Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 48, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Sep 7, 2016, 3:27 PM PDT. It took effect at Sep 8, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 34 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2016, 3:27 PM PDT (22:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2016, 2:54 AM PDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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113 WHUS76 KMFR 072227 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 327 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...THERMAL TROUGH BRINGS STRONG NORTH WINDS AND WIND DRIVEN SEAS... .A THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE WILL RESULT IN STRENGTHENING NORTH WINDS. WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL REACH GALES SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE...THEN REMAIN STRONG INTO THE WEEKEND. PZZ356-081130- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160911T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0095.000000T0000Z-160908T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0062.160908T0000Z-160911T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0048.160909T0000Z-160910T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160910T0300Z-160911T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 327 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 KT RISING TO 20 TO 30 KT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...WIND DRIVEN AT 5 TO 8 FEET. SEAS THEN BECOME VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 12 FEET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...WINDS AND SEAS WILL LIKELY PEAK THURSDAY AND THEN THE WORST CONDITIONS GRADUALLY MOVE FURTHER OFFSHORE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * 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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-081130- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160911T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0095.000000T0000Z-160909T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0062.160908T0000Z-160911T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0048.160909T0000Z-160910T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160910T0300Z-160911T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 327 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON THEN NORTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...WIND DRIVEN 7 TO 9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 10 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING THEN WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY VERY STEEP SEAS. HOWEVER...GALES AND THE STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OUT TO 30 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * TIMING...WINDS AND SEAS WILL LIKELY PEAK THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT MAY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * 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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-081130- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0095.000000T0000Z-160909T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.160908T0000Z-160911T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 327 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS THEN RISE TO 20 TO 30 KT THURSDAY AND CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. * SEAS...STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 5 TO 7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS THEN RISE TO 7 TO 10 FEET THURSDAY AND CONTINUE FRIDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SATURDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING...STEEP SEAS WILL ONLY AFFECT AREAS CLOSE TO CAPE BLANCO THROUGH TONIGHT THEN EXPAND TO COVER ALL AREAS ON THURSDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL DEVELOP NEAR CAPE BLANCO THURSDAY THEN COVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY FRIDAY. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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284 WHUS76 KMFR 080928 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 228 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2016 PZZ376-090000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0095.000000T0000Z-160909T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.160909T0000Z-160910T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160910T0300Z-160912T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN NORTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. WINDS DIMINISH SLIGHTLY OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT GALES MAY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SEAS...WIND DRIVEN 7 TO 9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 10 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING THEN WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY VERY STEEP SEAS. HOWEVER...GALES AND THE STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OUT TO 30 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * 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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 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 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. && $$ PZZ356-090000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.160909T0000Z-160910T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160910T0300Z-160912T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 228 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 KT RISING TO 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. WINDS DIMINISH SLIGHTLY OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT GALES MAY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SEAS...WIND DRIVEN AT 5 TO 8 FEET. SEAS THEN BECOME VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 12 FEET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * 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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-090000- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0095.000000T0000Z-160909T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 228 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH RISING TO 20 TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON. * SEAS...BECOMING STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 7 TO 10 FEET AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING...WINDS AND SEAS HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY THIS MORNING BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...WORST DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
824 WHUS76 KMFR 082154 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 254 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2016 PZZ376-091100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0095.000000T0000Z-160909T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0048.160909T0000Z-160910T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160910T1200Z-160912T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. WINDS DIMINISH SLIGHTLY OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT GALES MAY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SEAS...WIND DRIVEN AT 10 TO 12 FEET THIS EVENING WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY VERY STEEP SEAS. HOWEVER...GALES AND THE STEEPEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OUT TO 30 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. * 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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 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 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. && $$ PZZ356-091100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0048.160909T0000Z-160910T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160910T1200Z-160912T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 254 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE THIS EVENING WITH NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE. WINDS DIMINISH SLIGHTLY OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT GALES MAY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SEAS...WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 11 FEET THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ350-370-091100- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0095.000000T0000Z-160909T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KT. * SEAS...WIND DRIVEN 7 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING...WINDS AND SEAS HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY THIS MORNING BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...WORST DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. * 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
285 WHUS76 KMFR 091038 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 338 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2016 PZZ356-376-092345- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160910T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160910T1200Z-160912T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 338 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE WITH NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE. * SEAS...WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 7 NM FROM SHORE. * 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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-092345- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 338 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KT. * SEAS...WIND DRIVEN 7 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL BE BEYOND 20 NM FROM SHORE FROM FLORENCE TO BANDON...THEN COME CLOSE TO SHORE AROUND CAPE BLANCO. * 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
402 WHUS76 KMFR 091527 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 827 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2016 PZZ356-376-100430- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160910T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160910T1200Z-160912T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 827 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. * WINDS...NORTH GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS...VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-370-100430- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 827 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KT. * SEAS...STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS BEYOND 20 NM FROM SHORE...AND ALSO IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. * 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
025 WHUS76 KMFR 092115 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 215 PM PDT FRI SEP 9 2016 PZZ356-376-101200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160910T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160910T1200Z-160912T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 215 PM PDT FRI SEP 9 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTH GALES OF 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS...VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. WINDS WILL DECREASE ON SATURDAY...BUT SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH AND GALES WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-370-101200- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 215 PM PDT FRI SEP 9 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KT. * SEAS...STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS BEYOND 20 NM FROM SHORE...AND ALSO IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. * 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
270 WHUS76 KMFR 100954 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 254 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2016 PZZ376-102300- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160910T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0096.160910T1200Z-160911T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0049.160911T0000Z-160911T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0063.160911T0000Z-160911T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160911T1800Z-160912T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING FROM FRIDAY NIGHT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING FOR FRIDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...NORTH GALES INCREASING TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. * SEAS...VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 9 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT...BUT SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH AND GALES WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON 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 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. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 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. && $$ PZZ356-102300- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160910T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160912T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0049.160911T0000Z-160911T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0063.160911T0000Z-160911T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0096.160911T0000Z-160911T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0034.160911T1800Z-160912T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 254 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING FOR FRIDAY NIGHT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING FOR FRIDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT. * SEAS...VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND 7 NM FROM SHORE SOUTH OF PORT ORFORD. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT BUT SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH. GALES WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * 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 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. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 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. && $$ PZZ370-102300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160911T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0096.160910T1200Z-160911T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0088.160911T0600Z-160912T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KT. * SEAS...STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 6 TO 8 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-102300- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0087.000000T0000Z-160910T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0096.160910T1200Z-160911T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0088.160911T1800Z-160912T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 254 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KT. * SEAS...STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 10 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AND SEAS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...AND ALSO IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO. * 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
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 Sep 7, 3:02 PM PDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:02 PM PDT, 25 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Medford OR
302 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2016
.DISCUSSION...The area starts to warm into the end of the week as
an upper level ridge begins to build over the region. a thermal
trough deepens on the coast tonight, with offshore flow deloping
over the coastal ranges by Thursday morning. However, with a
relatively cool and very dry air mass in place over the region,
with decreasing sun angles there will be patchy frost over
portions of Klamath and lake county tonight and tomorrow night.
The thermal trough deepens further Thursday night with offshore
flow spreading across the east side. The pressure gradient will be
very tight on the southern coast with gusty winds remaining
overnight on the south coastal ridges Thursday night. This
offshore flow will keep temps warm on the extrreme southern Oregon
coast Thursday night and bring warm high temps Thursday and
Friday. The thermal trough moves inland Saturday. cutting of the
Chetco effect winds at the south coast, and making saturday the
warmest day of the stretch inland.
An upper level trough slides down the backside of the ridge,
reaching southeast Oregon Monday afternoon. The GFS is indicating
instability and precip in the extreme southwest corner of the
forecast area Monday afternoon into the evening, but the preceding
flow is from the northeast and this flow is not the kind that
would bring sufficient moisture to allow for any development with
500-700 mb rh only around 30 percent.
After monday the ECNWF has a farther east track withe the upper,
now closed low, than the GFS, keeping precip well east of our
forecast area. Have opted to go with the ECMWF with the ensemble
plots being more consistent for the remainder of the extended.
Sven
&&
.AVIATION...07/18Z TAF CYCLE...MVFR CIGS impacting the Umpqua
Basin, including the terminal at KRBG, should mix out and lift to
VFR by around 20Z, then VFR persists through the reminder of the TAF
period. The rest of the area inland from the coast will be VFR
for the next 24 hours. Along the coast, VFR this afternoon will
give way to IFR CIGS and fog overnight into Thursday morning,
especially north of Cape Blanco. These lower conditions should then
erode/lift by mid-morning.
Smoke from the Gap Fire will continue to impact flight conditions
over western Siskiyou county...especially in the Lower Klamath and
Scott valleys. -Spilde
&&
.MARINE...Updated 250 AM PDT Wednesday 7 September 2016...A thermal
trough will redevelop along the coast today and strengthen Thursday
and Friday. This will mean a return of strong north winds and wind
driven seas. The models generally agree that winds peak Thursday at
gale force in the expansion fan south of Gold Beach, then the
strongest winds gradually recede offshore Friday and start to
diminish Saturday. There remain some timing differences between the
models, but there is enough confidence to issue a gale watch for the
Thursday through Saturday time period. The winds will also whip up
the wind waves, and we'll see the usual hefty seas in the gale area
and also as a fresh swell just outside this area. The seas are the
most certain element, so we chose to go straight to a warning for
hazardous seas. Outside the expansion fan, conditions are generally
expected to be at small craft advisory level, but it wouldn't be
surprising to see gales creep up closer to Cape Blanco at some
point. -Wright
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...Updated 250 PM PDT Wednesday 7 September 2016...An
upper ridge will gradually nose in over our area over the next few
days, and a thermal trough will develop in the low levels along the
coast. Both will lead to warming and drying for all areas with
conditions becoming hot and critically dry by Friday and Saturday.
Guidance continues to suggest minimum humidities in the single
digits and low teens over almost the entire area inland from the
coast/Umpqua Basin by Friday. At the same time, an inversion aloft
will be strengthening and lowering such that by Friday night,
recoveries over the mountains may be quite poor (upper teens/20s).
Today we have crunched some numbers and it appears that we could
reach red flag criteria over the Coast Range of SW Oregon Thursday
night into Friday moring. Maximum humidity may be reached at the
upper slopes and ridges Thursday evening, then gradually lower as
east-northeast winds increase overnight. Could see a few hours of 15
mph winds and humidity lower than 30% in FWZ619, so have issued a
fire weather watch. Offshore flow will weaken some Friday night, so
despite even poorer recoveries, red flag headlines may be avoided.
Even so, fire danger is going to be elevated Thursday through
Saturday by very dry air and offshore winds. A backdoor front will
move through Sunday and bring lower temperatures and higher
humidities but also the potential for gusty winds east of the
Cascades. -Spilde
&&
.CLIMATE...
The outlook for the rest of the month of September looks like the
Summer of 2016 will continue with high temperatures remaining above
normal and mostly dry conditions. It may very well be more like high
temperatures typical of late August and lows close to normal for
September, for the most part through the end of this month. For
Medford normals for the second half of August are 56F and 90F, and
for September 50F and 84F. BTL
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...Fire Weather Watch from Thursday evening through Friday morning
for ORZ619.
CA...None.
Pacific Coastal Waters...Gale Watch from Friday evening through Saturday afternoon for
PZZ356-376.
Small Craft Advisory until 5 PM PDT Saturday for PZZ356-376.
Hazardous Seas Warning until 5 PM PDT Saturday for PZZ356-376.
Gale Warning from 5 PM Thursday to 8 PM PDT Friday for
PZZ356-376.
Small Craft Advisory for hazardous seas until 5 PM PDT this
afternoon for PZZ356.
Small Craft Advisory until 5 PM PDT Saturday for PZZ350-370.
Small Craft Advisory for hazardous seas until 5 PM PDT Thursday
for PZZ350-370-376.
SBN/SBN/SBNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2:38 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 4 days | |
| Sep 7, 2:38 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 54 hr | |
| Sep 7, 1:54 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Josephine | 23 hr |
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