Gale Warning 18, NWS Medford, OR

787 
WHUS76 KMFR 030601
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1001 PM PST WED MAR 2 2016

...HEAVY WEST SWELL BUILDING THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY ....
...STRONG FRONT FRIDAY WITH GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY
HIGH SEAS...

.VERY STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THEN SUBSIDE SOME
THURSDAY MORNING. A HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW NIGHT
AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT WILL BRING
WIDESPREAD GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HEAVY SEAS FRIDAY
AND FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE
SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THIS LATEST SERIES.

PZZ356-031500-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160303T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
1001 PM PST WED MAR 2 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY...


* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
  WINDS MAY BRIEFLY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS
  TO 60 KT FRIDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TONIGHT AND CONTINUING
  THROUGH THURSDAY. WEST SWELL WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 18 FEET
  THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL AND INCREASING WIND
  WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 20 TO 23 FEET FRIDAY THROUGH
  FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND ESPECIALLY AROUND CAPE BLANCO.
  WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE LOWER WITHIN A FEW MILES OF
  SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS EXPECTED
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES.

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-031500-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160303T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160304T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T1200Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1001 PM PST WED MAR 2 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY
  BRIEFLY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT
  FRIDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TONIGHT AND CONTINUING
  THROUGH THURSDAY. WEST SWELL WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 18 FEET
  THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL AND INCREASING WIND
  WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 20 TO 24 FEET FRIDAY THROUGH
  FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE 
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES. 

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-031500-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160303T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160304T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T1200Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1001 PM PST WED MAR 2 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY
  BRIEFLY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT
  FRIDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TONIGHT AND CONTINUING
  THROUGH THURSDAY. WEST SWELL WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 18 FEET
  THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL AND INCREASING WIND
  WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 20 TO 24 FEET FRIDAY THROUGH
  FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE 
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES.

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-031500-
/O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160303T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
1001 PM PST WED MAR 2 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY
  BRIEFLY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT
  FRIDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TONIGHT AND CONTINUING
  THROUGH THURSDAY. WEST SWELL WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 18 FEET
  THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL AND INCREASING WIND
  WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 20 TO 23 FEET FRIDAY THROUGH
  FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES.

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

BTL

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

501 
WHUS76 KMFR 031304
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
504 AM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...HEAVY WEST SWELL BUILDING THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY....
...STRONG FRONT FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WITH GALE TO STORM FORCE
WINDS AND VERY HIGH SEAS...

.STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. A HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT WILL
BRING WIDESPREAD GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HEAVY SEAS
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE
SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THIS LATEST SERIES.

PZZ356-040215-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
504 AM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST
FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
  WINDS MAY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 35 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60
  KT DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TODAY. WEST SWELL
  WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL
  AND INCREASING WIND WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 18 TO 21
  FEET FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND ESPECIALLY AROUND CAPE BLANCO.
  WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE LOWER WITHIN A FEW MILES OF
  SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS EXPECTED
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES. 

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-040215-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160304T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T1200Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
504 AM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY. WINDS MAY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50
  KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY
  NIGHT.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TODAY. WEST SWELL
  WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL
  AND INCREASING WIND WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 20 TO 23
  FEET FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE 
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES.

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ376-040215-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160304T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T1200Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
504 AM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO
  50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY
  INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT DURING
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TODAY. WEST SWELL
  WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL
  AND INCREASING WIND WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 20 TO 23
  FEET FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE 
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES. 

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ350-040215-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
504 AM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AT LEAST GALES 30 TO 40 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT
  WINDS MAY REACH TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT
  DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TODAY. WEST SWELL
  WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL
  AND INCREASING WIND WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 18 TO 22
  FEET FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES.

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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

970 
WHUS76 KMFR 031657
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
857 AM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...HEAVY WEST SWELL BUILDING THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY.... 

...STRONG FRONT FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WITH GALE TO STORM FORCE
WINDS AND VERY HIGH SEAS...

.STEEP SEAS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. A HEAVY WEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT WILL
BRING WIDESPREAD GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS AND VERY HEAVY SEAS
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE
SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THIS LATEST SERIES.

PZZ356-040600-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.160303T1657Z-160303T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0024.160303T2200Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
857 AM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST 
TODAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PST TODAY THROUGH 1 PM PST
FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 PM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 
  50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY 
  NIGHT. WINDS MAY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 35 TO 50 KT WITH 
  GUSTS TO 60 KT DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TODAY. WEST SWELL 
  WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 17 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. 
  THIS SWELL AND INCREASING WIND WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 
  18 TO 21 FEET FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE 
  EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND ESPECIALLY AROUND CAPE 
  BLANCO. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE LOWER WITHIN A FEW 
  MILES OF SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS. 

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS EXPECTED 
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES. 

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

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/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.160303T1657Z-160303T2200Z/
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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T1200Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
857 AM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST 
TODAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PST TODAY THROUGH 4 AM PST
FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 12 PM PST
FRIDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 
  50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY. WINDS MAY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 
  KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TODAY. WEST SWELL 
  WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL 
  AND INCREASING WIND WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 20 TO 23 
  FEET FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE 
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES. 

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ376-040600-
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/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.160303T1657Z-160303T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0024.160303T2200Z-160304T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T1200Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
857 AM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST 
TODAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PST TODAY THROUGH 4 AM PST
FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST FRIDAY TO 1 PM PST
SATURDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 
  50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS 
  MAY INCREASE TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT 
  DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 11 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TODAY. WEST SWELL 
  WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL 
  AND INCREASING WIND WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 20 TO 23 
  FEET FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE 
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES. 

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ350-040600-
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/O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0037.160303T1657Z-160303T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0024.160303T2200Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
857 AM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST 
TODAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PST TODAY THROUGH 1 PM PST
FRIDAY...
...STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 PM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AT LEAST GALES 30 TO 40 KT 
  WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT 
  WINDS MAY REACH TO STORM FORCE 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT 
  DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SEAS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 13 FEET AT 11 SECONDS TODAY. WEST SWELL 
  WILL BUILD TO 13 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SWELL 
  AND INCREASING WIND WAVES WILL DRIVE COMBINED SEAS TO 18 TO 22 
  FEET FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

* ADDITIONAL FRONTS...ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT IS POSSIBLE 
  SATURDAY AND COULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE LATEST SERIES. 

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

SK

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

771 
WHUS76 KMFR 040003
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
403 PM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS TO BRING HIGH WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SET UP ALONG THE COAST FRIDAY AND REMAIN
THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY NIGHT. A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEMS WILL RIDE ALONG THIS FRONT AND BRING PERIODS OF GALE TO
STORM FORCE WINDS AND EXTREMELY STEEP SEAS TO THE WATERS DURING
THE PERIOD. THE BASIC SETUP IS CERTAIN TO OCCUR, BUT CONFIDENCE
IS LOWER IN THE DETAILS OF EACH PARTICULAR LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS, AND A THIRD MAY MOVE DIRECTLY INTO
THE COAST FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY. GALES ARE CERTAIN WITH EACH OF
THESE SYSTEMS, BUT STORM FORCE WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH EACH
SYSTEM. SEAS WILL BE VERY HIGH NO MATTER WHAT PATH THESE SYSTEMS
TAKE. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS VERY SIGNIFICANT
SERIES OF SYSTEMS.

PZZ356-041200-
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/O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0030.160304T0003Z-160304T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0025.160304T1200Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160307T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
403 PM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TO 1 PM PST
FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM
PST SATURDAY... 
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
MONDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT EXCEPT SOUTH 5 TO 10 KT NEAR BROOKINGS
  THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. FRIDAY AFTERNOON: SOUTH RISING TO
  GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 60 KT POSSIBLE.
  SIMILAR WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY
  SUNDAY AS WELL WITH BRIEF DECREASES IN WIND IN BETWEEN.

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 16 FEET 15 SECONDS
  TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 21 TO 24 FEET
  EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND ESPECIALLY AROUND CAPE BLANCO.
  WHILE WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE LOWER WITHIN A FEW MILES
  OF SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS, THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF VERY HAZARDOUS
  CONDITIONS THERE AS WELL.

* CONFIDENCE: PERIODS OF GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE CERTAIN
  FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY
  HIGH SEAS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY
  THROUGH SUNDAY.

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ350-041200-
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/O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0030.160304T0003Z-160304T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0025.160304T1200Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160307T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
403 PM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST TO 1 PM PST
FRIDAY...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
MONDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT EXCEPT SOUTH 5 TO 10 KT NEAR COAST
  THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. FRIDAY AFTERNOON: SOUTH RISING TO
  GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 60 KT POSSIBLE.
  SIMILAR WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY
  SUNDAY AS WELL WITH BRIEF DECREASES IN WIND IN BETWEEN.

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 16 FEET 15 SECONDS
  TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 21 TO 24 FEET
  EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS, HOWEVER THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED NEAR CAPE BLANCO.

* CONFIDENCE: PERIODS OF GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE CERTAIN
  FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY
  HIGH SEAS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY
  THROUGH SUNDAY.

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ370-041200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160304T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T1200Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160307T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
403 PM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...\
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST FRIDAY TO 1 PM
PST FRIDAY...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
MONDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING, THEN SOUTH RISING
  TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 60 KT POSSIBLE
  FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SIMILAR
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY
  AS WELL WITH BRIEF DECREASES IN WIND IN BETWEEN.

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 16 FEET 15 SECONDS THIS
  EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 21 TO 24 FEET
  EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS, HOWEVER THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED NEAR CAPE BLANCO.

* CONFIDENCE: PERIODS OF GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE CERTAIN
  FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY
  HIGH SEAS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY
  THROUGH SUNDAY.

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

PZZ376-041200-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160304T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T1200Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160304T2100Z-160307T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
403 PM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM
PST SATURDAY...
...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
MONDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING, THEN SOUTH RISING
  TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 60 KT POSSIBLE
  FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SIMILAR
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY
  AS WELL WITH BRIEF DECREASES IN WIND IN BETWEEN.

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 16 FEET 15 SECONDS THIS
  EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 21 TO 24 FEET
  EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS, HOWEVER THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED NEAR CAPE BLANCO.

* CONFIDENCE: PERIODS OF GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE CERTAIN
  FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY
  HIGH SEAS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY
  THROUGH SUNDAY.

* 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 STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF STORM FORCE WINDS OF
48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 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

948 
WHUS76 KMFR 040527
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
927 PM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS TO BRING HIGH WINDS AND VERY STEEP
SEAS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SET UP ALONG THE COAST FRIDAY AND REMAIN
THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY NIGHT. A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEMS WILL RIDE ALONG THIS FRONT AND BRING PERIODS OF GALE TO
STORM FORCE WINDS AND EXTREMELY STEEP SEAS TO THE WATERS DURING
THE PERIOD. THE BASIC SETUP IS CERTAIN TO OCCUR... BUT CONFIDENCE
IS LOWER IN THE DETAILS OF EACH PARTICULAR LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS... AND A THIRD MAY MOVE DIRECTLY
INTO THE COAST FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY. GALES ARE CERTAIN WITH
EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS... BUT STORM FORCE WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH EACH SYSTEM. SEAS WILL BE VERY HIGH NO MATTER WHAT PATH
THESE SYSTEMS TAKE. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS VERY
SIGNIFICANT SERIES OF SYSTEMS.

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/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0005.160305T0000Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160305T1200Z-160307T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
927 PM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT EXCEPT SOUTH 5 TO 10 KT NEAR BROOKINGS
  THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT: SOUTH
  RISING TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 60 KT.
  SIMILAR GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY WITH BRIEF DECREASES IN BETWEEN.

* SEAS: WEST SWELL WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 16 FEET 15 SECONDS
  TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 21 TO 24 FEET
  EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE
  EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND ESPECIALLY AROUND CAPE BLANCO.
  WHILE WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE LOWER WITHIN A FEW MILES
  OF SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS...THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF VERY
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THERE AS WELL.

* CONFIDENCE: PERIODS OF GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE CERTAIN
  FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY
  HIGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...AND WILL BE
  POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

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/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0005.160305T0000Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160305T1200Z-160307T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
927 PM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT EXCEPT SOUTH 5 TO 10 KT NEAR BROOKINGS
  THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT: SOUTH
  RISING TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 60 KT.
  SIMILAR GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY WITH BRIEF DECREASES IN BETWEEN.

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 16 FEET 15 SECONDS 
  TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME 
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 21 TO 24 FEET 
  EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS... HOWEVER THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE 
  EXPECTED NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 

* CONFIDENCE: PERIODS OF GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE CERTAIN
  FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY
  HIGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...AND WILL BE
  POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A
POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

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/O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T1200Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0005.160305T0000Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160305T1200Z-160307T1200Z/
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
927 PM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THEN SOUTH
  RISING TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT FRIDAY MORNING WITH STORM FORCE
  GUSTS TO 60 KT POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
  SIMILAR GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY WITH BRIEF DECREASES IN BETWEEN.

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 16 FEET 15 SECONDS 
  THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL 
  BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 21 TO 
  24 FEET EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS...HOWEVER THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED NEAR CAPE BLANCO.

* CONFIDENCE: PERIODS OF GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE CERTAIN
  FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY
  HIGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...AND WILL BE
  POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.

* 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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T1200Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0005.160305T0000Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160305T1200Z-160307T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
927 PM PST THU MAR 3 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THEN SOUTH
  RISING TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT FRIDAY MORNING WITH STORM FORCE
  GUSTS TO 60 KT POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
  SIMILAR GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY WITH BRIEF DECREASES IN BETWEEN.

* SEAS: WEST SWELLS WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 16 FEET 15 SECONDS 
  THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL 
  BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN AND RISE TO 21 TO 
  24 FEET EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS... HOWEVER THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE 
  EXPECTED NEAR CAPE BLANCO. 

* CONFIDENCE: PERIODS OF GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE CERTAIN
  FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STORM FORCE CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY
  HIGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...AND WILL BE
  POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.

* 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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

BTL

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

215 
WHUS76 KMFR 041053
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
253 AM PST FRI MAR 4 2016

...DANGEROUS WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TODAY INTO THE WEEKEND...

.A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SET UP ALONG THE COAST TODAY AND REMAIN
THERE INTO THIS WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL RIDE
NORTHWARD ALONG THIS FRONT AND BRING PERIODS OF GALE TO STORM
FORCE WINDS AND EXTREMELY STEEP SEAS. ONE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO PASS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH FRIDAY EVENING...THEN ANOTHER
IN SIMILAR FASHION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A THIRD LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM IS NOW EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE TO THE SOUTH, BUT
STILL MAY CAUSE A PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
WATERS LATE SUNDAY. MARINERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION
OR REMAIN IN PORT DURING THIS PERIOD OF STORMY WEATHER. STAY
TUNED FOR UPDATES.


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/O.CAN.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160305T1200Z-160307T1200Z/
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-
253 AM PST FRI MAR 4 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT RISING TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT THIS
  MORNING WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 60 KT POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WINDS
  EASE FOR A WHILE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING, BUT SIMILAR
  GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING. 

* SEAS: BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN THIS
  MORNING...PEAKING AT 20 TO 23 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  SEAS EASE A BIT LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...BUT RISE
  BACK TO NEAR OR ABOVE 20 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. 

* 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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ350-356-050000-
/O.CAN.KMFR.SC.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-160304T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0025.160304T1053Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0005.160305T0000Z-160306T0600Z/
/O.CAN.KMFR.SR.A.0005.160305T1200Z-160307T1200Z/
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-
253 AM PST FRI MAR 4 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT EXCEPT SOUTH 5 TO 10 KT NEAR BROOKINGS
  THIS MORNING...RISING TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH STORM FORCE
  GUSTS TO 60 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. WINDS MAY
  EASE BRIEFLY VERY LATE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING, BUT SIMILAR
  GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* SEAS: WEST SWELL 14 TO 16 FEET AT 15 SECONDS THIS MORNING. SEAS
  BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN THIS AFTERNOON AND
  PEAKING AT 18 TO 23 FEET TONIGHT. SEAS EASE A BIT LATE TONIGHT
  INTO SATURDAY MORNING...BUT RISE BACK TO NEAR OR ABOVE 20 FEET
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE 
  EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND ESPECIALLY AROUND CAPE 
  BLANCO. WHILE WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE LOWER WITHIN A 
  FEW MILES OF SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS...THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF 
  VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THERE AS WELL. 

* 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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
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.

&&

$$

MAS

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

890 
WHUS76 KMFR 041657
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
857 AM PST FRI MAR 4 2016

...DANGEROUS WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TODAY INTO THE WEEKEND...

.A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SET UP ALONG THE COAST TODAY AND REMAIN
THERE INTO THIS WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL RIDE NORTHWARD
ALONG THIS FRONT AND BRING PERIODS OF GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS
AND EXTREMELY STEEP SEAS. ONE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
PASS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH FRIDAY EVENING...THEN ANOTHER IN SIMILAR
FASHION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A THIRD LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM IS NOW EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE TO THE SOUTH...BUT STILL
MAY CAUSE A PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS
LATE SUNDAY. MARINERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION OR
REMAIN IN PORT DURING THIS PERIOD OF STORMY WEATHER. STAY TUNED
FOR UPDATES.

PZZ350-356-050600-
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160304T2100Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.160304T2100Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0005.160305T0000Z-160306T0600Z/
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-
857 AM PST FRI MAR 4 2016

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON...
...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT EXCEPT SOUTH 5 TO 10 KT NEAR 
  BROOKINGS THIS MORNING...RISING TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH 
  STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 60 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING 
  TONIGHT. WINDS MAY EASE BRIEFLY VERY LATE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY 
  MORNING... BUT SIMILAR GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED 
  AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* SEAS: WEST SWELL 14 TO 16 FEET AT 15 SECONDS THIS MORNING. 
  SEAS BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND PEAKING AT 18 TO 23 FEET TONIGHT. SEAS EASE A 
  BIT LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...BUT RISE BACK TO NEAR 
  OR ABOVE 20 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS ARE 
  EXPECTED NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND ESPECIALLY AROUND CAPE 
  BLANCO. WHILE WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE LOWER WITHIN A 
  FEW MILES OF SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS...THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF 
  VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THERE AS WELL. 

* 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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
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.

&&

$$

PZZ370-376-050600-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0005.160305T0000Z-160306T0600Z/
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-
857 AM PST FRI MAR 4 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT RISING TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT THIS 
  MORNING WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 60 KT POSSIBLE TONIGHT. 
  WINDS EASE FOR A WHILE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING... 
  BUT SIMILAR GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN 
  SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* SEAS: BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND WIND DRIVEN THIS 
  MORNING...PEAKING AT 20 TO 23 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
  SEAS EASE A BIT LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...BUT RISE 
  BACK TO NEAR OR ABOVE 20 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS.

* 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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

SK

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149 
WHUS76 KMFR 042250
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
250 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2016

...DANGEROUS WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

.A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL REMAIN IN THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND. A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL RIDE NORTHWARD
ALONG THIS FRONT...AND BRING PERIODS OF GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS
AND EXTREMELY STEEP SEAS. ONE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
PASS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING...THEN ANOTHER IN SIMILAR
FASHION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A THIRD LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM IS NOW EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE TO THE SOUTH...BUT STILL
MAY CAUSE A PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS
LATE SUNDAY. MARINERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION OR
REMAIN IN PORT DURING THIS PERIOD OF STORMY WEATHER. STAY TUNED
FOR UPDATES.

PZZ350-356-370-376-051200-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0005.160305T0000Z-160306T0600Z/
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 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-
250 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 60 KT
  THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. WINDS MAY EASE BRIEFLY
  VERY LATE TONIGHT... BUT SIMILAR GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SEAS: EXTREMELY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN PEAKING AROUND 23 FEET
  TONIGHT. SEAS WILL EASE A BIT LATE LATE TONIGHT...BUT RISE BACK
  TO NEAR OR ABOVE 20 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
  NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND ESPECIALLY AROUND CAPE BLANCO. WHILE
  WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE LOWER WITHIN A FEW MILES OF
  SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS...THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF VERY HAZARDOUS
  CONDITIONS THERE AS WELL.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL
WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
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.

&&

$$


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451 
WHUS76 KMFR 051019
MWWMFR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
219 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016

...DANGEROUS WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

.WINDS AND SEAS WILL EASE SLIGHTLY THIS MORNING AS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM PUSHES JUST INLAND AND STALLS. LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ALONG THE STALLED FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING RESULTING IN A RESURGENCE OF GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS AND
DANGEROUS SEAS. WINDS LIKELY EASE BELOW GALE FORCE TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY, BUT WARNING LEVEL SEAS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO NEXT
WEEK. MARINERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION OR REMAIN IN
PORT DURING THIS PERIOD OF STORMY WEATHER. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.

PZZ350-356-370-376-052330-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160306T0600Z/
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 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-
219 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT EASING TO 15 TO 25 KT THIS
  MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO GALES 35 TO 45 KT WITH STORM FORCE
  GUSTS TO 60 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS SHOULD EASE
  BELOW GALE FORCE TONIGHT.

* SEAS: 16 TO 18 FEET...EASING TO 13 TO 16 FEET THIS
  MORNING...THEN RISING BACK TO NEAR OR ABOVE 20 FEET LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS SHOULD SUBSIDE A BIT TONIGHT, BUT
  WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS INTO NEXT WEEK.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THE STRONGEST WINDS AND MOST DANGEROUS SEAS
  WILL OCCUR NORTH OF GOLD BEACH AND ESPECIALLY AROUND CAPE
  BLANCO. WHILE WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE LOWER WITHIN A
  FEW MILES OF SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS...THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF VERY
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THERE AS WELL.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH
EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER
UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER
REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES
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.

&&

$$

MAS

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
247 PM PST WED MAR 2 2016

.SHORT-TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...3 DISTINCT STORM
SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA BETWEEN NOW AND SATURDAY...EACH
PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER WITH MORE POTENTIAL FOR IMPACTS. THE FIRST
FRONT IS ARRIVING TODAY WITH GENERALLY MODERATE WINDS...EXCEPT AT
THE COAST WHERE GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING.
A HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COAST...AND A WIND ADVISORY
CONTINUES FOR THE SHASTA VALLEY AND SUMMER LAKE AREA EAST OF THE
CASCADES. PRECIPITATION WITH THIS FRONT WILL RANGE FROM OVER AN
INCH AT THE COAST TO VERY LITTLE EAST OF THE CASCADES. IN
BETWEEN...EXPECT A TENTH OF AN INCH IN WEST SIDE VALLEYS LIKE
MEDFORD AND ROSEBURG...WITH ABOUT A HALF INCH OF LIQUID IN THE
CASCADES. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE HIGH THROUGH MUCH OF THE
PRECIPITATION...ABOVE 7000 FEET.

THURSDAY REPRESENTS A GENERAL BREAK IN THE WEATHER...WITH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS EXCEPT FOR A FEW LINGERING
SHOWERS EAST OF THE CASCADES AND IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MODELS
DISAGREE SOME ON WHETHER FRIDAY WILL BE DRY OR NOT AND WE HAVE SIDED
WITH THE CONSENSUS...SUGGESTING LESS THAN 50% CHANCE OF RAIN FOR
MOST OF THE AREA AHEAD OF A FRONT ARRIVING AT THE COAST FRIDAY
NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE FRIDAY AND PEAK FRIDAY EVENING INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW LEVELS WILL AGAIN BE HIGH WITH THIS
SYSTEM...ABOVE 6000 FEET.

ON SATURDAY A STRONG SHORTWAVE WILL BE USHERED INTO THE REGION BY
THE PERSISTENT 170KT+ PACIFIC JET...AND A NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER
TROUGH WILL IMPACT THE AREA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1 INCH
WILL IMPINGE UPON THE COAST. THE 18Z AND 12Z NAM RUNS SUGGEST A SUB-
980MB CLOSED LOW INSIDE 130W BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHILE THE EC AND
GFS SHOW AN OPEN WAVE. IN ANY CASE...THE SATURDAY SYSTEM WILL LIKELY
FEATURE MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA...AND A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE
COAST AND PERHAPS INLAND. MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING IS UNLIKELY BUT
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY-LEVEL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
CONFIDENCE TOOLS SUGGEST SOUTH WINDS ALOFT WILL BE IN THE TOP 5
PERCENT FOR EVENTS THIS TIME OF YEAR...WHICH TRANSLATES TO STRONG
SURFACE WIND POTENTIAL IN PLACES LIKE KLAMATH FALLS. MEX GUIDANCE
SUPPORTS WIDESPREAD GUSTY WINDS AS WELL. THE FORECAST WILL BE
FINE-TUNED AS WE APPROACH THIS STORM AS MODELS COME INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT WITH THE STORM DETAILS. SNOW LEVELS DO DROP SHARPLY
SATURDAY NIGHT...SO SNOW IMPACTS WILL BE A CONCERN WITH THIS
SYSTEM.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW
THAT A WET AND ACTIVE PATTERN WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT ON SUNDAY A COOL AND
SHOWERY PATTERN WILL DEVELOP AS AN UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS INTO THE
REGION. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER DOWN TO AROUND 3500 TO
4000 FEET SUNDAY. THE TROUGH WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD ON MONDAY...THEN
A COUPLE ADDITIONAL WET AND STRONG FRONTS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THESE FRONTS, SNOW LEVELS MAY RISE. HOWEVER
THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE DETAILS OF THE SNOW LEVEL AND
TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DUE TO MODEL
VARIABILITY DURING THIS PERIOD.

ON SUNDAY, AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE REGION, MODELS ARE ALSO
SHOWING A SHORTWAVE AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH MOVING INTO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON. THIS WOULD BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO 3500 TO
4000 FEET SUNDAY MORNING AND REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. WITH
SHOWERS, A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER HIGHER PASSES AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVIER
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE CRATER LAKE AREA AND HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR MOUNT
SHASTA, INCLUDING SNOWMANS SUMMIT.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY, MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT THE UPPER
TROUGH WILL SHIFT SOUTH OF THE AREA. EXPECT SOME LINGERING SHOWERS
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH THE AMOUNT OF SHOWERS DEPENDENT ON THE
STRENGTH OF A SHORTWAVE MOVING JUST NORTH OF THE AREA.  THEN ON
MONDAY NIGHT, AN UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO NUDGE INTO THE AREA FROM
THE SOUTHWEST.

ON TUESDAY,  MODELS INDICATE THAT A VERY MOIST FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
APPROACH THE PACNW. MODEL FORECASTS VARY THOUGH ON THE STRENGTH OF
THE RIDGE AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND THE TRACK OF THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM.
THE ECMWF SHOWS A WEAKER RIDGE AND A SLIGHTLY MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK
COMPARED TO THE GFS AND GEFS. AS A RESULT THE ECMWF IS COOLER WITH
LOWER SNOW LEVELS THAN THE GFS, WHICH INDICATES WARM AIR ADVECTION
AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SO CONFIDENCE
IS LOW CONCERNING THE DETAILS OF THE TEMPERATURE AND SNOW LEVEL
FORECASTS FOR THE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT PERIOD.

LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY, THERE MAY BE LITTLE IF ANY
BREAK. MODELS SHOW  ANOTHER LOW APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND
BRINGING A SECOND STRONG AND WET FRONTAL SYSTEM INTO THE REGION ON
WEDNESDAY. THE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENTS, SHOW THE POTENTIAL FORA
PROLONGED MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENT OVER WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA, WITH HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ON THE COAST. SO,
WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS PERIOD FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT
RIVER RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING, MAINLY FOR COASTAL RIVERS AND
STREAMS. WINDY CONDITIONS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE FRONTS TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY. /CC

&&

.AVIATION...FOR THE 02/18Z TAF CYCLE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH LOW
LEVEL WIND SHEAR NEAR THE COAST AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES. SHOWERS
WILL REACH THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INLAND INTO THE
COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE UMPQUA VALLEY. EXPECT AREAS OF
MVFR CIGS ALONG THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. THEN AREAS OF MODERATE
RAIN AND MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST AROUND 00Z
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WITH AREAS
OF MVFR CIGS AND MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION WILL SPREAD INLAND TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH A MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING
FROM THE CASCADES WESTWARD. -DW/CC

&&

.MARINE...UPDATED 230 PM PST WED 02 MAR 2016...GALES AND VERY STEEP
COMBINED SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT. THE FRONT MOVES ASHORE LATER THIS EVENING, AND WINDS WILL
DIMINISH. SEAS WILL BECOME SWELL DOMINATED BUT REMAIN STEEP BEHIND
THE FRONT TONIGHT AND REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH TOMORROW.

ANOTHER VERY HIGH AND STEEP WEST SWELL ARRIVES THURSDAY NIGHT AND
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT FRIDAY. THIS
FRONT LOOKS STRONGER THAN ANY RECENT FRONTS. GALES ARE FAIRLY
CERTAIN AND GALE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS FRONT. IN
ADDITION, STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT NEARS SHORE
AND A COASTAL JET FORMS FRIDAY EVENING. A STORM WATCH WILL BE ISSUED
OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AROUND AND NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO FOR FRIDAY
EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SWELL AND WIND WAVES MAY PUSH SEAS TO AS
HIGH AS 25 FEET FRIDAY EVENING.

ANOTHER VERY STRONG FRONT, AT LEAST AS STRONG AS FRIDAY'S FRONT, IS
POSSIBLE SATURDAY. CONFIDENCE IS A LITTLE LOWER AS THE MODELS AREN'T
AS CONSISTENT WITH THE DETAILS OF THIS FRONT, BUT MARINERS SHOULD BE
AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A VERY STRONG ONE-TWO PUNCH OF STORMS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. CONFIDENCE IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST FROM SUNDAY
ON IS LOW, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WELL
INTO NEXT WEEK WITH ADDITIONAL FRONTS POSSIBLE. -WRIGHT

&&

.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ORZ021-022.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR ORZ030-031.

CA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CAZ081.

PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR
     PZZ350-356-370-376.
     GALE WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
     PZZ350-356-370-376.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY FOR PZZ356.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     PZZ350-370.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST
     FRIDAY FOR PZZ350.
     HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST
     FRIDAY FOR PZZ370-376.

NSK/CC/CC