Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 42, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Jul 3, 2016, 2:03 PM PDT. It was in force for 39 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2016, 2:03 PM PDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 5:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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107 WHUS76 KMFR 032103 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 203 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL OCCUR AGAIN IN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO TODAY AND MONDAY. NORTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BUILD TO ADVISORY LEVELS NORTH TO AT LEAST FLORENCE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TUESDAY WILL BRING AN OVERALL REDUCTION IN WINDS AND SEAS. PZZ356-041015- /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0042.160703T2103Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160706T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160706T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 203 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 20 TO AS HIGH AS 30 KT. GUSTS OF 30 TO AS HIGH AS GALE FORCE 40 KT ARE ALSO EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SIMILAR SPEEDS AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN SHOULD BE 20 TO 25 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP NORTH SEAS BUILDING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 8 TO 11 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING TODAY AND MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE TODAY AND MONDAY. MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE. * 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL 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 FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-041015- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160706T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160706T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 203 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25 TO AS HIGH AS 35 KT. GALE FORCE GUSTS OF 35 TO AS HIGH AS GALE FORCE 45 KT ARE ALSO EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SIMILAR SPEEDS AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN SHOULD BE 25 TO 30 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP NORTH SEAS BUILDING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 8 TO 12 FT IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING TODAY AND MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE FAR NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE ZONE...AND THEN WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-041015- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160706T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 203 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS AROUND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN BE NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 KT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY PERIOD. * SEAS...NORTHWEST BUILDING TO A STEEP 7 TO 9 FEET AT 9 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE SOME TO 6 TO 7 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THROUGH MONDAY...THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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103 WHUS76 KMFR 040246 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 746 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS WILL OCCUR AGAIN IN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO TODAY AND MONDAY. NORTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL BUILD TO ADVISORY LEVELS NORTH TO AT LEAST FLORENCE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TUESDAY WILL BRING AN OVERALL REDUCTION IN WINDS AND SEAS. PZZ356-041600- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160706T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160706T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 746 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 20 TO AS HIGH AS 30 KT. GUSTS OF 30 TO AS HIGH AS GALE FORCE 40 KT ARE ALSO EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SIMILAR SPEEDS AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN SHOULD BE 20 TO 25 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP NORTH SEAS BUILDING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 8 TO 11 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING TODAY AND MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALE AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE TODAY AND MONDAY. MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE. * 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL 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 FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-041600- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160706T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160706T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 746 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25 TO AS HIGH AS 35 KT. GALE FORCE GUSTS OF 35 TO AS HIGH AS 45 KT ARE ALSO EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SIMILAR SPEEDS AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN SHOULD BE 25 TO 30 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP NORTH SEAS BUILDING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 8 TO 12 FT IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING TODAY AND MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE FAR NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE ZONE...AND THEN WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-041600- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160706T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 746 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS AROUND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN BE NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 KT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY PERIOD. * SEAS...NORTHWEST BUILDING TO A STEEP 7 TO 9 FEET AT 9 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE SOME TO 6 TO 7 FEET MONDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THROUGH MONDAY...THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
317 WHUS76 KMFR 041035 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 335 AM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING... AN AREA OF GALES AND AND A LARGER AREA OF VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO TODAY. NORTH WINDS AND SEAS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BUILD TO ADVISORY LEVELS NORTH OF THE CAPE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GENERALLY PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TUESDAY WILL BRING AN OVERALL REDUCTION IN WINDS AND SEAS, BUT IT IS LIKELY TO TAKE UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY FOR ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS TO COMPLETELY END IN SOUTHERN-MOST PORTION OF THE AREA WEST OF POINT SAINT GEORGE. PZZ356-042300- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160706T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160706T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 335 AM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO AS HIGH AS 45 KNOTS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY ABOUT 5 KNOTS EACH DAY AS WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS FALL TO ADVISORY LEVELS TUESDAY. * SEAS...STEEP NORTH SEAS BUILDING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 8 TO 12 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING TODAY. 6 TO 10 FOOT SEAS ARE EXPECT TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS AREA EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE AREA SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO THROUGH THIS EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-042300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160707T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160707T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 335 AM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY MORNING... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO AS HIGH AS 45 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY ABOUT 5 KNOTS EACH DAY AS WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS FALL TO ADVISORY LEVELS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. * SEAS...STEEP NORTH SEAS BUILDING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 8 TO 12 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING TODAY. 6 TO 10 FOOT SEAS ARE EXPECT TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...WARNING LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...AND THEN WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY EVENING. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AFFECTED AREA WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-370-042300- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160706T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 335 AM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEAS...A STEEP NORTHWEST 6 TO 9 FEET AT 9 SECONDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE SOME ON TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF COOS BAY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
843 WHUS76 KMFR 041542 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 842 AM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 PZZ356-050445- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160706T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160706T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 842 AM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH TUESDAY. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO 6 TO 9 FEET TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD THROUGH THIS EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-050445- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160707T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160707T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 842 AM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO 6 TO 9 FEET TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 AND 30 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD THROUGH THIS EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-370-050445- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160705T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T0600Z-160706T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 842 AM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEAS...STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT...DECREASING TO 5 TO 6 FEET TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF COOS BAY LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
387 WHUS76 KMFR 042114 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 214 PM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 PZZ356-051015- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160705T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160707T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T1200Z-160707T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 214 PM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 30 KT WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY THOUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PEAK IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 11 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO 6 TO 9 FEET TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT BEYOND 8NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS CLOSER TO SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED NEAR CAPE BLANCO AND WITHIN A FEW MILES FROM SHORE ELSEWHERE THROUGH TONIGHT...AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-051015- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160705T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160707T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T1200Z-160707T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 214 PM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH GALES 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY THOUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PEAK IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT...DECREASING TO 6 TO 9 FEET TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE ZONE THROUGH TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-370-051015- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160705T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T1200Z-160706T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 214 PM PDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH TONIGHT. * SEAS...STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 8 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT... DECREASING TO 5 TO 6 FEET TUESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR STEEP SEAS WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF COOS BAY TUESDAY. * 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 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
353 WHUS76 KMFR 050954 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 254 AM PDT TUE JUL 5 2016 PZZ356-052300- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160705T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160707T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T1200Z-160707T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 254 AM PDT TUE JUL 5 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 KT WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL TREND WEAKER INTO THURSDAY THOUGH WITH A CONTINUED PEAK IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * SEAS...STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 6 TO 9 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO 4 TO 6 FEET WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES WILL PERSIST EARLY THIS MORNING BEYOND 8NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH...WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS CLOSER TO SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED NEAR CAPE BLANCO AND WITHIN A FEW MILES FROM SHORE ELSEWHERE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-052300- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160705T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160705T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160707T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T1200Z-160707T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 AM PDT TUE JUL 5 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH GALES 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL TREND WEAKER INTO THURSDAY THOUGH WITH A CONTINUED PEAK IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 7 TO 11 FEET THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...DECREASING TO 5 TO 7 FEET ON WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN STEEP THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE ZONE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-370-052300- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0066.000000T0000Z-160705T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0077.160705T1200Z-160706T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 AM PDT TUE JUL 5 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEAS...STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING... DECREASING TO 4 TO 5 FEET WEDNESDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ DW 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 Jul 3, 8:37 AM PDT, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 8:37 AM PDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Medford OR
837 AM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016
.SHORT TERM...An upper low will remain well north of the region
today. A very weak front moving east of the Cascades today is
expected to bring some cloud buildups over southeast portions of
the area including in Lake, Modoc and Siskiyou counties. Moisture
and instability are weak and do not expect any thunderstorms or
showers to develop today. Winds will increase over the area by
late this afternoon with breezy west winds developing east of the
Cascades and some breezy northwest winds in western valleys,
especially in the Shasta Valley. Along the coast, expect areas of
low clouds this morning with gradual clearing in the afternoon.
Gusty north winds are expected to develop along the coast and over
the coastal waters this afternoon and evening, especially from
Cape Blanco northward.
Early this week, the upper low will remain well to the north over
British Columbia but will slowly shift southward resulting in a
weak trough pattern over the area. Moisture and showers are
expected to remain north of the area. This pattern is expected to
bring a slight cooling trend with highs lowering a few degrees
Monday and a few more degrees on Tuesday. Also additional breezy
west to northwest winds are expected Monday and Tuesday, with
strongest winds from the Cascades west. The upper trough is
expected to gradually shift eastward late Wednesday. Then late in
the week into next weekend, models have trended towards showing
another upper trough and front moving into the region. This may
bring mild temperatures with the potential for showers. Will also
need to monitor for the possibility of thunderstorms with this
system.
&&
.AVIATION...For the 03/12Z TAF cycle...A mix of IFR and MVFR low
clouds and patchy fog north of Cape Blanco and near Brookings will
lift and dissipate by noon local time. There is moderate
confidence that marine layer mvfr ceilings will briefly develop
over Roseburg this morning in the 14-17Z time frame. Otherwise,
VFR will persist with clear skies through the evening. There will
be less cloud cover tonight, with low confidence in IFR ceilings
developing at North Bend beginning 06Z or later. BTL
&&
.MARINE...Updated 515 AM PDT Sunday, July 3, 2016... High pressure
over the Eastern Pacific and a thermal trough along the coast will
continue to produce moderate to strong north winds and steep to very
steep seas through Tuesday evening. Advisory level north winds
will develop north of Cape Blanco to Florence today. Winds and
seas will peak in that area this evening. Altogether, for each day,
winds and seas will peak in the afternoon and evening hours, with
the strongest winds reaching gale force in the outer waters south of
Cape Blanco through Monday evening. Winds will trend weaker Tuesday
into Thursday. A cold front may arrive with a wind shift to
southerly on Friday. BTL/DW
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 621 AM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016/
DISCUSSION...Fairly quiet summer weather is on tap for the
remainder of the weekend as a low pressure aloft gradually sinks
southward into the PacNW. This upper level low will help to send a
surface dry cold front through southern Oregon. The main effect is
gusty west winds in the Klamath and Tulelake Basin as well as
gusty north to northwest wind into the Shasta Valley late this
afternoon into evening. This will also produce night and morning
marine clouds across the Coos, Douglas and some of the Curry
Counties, in additional to a gradual cooling trend all areas
through Tuesday.
The longer range models are coming into terms much better from
next Friday through next weekend. An unseasonably deep upper level
trough and low pressure will sink into the Pacific NW. This will
send a much cooler air mass into our forecast area. We have
introduced rain chances as far south as the Rogue Valley, albeit
still a slight chance, but confidence is now moderate that Coos
and Douglas Counties, as well as the Cascades will see a few
hundredth of an inch of rain.
Highs for the Rogue Valley and the Shasta Valley could drop into
the 75 to 80 degree range, and in the 65 to 70 degree range for
the Klamath and Goose Lake Basin next weekend. /FB
FIRE WEATHER...615 AM PDT Sun, July 3, 2016...
Humidity recoveries across the ridges are much better this morning
than the last couple of mornings as the southeastern portion of a
weak and broad upper level trough has moved into the area. Overall,
changes today as compared to Saturday will be slight. A gradual
cooling trend will occur Independence Day through next week as highs
about 5 degrees above normal today cool to 5 to 10 degrees below
normal for next weekend. Afternoon and evening winds are expected to
be gusty Monday through Wednesday, and possibly later in the week,
as well, on the east side, as the low pressure trough strengthens
and settles into the Pacific Northwest. Long range models are
indicting a possibility of precipitation late this week into next
weekend, greatest over northwestern and Oregon portions of the
forecast area. Also, of note is that the CFSv2 long range model
continues to indicate week long temperature averages for each week
of the next 3 weeks in July to be near to below normal, coolest in
the July 10th-16th period.
Note: Increasing dryness has pushed fire danger to "High" in some
areas, especially in those dominated by the grass and brush fuel
type. This along with gusty afternoon and evening winds this holiday
weekend pose a significant concern for the spread of human caused
fires should they get started. -BPN/BTL
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...None.
CA...None.
Pacific Coastal Waters...Small Craft Advisory until 11 PM PDT Tuesday for
PZZ350-356-370-376.
Hazardous Seas Warning until 11 PM PDT Monday for PZZ356-376.
Gale Warning until 11 PM PDT Monday for PZZ376.
CCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:46 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 49 hr | |
| Jul 3, 2:03 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 66 hr |
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