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Gale Warning 12, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Feb 4, 2016, 2:23 AM PST. It took effect at Feb 5, 2016, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2016, 2:23 AM PST (10:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2016, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2016, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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149 WHUS76 KMFR 041023 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 223 AM PST THU FEB 4 2016 PZZ376-042330- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160205T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.160204T1023Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0009.160205T1800Z-160206T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 223 AM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KT THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 16 TO 19 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 15 TO 17 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. FRIDAY...GALES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CAPE SEBASTIAN...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO THE SOUTH. * 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 WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. && $$ PZZ370-042330- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160205T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.160205T0000Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0009.160205T1800Z-160206T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 223 AM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KT THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 17 TO 19 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 16 TO 18 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS TODAY...FOLLOWED BY GALES FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-042330- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160205T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.160204T1023Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 223 AM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 KT THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING SOUTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 16 TO 18 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 14 TO 16 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. FRIDAY...GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * 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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-042330- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160205T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.160205T0000Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 223 AM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KT THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 16 TO 18 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 15 TO 17 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. FRIDAY...GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WITHIN 2 NM. * 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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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 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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152 WHUS76 KMFR 042233 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 233 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 PZZ356-051145- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160205T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 233 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 14 TO 16 FEET AT 17 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT... BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 13 TO 15 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS TONIGHT. FRIDAY...GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * 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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-051145- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160205T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T0600Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 233 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 KT THROUGH TONIGHT... INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 16 TO 18 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT... BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 15 TO 17 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. FRIDAY...GALES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF BROOKINGS...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO THE SOUTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-051145- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160205T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.160205T0000Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T0600Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 233 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 15 TO 17 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT... BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 16 TO 18 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. GALES WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST AND AFFECT ALL AREAS ON FRIDAY. * 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 WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. && $$ PZZ350-051145- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160205T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.160205T0000Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 233 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 15 KT THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 14 TO 16 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT... BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 15 TO 17 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. FRIDAY...GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WITHIN 2 NM. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
701 WHUS76 KMFR 050035 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 435 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 PZZ350-356-051345- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ 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- 435 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 14 TO 16 FEET AT 17 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT... BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 13 TO 15 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS TONIGHT. FRIDAY...GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * 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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-051345- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T0600Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 435 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 15 TO 17 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT... BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 16 TO 18 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. GALES WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST AND AFFECT ALL AREAS ON FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-051345- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160205T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T0600Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1200Z-160206T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 435 PM PST THU FEB 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 KT THROUGH TONIGHT... INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT FRIDAY. * SEAS...WEST 16 TO 18 FEET AT 19 SECONDS THROUGH TONIGHT... BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 15 TO 17 FEET FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER ALL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. FRIDAY...GALES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF BROOKINGS...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO THE SOUTH. * 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 WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
503 WHUS76 KMFR 051034 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 234 AM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 PZZ350-356-052345- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160205T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1500Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.160205T1500Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0021.160206T0300Z-160207T0100Z/ 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- 234 AM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. * SEAS...WEST 12 TO 14 FEET AT 15 SECONDS EARLY THIS MORNING... BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 14 TO 16 FEET BY LATE MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS THIS MORNING. GALES ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING BEYOND 3 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * 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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-052345- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160205T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160205T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1500Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0021.160206T0300Z-160207T0100Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 234 AM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. * SEAS...WEST 13 TO 15 FEET AT 15 SECONDS EARLY THIS MORNING... BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 16 TO 18 FEET BY LATE MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. GALES WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST...AFFECTING ALL AREAS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS 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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. && $$ PZZ376-052345- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-160205T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0012.160205T1500Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0021.160206T0300Z-160207T0100Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 234 AM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. * SEAS...WEST 12 TO 14 FEET AT 15 SECONDS EARLY THIS MORNING... BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 14 TO 16 FEET BY LATE MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. GALES WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST...AFFECTING ALL AREAS NORTH OF BROOKINGS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO THE SOUTH. * 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 WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
735 WHUS76 KMFR 052255 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 PM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 PZZ350-356-376-061200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0021.160206T0300Z-160207T0100Z/ 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- 255 PM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. DIMINISHING TO 5 AND 10 KTS SATURDAY. * SEAS...WEST 12 TO 14 FEET AT 14 TO 16 SECONDS THIS EVENING. 10 TO 12 FEET AT 12 SECONDS SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED... GALES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING 3 NM OFF SHORE AND NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN ALL THE WATERS. * 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 GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-061200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160206T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0021.160206T0300Z-160207T0100Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 PM PST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KTS SATURDAY. * SEAS....WEST 12 TO 16 FEET AT 14 TO 16 SECONDS THIS EVENING. 10 TO 12 FEET AT 12 SECONDS SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES..3 TO 40 NM OFFSHORE AND NORTH OF PORT ORFORD. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN ALL WATERS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SMITH 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 Feb 3, 9:47 PM PST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 9:47 PM PST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
947 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016
UPDATED AVIATION SECTION
.DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS EVENING IS SHOWING THE FRONT
MOVING EAST OF THE CASCADES. GIVEN RECENT RADAR TRENDS SHOWING A
RAPID DECREASE IN PRECIPITATION, THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH ABOUT
10 PM...ESPECIALLY IN THE FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE CASCADES
AND ALSO OVER THE WARNER MOUNTAINS...BUT MOST AREAS WILL HAVE LESS
THAN AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. SOME ONSHORE FLOW
AND A TRAILING SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE WILL KEEP SHOWERS IN THE
FORECAST FROM THE COAST TO THE CASCADES, MAINLY FROM THE UMPQUA
DIVIDE NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. ANY SHOWERS
WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A WEAK RIDGE
BUILDS IN. SPILDE
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 04/06Z TAF CYCLE...LIGHT WINDS AND PLENTY OF
MOISTURE LEFT BEHIND WEDNESDAY'S FRONT WILL BRING TERRAIN
OBSCURATION OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH CIGS LOWERING IN THE
VALLEYS TO AT LEAST MVFR AT THE MAIN TERMINALS. IFR IS EXPECTED AT
KLMT AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND IFR IS POSSIBLE
AT KRBG AND KMFR IN THE 12-17Z TIME FRAME. EXPECT IMPROVEMENT TO
VFR EXCEPT AT KLMT WHERE MVFR MAY LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
SPILDE
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 800 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016... SOUTHWEST AND WEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING, BUT HEAVY LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL BUILD IN THIS
EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT PERSISTING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. ANOTHER
FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH GALES POSSIBLE IN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE IS THEN EXPECTED TO BUILD IN
SATURDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. BTL
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 218 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016/
DISCUSSION...THE COLD FRONT IS NOW JUST MOVING INTO THE OUTER
MARINE WATERS AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE INLAND TONIGHT. RAINFALL HAS ALREADY BEGUN AT
THE COAST AND WILL PUSH INLAND THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT SHOULD
MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY, THUS LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION.
EVEN SO, THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE USUAL LOCATIONS:
ALONG THE COAST, COAST RANGE AND CASCADES. SNOW LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 4000 FEET THIS EVENING, BUT COULD BRIEFLY
LOWER TO 3500 FEET IN HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. THE FRONT WILL MOVE
EAST OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT, BUT A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL FOLLOW
THE FRONT BRINGING ENHANCED PRECIPITATION EAST OF THE CASCADES AND
AT THE SAME TIME SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 3500 FEET,
THEREFORE HAVE EXPANDED THE COVERAGE AREA OF THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY. SEE WSWMFR FORE MORE DETAILS. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE
TO LOWER TO AROUND 3000 FEET LATE TONIGHT, BUT THE BULK OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
WINDS HAVE INCREASED IN THE SHASTA VALLEY AND EXPECT THIS TO
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING, THEN WILL DECREASE AS 850 MB WINDS
SHIFT EAST AND DECREASE. WINDS EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL
INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO LATE THIS EVENING
AND WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR SUMMER LAKE. EVEN THEN WERE ONLY
EXPECTING ADVISORY CRITERIA BECAUSE PRECIPITATION SHOULD HELP TO
KEEP WIND SPEEDS IN CHECK.
WEAK RIDGING WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT PROVIDING ANOTHER BREAK IN THE WEATHER. TEMPERATURES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE MILDER, BUT THE MORNINGS COULD END UP
COOLER THAN WHAT'S FORECAST IF THERE'S LESS CLOUD COVER.
-PETRUCELLI
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THE MODELS ARE IN A LITTLE BETTER AGREEMENT
TODAY REGARDING A FRONT MOVING THROUGH OUR AREA LATE THIS WEEK
AND EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. WHILE THERE IS STILL SOME DISAGREEMENT
CONCERNING THE STRENGTH OF AND AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE FRONT, IT LOOKS LIKE WEST SIDE AREAS STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF
GETTING SOME RAIN, SO POPS WERE RAISED. THE MAIN STICKING POINT
REMAINS HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION WILL COME WITH THE FRONT. THE GFS
IS STILL THE WETTEST AND THE ECMWF THE DRIEST, BUT THE GEM IS NOW
STARTING TO LOOK A LITTLE WETTER. QPF WAS ALSO RAISED IN THE USUAL
SPOTS (COAST AND COASTAL MOUNTAINS), BUT KEPT RELATIVELY LOW
ELSEWHERE. WINDS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE WATERS, COULD BE AN ISSUE
WITH THIS FRONT, AND THOSE WERE ALSO INCREASED. SNOW LEVELS LOOK
FAIRLY HIGH, SO SNOW SHOULD NOT BE MUCH OF AN IMPACT EXCEPT
PERHAPS AT THE CRATER AND DIAMOND LAKE AREA. -WRIGHT
SUNDAY INTO NEXT THURSDAY...BOTH EC AND GFS SHOW A REX BLOCK
FORMING OVER THE WEST COAST/ JUST WEST OF CALIFORNIA AND BAJA
CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL KEEP CONDITIONS DRY IN THE MEDFORD CWA EARLY
NEXT WEEK, LIKELY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. A STRONG UPPER RIDGE
WOULD SEEM LIKE AN EASY FORECAST, BUT THIS ONE HAS HIGH BUST
POTENTIAL, ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS. THIS KIND OF PATTERN IS
NOTORIOUS FOR PRODUCING VALLEY FOG UNDER LOW LEVEL INVERSIONS, BUT
WE ARE A LITTLE PAST THE PEAK FOG SEASON. IT IS ALSO COMPLICATED
BY OFFSHORE FLOW ON MONDAY, WHICH WILL SERVE TO DRY OUT THE
AIRMASS AND MAY LIMIT FOG DEVELOPMENT. THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN
MANY VALLEY LOCATIONS COULD LITERALLY BE 25-30 DEGREES DIFFERENT
MONDAY AND TUESDAY DEPENDING ON WHETHER FOG FORMS AND/OR BREAKS
DURING THE DAY OR NOT. FOR NOW, WE'LL TAKE THE MIDDLE ROAD AND
KEEP NIGHT TIME FOG IN AND BREAK IT OUT DURING THE DAY WITH MILD
HIGH TEMPERATURES. BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT IF THIS CHANGES, IT WILL
CHANGE TO THE COOLER, FOGGIER SIDE. THE FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS
IS MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD: IT WILL BE SUNNY AND UNSEASONABLY
WARM EARLY NEXT WEEK, AND CONFIDENCE IN THAT IS HIGH. WPC GUIDANCE
FAVORED THE GFS FOR THE EXTENDED...AND ACCORDING TO THE LAST TWO
RUNS OF THE GFS, THE RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER US UNTIL NEXT
THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. -MSC
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR ORZ021-022.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ORZ031.
CA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CAZ085.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS
FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
GALE WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR
PZZ370-376.
MAS/MAP/TRW/MSC/BTLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2:23 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 41 hr |
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