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Small Craft Advisory 16, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this small craft advisory at Jan 25, 2016, 2:50 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 27, 2016, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2016, 2:50 PM PST (22:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2016, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2016, 8:00 AM PST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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489 WHUS76 KMFR 252250 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 250 PM PST MON JAN 25 2016 PZZ370-376-261200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160126T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160126T1800Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 250 PM PST MON JAN 25 2016 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. POSSIBLY INCREASING FURTHER TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: STEEP 8 TO 10 FT AT 10 TO 11 SECONDS...BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FT AT 17 SECONDS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: BEYOND 15 NM FROM SHORE AND NORTH OF GOLD BEACH WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS...INCREASING TO ALL AREAS BEING AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS. AREAS NORTH OF GOLD BEACH ARE EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED BY GALES. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-261200- /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160126T1800Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 250 PM PST MON JAN 25 2016 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GALES UP TO 35 KT POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VICINTY OF CAPE BLANCO. * SEAS...9 TO 11 FT AT 15 TO 17 SECONDS...BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FT AT 15 TO 16 SECONDS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS. AREAS AFFECTED BY GALES WILL BE WITHIN THE VICINITY OF CAPE BLANCO AND BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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745 WHUS76 KMFR 261048 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 248 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 PZZ370-270000- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160126T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.160126T1800Z-160127T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0600Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 248 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 13 FT AT 16 SECONDS LATER THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THEN...ALL AREAS HAVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR GALES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-270000- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160126T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.160126T1800Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0600Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 248 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 13 FT AT 16 SECONDS LATER THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THEN...AREAS BEYOND 10NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT CLOSER NEAR CAPE BLANCO AND FARTHER FROM SHORE NEAR BROOKINGS...HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR GALES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-356-270000- /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.160126T1800Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0600Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ 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- 248 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SOUTH GALES UP TO 35 KT POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP 10 TO 12 FT AT 17 SECONDS LATER THIS MORNING...BUILDING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 19 FT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS LATER THIS MORNING. THE AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GALES IS GENERALLY FROM PORT ORFORD NORTH TO REEDSPORT...MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT TO THE SHORE AT CAPE BLANCO. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEK. * 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. 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. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
458 WHUS76 KMFR 261505 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 705 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 PZZ370-270415- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.160126T1800Z-160127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0600Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 705 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE TONIGHT. SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 13 FT AT 16 SECONDS LATER THIS MORNING... BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THEN...ALL AREAS HAVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR GALES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-356-376-270415- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.160126T1800Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0600Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 705 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP 10 TO 12 FT AT 17 SECONDS LATER THIS MORNING... BUILDING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 19 FT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS LATER THIS MORNING. THE INNER WATERS AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GALES IS GENERALLY FROM PORT ORFORD NORTH TO REEDSPORT...MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT TO THE SHORE AT CAPE BLANCO. GALES WILL COVER MUCH OF THE OUTER WATERS. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEK. * 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. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
378 WHUS76 KMFR 261507 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 707 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 PZZ370-270415- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.160126T1800Z-160127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0600Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 707 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE TONIGHT. SOUTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 13 FT AT 16 SECONDS LATER THIS MORNING... BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THEN...ALL AREAS HAVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR GALES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ350-356-376-270415- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.160126T1800Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0600Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 707 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SOUTH GALES 35 TO 40 KT POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP 10 TO 12 FT AT 17 SECONDS LATER THIS MORNING... BUILDING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 19 FT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS LATER THIS MORNING. THE INNER WATERS AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GALES IS GENERALLY FROM PORT ORFORD NORTH TO REEDSPORT...MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT TO THE SHORE AT CAPE BLANCO. GALES WILL COVER MUCH OF THE OUTER WATERS. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEK. * 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. 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
447 WHUS76 KMFR 262254 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 254 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .MODERATE WESTERLY SWELL WILL PERSIST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A STRONG FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE COASTAL WATERS. GALES AND VERY STEEP, DANGEROUS SEAS WILL DEVELOP FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE, BUT VERY HIGH WESTERLY SWELL WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO EASE OVER THE WEEKEND. PZZ370-271200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0900Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160127T2100Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOUTH GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 15 FT AT 16 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THEN...ALL AREAS WILL HAVE GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS PERSIST ALL AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY. * 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-271200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0900Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 254 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN...SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 14 FT AT 17 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS WILL IMPACT AREAS WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 NM OFFSHORE OF GOLD BEACH TO 60 NM OFFSHORE OF PT ST GEORGE. AREAS OF SOUTH OF THAT LINE WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. * 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-271200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.160127T0900Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0007.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ 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- 254 PM PST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH TO A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 14 FT AT 17 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE, EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
493 WHUS76 KMFR 271024 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 224 AM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .MODERATE WESTERLY SWELL WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS A STRONG FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE COASTAL WATERS. GALES AND VERY STEEP...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL DEVELOP FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...BUT VERY HIGH WESTERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND. PZZ370-272330- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160127T2100Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 224 AM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH THIS MORNING. SOUTH GALES OF 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 15 FT AT 15 SECONDS THROUGH TODAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY THIS EVENING. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. THEN...GALES WILL SPREAD FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...AFFECTING ALL AREAS WITH GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS PERSIST ALL AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY. * 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-272330- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 224 AM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 14 FT AT 15 SECONDS TONIGHT THROUGH TODAY...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY TONIGHT. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TODAY. GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS WILL IMPACT MOST AREAS THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE MOST AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY AT LEAST. * 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-272330- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1800Z-160130T0300Z/ 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- 224 AM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 14 FT AT 15 SECONDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT BY TONIGHT. STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TODAY...WITH STRONGEST WINDS NEAR CAPE BLANCO. GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE... EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
887 WHUS76 KMFR 272255 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... .SOUTH GALES AND VERY STEEP...DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS SUBSIDE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING AS A FRONT MOVES ONSHORE, BUT VERY HIGH LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE. LOW PRESSURE MAY BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF SOUTH GALES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST AND EASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. PZZ370-281200- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1500Z-160130T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160130T0000Z-160201T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SOUTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 16 TO 21 FT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WILL PERSIST FRIDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING, BUT HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-281200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1500Z-160130T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160130T0000Z-160201T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTH WINDS MAY INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS: BECOMING VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WILL PERSIST FRIDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALMOST ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING, BUT HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING. * 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-281200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.160128T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1500Z-160201T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 255 PM PST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS EASE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS: STEEP 10 TO 15 FT AT 15 SECONDS... BUILDING TO VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 20 FT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS WILL PERSIST FRIDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
020 WHUS76 KMFR 281027 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 227 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS CONTINUE... .SOUTH GALES AND VERY STEEP...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING AS A FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...BUT VERY HIGH LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST AND EASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. PZZ350-356-282330- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1500Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1500Z-160131T1800Z/ 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- 227 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING...REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 13 TO 16 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ONCE GALES SUBSIDE...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS BEYOND 3NM FROM SHORE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-282330- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1500Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 227 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 16 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING...REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-282330- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1500Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 227 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 17 TO 20 FT THIS MORNING...REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * 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. 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
430 WHUS76 KMFR 281433 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 633 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS CONTINUE... .SOUTH GALES AND VERY STEEP...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING AS A FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...BUT VERY HIGH LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS...NEAR GALE FORCE...FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST AND EASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. PZZ350-356-290345- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1600Z-160131T1800Z/ 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- 633 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 13 TO 16 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ONCE GALES SUBSIDE...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS BEYOND 3NM FROM SHORE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-290345- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 633 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 16 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-290345- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 633 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 17 TO 21 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
555 WHUS76 KMFR 281511 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 711 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE FORCE WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS CONTINUE... .SOUTH GALES AND VERY STEEP...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING AS A FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...BUT VERY HIGH LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS...NEAR GALE FORCE...FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST AND EASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. PZZ350-356-290415- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160128T1600Z-160131T1800Z/ 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- 711 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 AM PST FRIDAY MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 15 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 13 TO 16 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MOSTLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE...EXCEPT ALSO NEAR THE CAPES NORTH OF GOLD BEACH. ONCE GALES SUBSIDE...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS BEYOND 3NM FROM SHORE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-290415- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 711 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 AM PST FRIDAY MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 16 TO 19 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * 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. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-290415- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160128T1600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0014.160128T1600Z-160129T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0016.160129T1800Z-160131T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 711 AM PST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 AM PST FRIDAY MORNING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO WESTERLY. * SEAS: VERY STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN 17 TO 21 FT THIS MORNING... REMAINING HIGH AND VERY STEEP THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS SUBSIDE SOME TO 15 TO 17 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES AND DANGEROUS SEAS IMPACT ALL AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS EASE LATE THIS MORNING...BUT HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. * 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. 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
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 25, 2:22 PM PST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 2:22 PM PST, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
222 PM PST MON JAN 25 2016
.DISCUSSION...MAIN EFFORTS TODAY WERE FOCUSED ON THE UPCOMING
RAIN LATER THIS WEEK. WHILE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN
THE SHORT TERM, THERE IS SOME DIVERGENCE IN SOLUTION BEYOND ABOUT
DAY 5. RELIED ON A BLEND OF THE GFS AND ECMWF FOR THE BULK OF THE
FORECAST, WITH SOME NAM IN THE SHORT TERM.
FROM NOW UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF THE MAIN EVENT THURSDAY MORNING,
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF MOST OF THE AREA. THERE
WILL BE A FEW WEAK WAVES, THE MORE PROMINENT ONE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON, THAT WILL ATTEMPT TO PUSH ONSHORE AND INTO THE UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE. THESE FEATURES WILL FALTER AND DIE AS THEY MOVE
ONSHORE, AND WILL LIKELY ONLY PRODUCE PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN,
MAINLY OVER HIGH TERRAIN AND ALONG THE COAST. MEANWHILE, THE AREA
VALLEYS ARE LIKELY TO SEE FOG AND LOW STRATUS OVERNIGHT AND INTO
THE MORNING. THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN DAILY TEMPERATURES DURING
THIS TIME, AS THESE WILL RELY HEAVILY ON CLOUD COVER. SHOULD FOG
OR STRATUS DEVELOP, OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE WARMER AND DAYTIME
HIGHS WILL BE COOLER. WHERE NO FOG DEVELOPS, THE OPPOSITE IS
EXPECTED. WHILE VALLEY MOISTURE AND HIGH PRESSURE USUALLY DO LEAD
TO LOW CLOUDS, HIGHER LEVEL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAK WAVES
MAY INHIBIT FORMATION.
ON TO THE BIG EVENT THURSDAY. MODELS HAVE TRENDED WETTER WITH
THIS SYSTEM, WITH FORECAST MOISTURE ANOMALIES IN THE 99TH
PERCENTILE,AND THE MAIN PLUME ORIGINATING FROM JUST NORTH OF
HAWAII. ALSO, SOME SOLUTIONS HAVE BROUGHT THE MOISTURE IN ABOUT 6
HOURS SOONER AND SLOWED IT OVERHEAD, PRODUCING A LONGER PERIOD OF
RAIN. WITH THESE FACTORS IN MIND, HAVE OPTED TO INCREASE
PRECIPITATION CHANCES, AS MEASURABLE RAINFALL IS VIRTUALLY
CERTAIN. HAVE ALSO INCREASED PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SIGNIFICANTLY
ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT EVEN THIS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. WITH SUCH A
WARM SYSTEM SOURCE, SNOW LEVELS WILL BE VERY HIGH, ON THE ORDER
OF 9000 FEET OR HIGHER. AREA SNOWTEL STATIONS SUGGEST THAT THE
SNOWPACK EXISTS DOWN TO ABOUT 3500 FEET, SO THAT IS A LOT OF AREA
THAT WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN ON SNOW. WITH THIS IN MIND, HAVE
ISSUED A HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK STATING THE CHANCES FOR FLOODING IN
SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. WHILE THE MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE NOT
CURRENTLY FORECAST TO FLOOD, PAST EVENTS DO SUGGEST THAT WATER
LEVELS WILL RISE RAPIDLY, AND WILL LIKELY GO WELL ABOVE THE
CURRENT FORECAST LEVELS. WILL NEED TO KEEP THIS IN MIND AS WE GO
THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL FORECAST CYCLES.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY WIND CONCERNS FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT SHOULD BE FAIRLY LIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SLOWLY BREAK DOWN AND
FLATTEN OUT WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH AND A STRONG JET NEAR 300
MB APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MODELS SHOW 700MB WINDS INCREASING TO
AROUND 20 KTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SO THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD
BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHER RIDGES EAST OF THE CASCADES. EVEN THEN,
WERE NOT EXPECTING THEM TO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS. 700MB FLOW WILL
INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 45 KTS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SO THERE'S A CHANCE A FEW OF THE HIGHER SPOTS
LIKE SUMMER LAKE COULD REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON WINDS IN THE SHASTA VALLEY.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THERE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE 700MB FLOW IS WEST TO SOUTHWEST, BUT THE
850 MB WINDS SHOW A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT, SO THERE'S A CHANCE SOME
OF THE STRONGER WINDS COULD MIX DOWN LOWER. RIGHT NOW TRENDED
WINDS HIGHER IN THE SHASTA VALLEY, BUT THEY MAY NEED TO BE
ADJUSTED FURTHER HIGHER. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR GUSTY
WINDS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ROGUE VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY AND WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY.
ONCE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA, LONG WAVE TROUGHING IS EXPECTED
TO DIG INTO OUR REGION, WITH TEMPERATURES AND SNOW LEVELS EXPECTED
TO DROP SIGNIFICANTLY. MEANWHILE, ONSHORE FLOW WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE, AND THIS WOULD PRODUCE SOME PRECIPITATION OVER THE AREA
FOR SEVERAL DAYS, ESPECIALLY IF ANY SHORTWAVES ARE TRAVERSING THE
SWIFT FLOW ALOFT. WHILE THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN ANY SPECIFIC
WAVE OR PRECIPITATION EVENT, HAVE KEPT AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF THE TERM, WITH
THE HINT OR PERHAPS SOME LOW ELEVATION SNOW TOWARDS THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEEK. -BPN/PETRUCELLI
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 25/18Z TAF CYCLE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE
PREDOMINATE CONDITION AT THE COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. INLAND,
IFR/LIFR CIGS/VIS WITH MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE
TO VFR AT 21Z, BUT CONFIDENCE ON THE TIMING IS LOW TO MODERATE AND
THERE'S A CHANCE IT COULD LINGER AN HOUR LONGER IN THE ROGUE VALLEY.
AREAS OF VFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS MID AND HIGH CLOUDS INCREASE AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE BRUSHES PAST
TO THE NORTH. IFR/MVFR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TONIGHT AT THE COAST,
WEST SIDE VALLEYS AND KLAMATH BASIN. -PETRUCELLI
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 200 PM PST MONDAY 25 JAN 2016...EXPECT MODERATE
SOUTH WINDS AND SHORT PERIOD WEST SWELL TODAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS
NORTH OF THE AREA. LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL WILL BUILD LATE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY...PEAKING AT AROUND 14 FEET 17 SECONDS LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
A HIGH IMPACT MARINE EVENT IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY...A STRONG FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. GALES ARE LIKELY, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN
WATERS DURING THIS TIME FRAME AND A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO
COVER THIS. CURRENTLY IT IS ONLY FOR THE OUTER WATERS. THERE IS SOME
POTENTIAL FOR A COASTAL JET TO SET UP NEAR OR JUST OFF CAPE BLANCO
BY THURSDAY MORNING, BUT WILL LET FUTURE SHIFTS EVALUATE THIS AND
DETERMINE THE NEED FOR A GALE WATCH FOR THE INNER WATERS. IN
ADDITION TO THE GALES, A VERY HIGH AND LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT. THE SWELL LOOKS TO ARRIVE SOONER THAN THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST...NOW ARRIVING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH SEAS
EXPECTED TO PEAK AT 20 TO 25 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT.
SEAS WILL THEN LIKELY SUBSIDE BEGINNING FRIDAY BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH
INTO THE WEEKEND AS WEAKER DISTURBANCES FOLLOW. SPILDE/BR-Y
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR PZZ370-376.
BPN/MAP/BR-YThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2:50 PM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 24 hr |
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