSPORT VALUES ARRIVES ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE
AGAIN HIGH WITH SYSTEM INITIALLY...AT 7000 FEET OR HIGHER...BUT
SHOULD FALL AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY AND BEYOND...AND SNOW LEVELS EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE 7000
FEET...RIVER RISES ARE LIKELY THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.
ALSO...IT'S LIKELY THAT STRONG WINDS WILL AT LEAST ACCOMPANY ONE OR
BOTH OF THE AFOREMENTIONED STORMS NEXT WEEK.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ORZ030-031.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR ORZ025.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR ORZ027-028.
CA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CAZ085.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR CAZ080>083.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...STORM WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY
FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
BPN/CZS/SBN/NSKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2:20 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake | 26 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:01 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 49 hr | |
| Dec 4, 3:01 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 49 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.