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Small Craft Advisory 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this small craft advisory at Jan 18, 2016, 3:25 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 19, 2016, 9:12 AM PST. It was in force for 31 hr.
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The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2016, 3:25 PM PST (23:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2016, 9:12 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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948 WHUS76 KMFR 182325 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 325 PM PST MON JAN 18 2016 ...VERY ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES... PZZ350-356-191230- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160119T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0005.160119T1200Z-160120T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0011.160118T2325Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0000Z/ 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- 325 PM PST MON JAN 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BRIEFLY LOWERING TONIGHT BEFORE RISING AGAIN TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 40 KT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OR LOWER...INCREASING AGAIN TO POSSIBLE GALES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: A MIX OF WESTERLY SWELL AND HIGH WIND WAVES BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 17 TO 19 FT SEAS LATE THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER TONIGHT WITH VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 16 TO 19 FEET ARE RETURNING TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HIGH AND VERY LONG PERIOD SWELL ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALE AND VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY 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. && $$ PZZ376-191230- /O.UPG.KMFR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160119T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0011.160118T2325Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0005.160119T1200Z-160120T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0002.160119T1200Z-160120T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.160119T1800Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 325 PM PST MON JAN 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BRIEFLY LOWERING TONIGHT BEFORE RISING AGAIN TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 40 KT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OR LOWER...INCREASING AGAIN TO POSSIBLE GALES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: A MIX OF WESTERLY SWELL AND HIGH WIND WAVES BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 17 TO 19 FT SEAS LATE THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER TONIGHT WITH VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 16 TO 19 FEET ARE RETURNING TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HIGH AND VERY LONG PERIOD SWELL ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ370-191230- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0005.160119T1200Z-160120T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0002.160119T1200Z-160120T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.160119T1800Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0011.160118T2325Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 325 PM PST MON JAN 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 40 KT THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BRIEFLY LOWERING TONIGHT BEFORE RISING AGAIN TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 40 KT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OR LOWER...INCREASING AGAIN TO POSSIBLE GALES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: A MIX OF WESTERLY SWELL AND HIGH WIND WAVES BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 17 TO 19 FT SEAS LATE THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER TONIGHT WITH VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS OF 16 TO 19 FEET ARE RETURNING TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HIGH AND VERY LONG PERIOD SWELL ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * 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 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. && $$ SVEN HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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729 WHUS76 KMFR 191231 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 431 AM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 PZZ370-376-200145- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.160119T1800Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0600Z/ 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- 431 AM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS OF 40 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OR LOWER...LIKELY INCREASING TO GALES AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * SEAS: A MIX OF WESTERLY SWELL AND HIGH WIND WAVES BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 17 FT SEAS THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER LATER TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HIGH AND LONG PERIOD SWELL IS LIKELY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-200145- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0600Z/ 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- 431 AM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OR LOWER... LIKELY INCREASING TO GALES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * SEAS: A MIX OF WESTERLY SWELL AND HIGH WIND WAVES BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 13 TO 16 FT SEAS THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HIGH AND LONG PERIOD SWELL IS POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY 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. && $$ DW HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
073 WHUS76 KMFR 191712 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 912 AM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 PZZ376-200615- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0010.160119T1712Z-160120T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.160119T1712Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 912 AM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT...SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATER THIS MORNING. GALES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * SEAS: A MIX OF WESTERLY SWELL AND HIGH WIND WAVES BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 17 FT SEAS THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER LATER TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HIGH AND LONG PERIOD SWELL IS LIKELY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * 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. 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. && $$ PZZ370-200615- /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.160119T1712Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 912 AM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT...SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATER THIS MORNING. GALES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * SEAS: A MIX OF WESTERLY SWELL AND HIGH WIND WAVES BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 14 TO 17 FT SEAS THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER LATER TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HIGH AND LONG PERIOD SWELL IS LIKELY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-200615- /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160119T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0010.160119T1712Z-160120T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 912 AM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT...SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATER THIS MORNING. GALES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * SEAS: A MIX OF WESTERLY SWELL AND HIGH WIND WAVES BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 13 TO 16 FT SEAS THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HIGH AND LONG PERIOD SWELL IS POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
155 WHUS76 KMFR 200044 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 444 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...UNSETTLED CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY... .SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE TO GALES BEYOND 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN CONTINUE IN THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY. PZZ350-356-201500- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0600Z/ 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- 444 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY THROUGH 4 AM PST FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS REPLACED THE GALE WATCH FOR LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME SOUTH WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES WILL BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 12 TO 14 FT SEAS TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER WEDNESDAY BEFORE BUILDING AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH AND LONG PERIOD SWELL IS EXPECTED TO BUILD COMBINED SEAS TO 18 TO 21 FEET LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-201500- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0009.160121T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 444 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME SOUTH WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE WEDNESDAY REACHING 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 KNOTS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES WILL BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 12 TO 14 FT SEAS TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER WEDNESDAY BEFORE BUILDING AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH AND LONG PERIOD SWELL IS EXPECTED TO BUILD COMBINED SEAS TO 19 TO 22 FEET LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ370-201500- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0006.160121T0000Z-160122T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0009.160121T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 444 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME SOUTH WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE WEDNESDAY REACHING 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 KNOTS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES WILL BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP 12 TO 14 FT SEAS TONIGHT. SEAS WILL BRIEFLY LOWER WEDNESDAY BEFORE BUILDING AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH AND LONG PERIOD SWELL IS EXPECTED TO BUILD COMBINED SEAS TO 19 TO 22 FEET LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * 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 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. && $$ BTL HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
588 WHUS76 KMFR 201238 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 438 AM PST WED JAN 20 2016 ...UNSETTLED CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY... .SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AND SEAS WILL OCCUR INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE TO GALES BEYOND 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. PZZ376-210100- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0009.160121T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 438 AM PST WED JAN 20 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN GALES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES WILL BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET TODAY. SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN THIS EVENING WITH COMBINED SEAS REACHING A PEAK AT 18 TO 21 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT THEN REMAINING HIGH THROUGH FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ370-210100- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0009.160121T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 438 AM PST WED JAN 20 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN GALES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES WILL BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET TODAY. SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN THIS EVENING WITH COMBINED SEAS REACHING A PEAK AT 18 TO 21 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT THEN REMAINING HIGH THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-210100- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 438 AM PST WED JAN 20 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 4 AM PST FRIDAY MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * SEAS: WEST SWELL AND WIND WAVES WILL BRING STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET TODAY. SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN THIS EVENING WITH COMBINED SEAS REACHING A PEAK AT 16 TO 18 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT THEN REMAINING HIGH THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND STEEPEST SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
594 WHUS76 KMFR 201653 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 853 AM PST WED JAN 20 2016 PZZ350-356-210600- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0012.160121T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.GL.W.0009.160121T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ 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- 853 AM PST WED JAN 20 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GALES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WEST 9 TO 11 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THROUGH THIS EVENING...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 18 TO 20 FEET BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GALES WILL THEN IMPACT ALL AREAS BEYOND 2 NM FROM SHORE BETWEEN GOLD BEACH AND CAPE ARAGO. ALL OTHER AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A 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. && $$ PZZ376-210600- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0012.160121T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0009.160121T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 853 AM PST WED JAN 20 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GALES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WEST 10 TO 12 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THROUGH THIS EVENING...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 18 TO 20 FEET BY THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ370-210600- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0012.160121T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0009.160121T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 853 AM PST WED JAN 20 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GALES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WEST 10 TO 12 FEET AT 13 SECONDS THROUGH THIS EVENING...BECOMING WIND DRIVEN AT 18 TO 20 FEET BY THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN ALL AREAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 18, 12:46 PM PST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 12:46 PM PST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1246 PM PST MON JAN 18 2016
.AVIATION...FOR THE 18/18Z TAF CYCLE...FOG AND STRATUS WILL
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ALL TERMINALS BECOMING
VFR. THE NEXT FRONT IS ALREADY APPROACHING THE COAST AND WILL
SPREAD RAIN WITH MVFR CIGS/VIS INLAND ACROSS THE WEST SIDE
OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT SHOULD HELP TO LIMIT FOG DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT,
BUT SOME FOG IS STILL POSSIBLE INLAND FROM THE COAST. SOUTH WINDS
WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EAST SIDE AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND, AND
THESE WINDS SHOULD PREVENT FOG FORMATION OVER THERE TONIGHT.
-WRIGHT
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 855 AM PST MON JAN 18 2016/
DISCUSSION...MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST THIS MORNING.
A LOOK AT WEB CAMS SUGGEST THE DENSE FOG IS LIMITED OT THE UMPQUA
BASIN AND IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CAL. ELSEWHERE WEST OF THE
CASCADES WE HAVE LOW CLOUDS AND PACHY FOG. WE'LL KEEP THE DENSE
FOG ADVISORY GOING, BUT ONLY FOR THE UMPQUA BASIN AND PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN CAL. ALSO REMOVED PATCHY FREEZING FOG EAST OF THE
CASCADES WITH SEVERAL WEB CAMS SHOWING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THE
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING OF THE NEXT FRONT
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ALONG THIS FRONT WHICH IS STILL
OFFSHORE AND SEE NO REASON THAT WE WON'T HAVE AT LEAST ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AS THE FRONT MOVES TOWARDS THE COAST, SO WE'LL KEEP
THEM IN THE FORECAST.
OUR NEXT ATTENTION WILL BE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE 12Z NAM IS
IN AND IT SHOWS THE LOW TRACKING EAST TO NORTHEAST INTO THE
CALIFIRNIA/OREGON BORDER WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE 0Z EC SOLUTION.
THE 12Z CANADAIN IS SIMILAR TO THE NAM. TYPICALLY WHEN SURFACE LOW
DEVELOP (ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DEEPEN RAPIDLY) THEY TEND TO CURVE
NORTHEAST WHICH IS WHAT THE GFS SOLUTION SHOWS. HOWEVER THE ONE
THING THE THAT IS SIMILAR IS NONE OF THE MODELS SHOW RAPIDLY
DEEPENING WHICH COULD BE PART OF THE REASON WHY A FEW OF THE
SOLUTIONS TRACK THE SURFACE LOW NEAR THE OREGON/CALIFORNIA BORDER.
THIS LEADS TO LOWER CONFIDENCE WITH THE FORECAST WIND. -PETRUCELLI
MARINE...UPDATED 340 AM PST MONDAY 18 JAN 2016...THIS MORNING
HIGH WEST SWELL WILL BRING CONTINUED STEEP SEAS. A FRONT WILL
BRING STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY WITH WINDS REACHING GALE FORCE AND
SEAS BECOMING VERY STEEP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WINDS AND SEAS
WILL LOWER BRIEFLY TONIGHT. A STRONG SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH
ALONG THE COAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING
THE POTENTIAL FOR GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS AS WELL AS VERY STEEP
WIND DRIVEN SEAS. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY BEYOND
10NM FROM SHORE AND FROM BANDON SOUTHWARD TO CAPE FERRELO ON
TUESDAY WITH GALES ELSEWHERE. MODELS SHOW VARIABILITY ON THE TRACK
AND EXACT STRENGTH OF THIS LOW AND THE FORECAST MAY CHANGE WITH
RESPECT TO WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS WILL OCCUR
ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL STRONG FRONTS ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND. /CC
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 512 AM PST MON JAN 18 2016/
DISCUSSION...
IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY'S MAJOR FRONTAL SYSTEM THE COQUILLE RIVER
CONTINUES TO RISE ABOVE ACTION STAGE ON THE SOUTH FORK AT MYRTLE
POINT AND AT COQUILLE. THE ROGUE RIVER AT AGNESS IS CURRENTLY
CRESTING AT A FLOOD STAGE OF 20 FEET. THE SCOTT AND KLAMATH ARE
STILL RISING, AS WELL, WITH THE SCOTT CURRENTLY AT ACTION STAGE.
OTHER WATERWAYS ARE ELEVATED, WITH MOST RECEDING. AT THIS POINT IT
APPEARS THE ROGUE AT AGNESS AND THE COQUILLE AT COQUILLE WILL BE
THE TWO FORECAST POINTS TO REACH FLOOD STAGE FROM THIS EVENT.
LITTLE BUTTE CREEK DID ALSO FLOOD ON SUNDAY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM YESTERDAY'S STORM WERE PRETTY CLOSE TO
FORECAST, BUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SNOW MELT AND POSSIBLY FROM
WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM OUR ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION OVER THE
LAST MONTH AND A HALF RESULTED IN A GREATER HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE.
OF NOTE, THE SNOW THAT FELL IN THE MOUNTAINS YESTERDAY AT 6-8KFT
ELEVATIONS WAS ON THE ORDER OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH AN IMPRESSIVELY
WET 5:1 SNOW TO WATER RATIO...MEANING THAT 10 INCHES OF SNOW HAD
2 INCHES OF WATER IN IT!
THIS MORNING AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAS FORMED IN SOME WEST SIDE
VALLEYS. THIS FOG HAS BEEN SPORADIC IN MANY AREAS DUE TO SOME WIND
AND INSTABILITY REMAINING. INCREASING STABILITY THIS MORNING IS
LIKELY TO CAUSE AREAS OF DENSE FOG FOR MANY WEST SIDE VALLEY AREAS
AWAY FROM THE COAST. EXPECT IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITIES LATER THIS
MORNING.
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE NEXT FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS AND ONTO THE WEST SIDE, BUT IS LIKELY TO GET HUNG
UP ALONG OR NEAR THE COAST RANGE. TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MODELS
HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON A VIGOROUS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
TRACKING APPROXIMATELY THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS AND ONTO THE
COOS COUNTY COAST. MODEL SPREAD IS STILL FAIRLY LARGE ON THE TRACK
AND STRENGTH OF THIS LOW, BUT THE NAM12 SEEMS TO BE ABOUT
CONSENSUS AND RESOLVES THE VALLEY-MOUNTAIN DETAILS BETTER THAN THE
OTHER MODELS, SO MOSTLY RELIED ON THIS. THERE WILL BE SOME HAZARDS
TO BE AWARE OF WITH THIS LOW SHOULD IT DEVELOP LIKE THE
NAM12/CONSENSUS INDICATES. THESE ARE STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST,
IN THE MOUNTAINS, SHASTA VALLEY, AND PORTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE ON
TUESDAY. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN
THE MOUNTAINS. WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE POTENTIAL HAZARDS.
ADDITIONALLY VERY NOTABLE FOR TUESDAY IS THAT THE GFS AND THE
NAM12 INDICATE COLD AIR OVERTAKING A LOWER LEVEL WARM SECTOR
LINGERING ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST WHICH COULD GIVE RISE TO
SLANTWISE CONVECTION AND THUNDERSTORMS, SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED
ON SATURDAY MORNING WHEN WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE COOS BAY TO
MYRTLE POINT AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND/OR ASSOCIATED STRONG
POST FRONTAL WINDS COULD PUSH ONTO THE COAST AND INTO THE INTERIOR
WEST SIDE. THIS SORT OF DEVELOPMENT IS KNOWN AS A SECONDARY COLD
FRONT OR BENT BACK OCCLUSION. IT IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF
OCCURRING, BUT HIGH IMPACT TYPE OF EVENT. SINCE THE MODELS HAVE
BEEN HINTING AT IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS NOW, IT SEEMS LIKELY TO
OCCUR, HOWEVER, THOUGH PINNING DOWN THE LOCATION AND SEVERITY IS
PROBLEMATIC UNTIL IT STARTS TO DEVELOP. AT THIS POINT THE MOST
LIKELY AREAS TO BE AFFECTED ARE WEST SIDE AREAS IN OREGON BETWEEN
FROM BROOKINGS AND GRANTS PASS NORTHWARD TO COOS BAY AND ROSEBURG.
CURRENT HEADLINES DEPICT MAINLY THE HIGHER LEVEL THREATS FROM
THIS LOW. SUSPECT WE'LL PROBABLY NEED SOME ADVISORIES ELSEWHERE.
AFTER THE TUESDAY STORM MODELS INDICATE A WARMER PERIOD THROUGH
THURSDAY, TURNING COOLER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH FRONTAL SYSTEMS
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANY LULL IN STORM ACTIVITY APPEARS AS
IF IT WILL BE BRIEF, AS ENSEMBLES AND CLIMATE MODELS KEEP THE
STORM TRACK LOCKED IN PLACE OVER AND NEAR OUR FORECAST AREA PRETTY
MUCH THROUGH THE NEXT 4+ WEEKS. BTL
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
ORZ030-031.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR ORZ021-022.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
ORZ027-028.
CA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
CAZ085.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
CAZ083.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CAZ082.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CAZ081.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...GALE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
PZZ350-356-376.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
PZZ370-376.The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 4:46 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Jackson | 5 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:49 PM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Curry | 31 hr |
| Jan 17, 8:30 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 9 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:13 PM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 11:05 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 11 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:27 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 30 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:27 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 61 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:27 AM PST | Storm Watch | MFR | 12 hr | |
| Jan 18, 4:00 AM PST | Beach Hazards Statement | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 13 hr |
| Jan 18, 4:14 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 18, 5:29 AM PST | River Flood Warning | MFR | Coos | 4 days |
| Jan 18, 2:24 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 35 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:24 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Jackson, Klamath, Lake | 35 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:01 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 31 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:25 PM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 25 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:25 PM PST | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 18 hr | |
| Jan 18, 4:28 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 11 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:01 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 25 hr |
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Small Craft Advisories in Oregon, 2016Every small craft advisory in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.