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Small Craft Advisory 7, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this small craft advisory at Jan 7, 2016, 2:57 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 8, 2016, 2:55 PM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2016, 2:57 PM PST (22:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2016, 2:55 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2016, 4:00 AM PST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
The text
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230 WHUS76 KMFR 072257 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 257 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 PZZ370-081200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160108T2100Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0001.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160109T0300Z-160110T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 257 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN LIKELY INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO ABOUT 10 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL WILL BECOME WIND DRIVEN LATE FRIDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS AND GALES ARE LIKELY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEYOND 15NM 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 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-081200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160108T2100Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.A.0001.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160109T0300Z-160110T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 257 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: INCREASING TO SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN LIKELY INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO ABOUT 10 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME WIND DRIVEN LATE FRIDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS AND GALES ARE LIKELY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEYOND 15NM 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 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 MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-081200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160108T2100Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160109T0300Z-160110T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 257 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT ON SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO NEAR 10 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING AND BELOW 10 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME WIND DRIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE TO A STEEP 10 TO 11 FEET. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL AREAS...THEN ONLY AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 8NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO FRIDAY EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND TO AFFECT ALL AREAS AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING. * 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. && $$ PZZ350-081200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160108T2100Z-160109T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160109T0300Z-160110T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 257 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT ON SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO NEAR 10 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING AND BELOW 10 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME WIND DRIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE TO A STEEP 10 TO 11 FEET. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL AREAS...THEN ONLY AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 8NM FROM SHORE EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO FRIDAY EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR SEAS WILL EXPAND TO AFFECT ALL AREAS SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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947 WHUS76 KMFR 080332 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 732 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 PZZ370-081645- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160108T0332Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0001.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 732 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO ABOUT 10 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL WILL BECOME WIND DRIVEN LATE FRIDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS AND GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 15NM FROM SHORE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-081645- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160108T0332Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0001.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 732 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: INCREASING TO SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN LIKELY INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO ABOUT 10 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL BECOME WIND DRIVEN LATE FRIDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS AND GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 15NM FROM SHORE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-081645- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160108T0332Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 732 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT ON SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO NEAR 10 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING AND BELOW 10 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME WIND DRIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE TO A STEEP 6 TO 9 FEET. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ALL AREAS...THEN GENERALLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE FROM EARLY TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING EXCEPT TO THE SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. THEN...CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL EXPAND AGAIN TO AFFECT ALL AREAS EXCEPT WITHIN 2SM FROM SHORE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND FURTHER TO AFFECT ALL AREAS SATURDAY 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. && $$ PZZ350-081645- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160108T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.160108T0332Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 732 PM PST THU JAN 7 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT ON SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO NEAR 10 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING AND BELOW 10 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME WIND DRIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE TO A STEEP 6 TO 9 FEET. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ALL AREAS...THEN GENERALLY BEYOND 4NM FROM SHORE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT EXCEPT TO THE SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN AFFECT ALL AREAS SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ SK HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
337 WHUS76 KMFR 080839 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1239 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 PZZ370-376-082145- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ 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- 1239 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO ABOUT 10 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS WILL WILL BECOME WIND DRIVEN LATE FRIDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...BECOMING STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS AND GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 15NM FROM SHORE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-356-082145- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1239 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT ON SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 15 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO NEAR 10 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING AND BELOW 10 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME WIND DRIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE TO A STEEP 6 TO 9 FEET. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ALL AREAS...THEN GENERALLY BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE FROM EARLY TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING EXCEPT TO THE SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. THEN...CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL EXPAND AGAIN TO AFFECT ALL AREAS EXCEPT WITHIN 2SM FROM SHORE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND FURTHER TO AFFECT ALL AREAS SATURDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
972 WHUS76 KMFR 081158 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 358 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 PZZ370-376-090100- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ 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- 358 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT LATE THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 12 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO ABOUT 10 FEET THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL WILL BECOME WIND DRIVEN LATE TODAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...BECOMING VERY STEEP AT 10 TO 12 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL HAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS AND GALES WILL AFFECT AREAS BEYOND 15NM FROM SHORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-090100- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 358 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR BOTH WINDS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS COMES IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT TONIGHT. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT ON SATURDAY. * SEAS: WEST SWELL OF 35 FEET GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO NEAR 10 FEET THIS MORNING AND BELOW 10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS BECOME WIND DRIVEN TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO A STEEP 6 TO 9 FEET. SEAS REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AT LEAST. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL GENERALLY BE BEYOND 2NM FROM SHORE FROM EARLY TO LATE THIS MORNING EXCEPT TO THE SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO. THEN...CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL EXPAND AGAIN TO AFFECT ALL AREAS EXCEPT WITHIN 2NM FROM SHORE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND FURTHER TO AFFECT ALL AREAS SATURDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
289 WHUS76 KMFR 082255 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 PZZ370-091200- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160108T2255Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0005.160109T0600Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND BECOMING VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT FOR ALL AREAS. GALE FORCE WINDS AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING AND AFFECT MOST AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-091200- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160108T2255Z-160109T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0005.160109T1200Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 255 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO GALES 35 KT THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND BECOMING VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT FOR ALL AREAS. GALE FORCE WINDS AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING AND AFFECT MOST AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-091200- /O.UPG.KMFR.SW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.160108T2255Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0005.160109T0600Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.GL.W.0003.160109T0600Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160110T1800Z/ 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 FRI JAN 8 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT THIS EVENING. GALES OF 35 KT IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND STEEP 8 TO 11 FEET THIS EVENING. BECOMING VERY STEEP AND PEAKING AT 11 TO 13 FEET BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT FOR ALL AREAS. GALE FORCE WINDS AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * 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 BOTH 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. && $$ SPILDE HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
452 WHUS76 KMFR 090755 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1155 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 PZZ350-356-091200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160110T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1155 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KT OVERNIGHT. SOUTH GALES OF 35 KT IMPACT AREAS BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND BECOMING VERY STEEP AND PEAKING AT 11 TO 13 FEET BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT FOR ALL AREAS. GALE FORCE WINDS AND WARNING LEVEL SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE AND NEAR CAPE BLANCO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON... BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ370-091200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1155 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 45 KT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND BECOMING VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: MOST AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ376-091200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.160109T1200Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1155 PM PST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES 35 TO 45 KT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND BECOMING VERY STEEP AT 11 TO 13 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: MOST AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT SEAS REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
227 WHUS76 KMFR 091212 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 412 AM PST SAT JAN 9 2016 PZZ350-356-091800- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160110T1800Z/ 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- 412 AM PST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST... * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 25 KT. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND STEEP AT 12 FEET AND 9 SECOND. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. * 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. && $$ PZZ370-091800- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KMFR.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 412 AM PST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST... * WINDS: SOUTH 25 TO 30 KNOTS. * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND STEEP AT 13 FEET AND 9 SECONDS. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ376-091800- /O.EXP.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0007.160109T1800Z-160111T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 412 AM PST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST... * SEAS: WIND DRIVEN AND STEEP AT 12 FEET AND 9 SECONDS THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS ARE AFFECTED BY THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING. * 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 FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 7, 9:00 AM PST, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 9:00 AM PST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
900 AM PST THU JAN 7 2016
DISCUSSION...MORNING UPDATE. THE LATEST SHORT WAVE SPINNING OFF OF
THE CLOSED UPPER LOW IS APPROACHING THE COAST THIS MORNING. WITH THE
500 MB TEMPS AROUND -28C THE AIR MASS OVER THE WATERS IS UNSTABLE
AND THERE IS A SMALL CELL MOVING TOWARDS CRESCENT CITY THAT HAS A
FEW IN CLOUD LIGHTNING STRIKES. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AND
WILL NOT UPDATE THIS MORNING. SVEN
.SHORT TERM...PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS
MORNING AS EXPECTED, AND NOW WE'RE LEFT WITH RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL
CLOUDINESS. FOG IS ALSO FORMING IN A LOT OF THE VALLEY LOCATIONS,
AND THIS HAS BEEN INCREASED IN THE FORECAST THIS MORNING. THERE
ARE A FEW SHOWERS ALONG COAST ALREADY AS THE LAST GASP OF AN UPPER
TROUGH LIMPS TOWARD THE COAST. THIS TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH AND
BRING LIGHT RAIN TO MAINLY WEST SIDE LOCATIONS LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT. I WOULD CATEGORIZE THIS SYSTEM AS HIGH POP/LOW QPF WITH
MOST OF THE RAIN CONFINED TO THE COAST. WE MAY EVEN SEE SOME RAIN
IN MEDFORD PROPER AS WE NO LONGER HAVE THE DOWNSLOPE WIND TO
PROHIBIT IT, BUT WITH THE LACK OF MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS, I STILL
COULDN'T JUSTIFY GOING ANY HIGHER THAN CHANCE POPS.
IT STILL LOOKS AS IF FRIDAY WILL BE OUR BEST CHANCE AT A DRY DAY
AREA-WIDE AS A VERY WEAK RIDGE CROSSES THE AREA. HOWEVER, MODELS
ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT NOW THAT A SYSTEM CURRENTLY APPROACHING
140W WILL BRING US MORE PRECIPITATION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
THIS SYSTEM LOOKS SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW IN THAT AT LEAST SOME OF
THE ENERGY AND MOISTURE WILL SPLIT AND HEAD INTO CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA. THE SYSTEM DOES TAKE ON A NEGATIVE TILT AS IT
APPROACHES, AND THIS WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF SOUTHEAST
WINDS THROUGH THE SHASTA AND ROGUE VALLEYS. ONCE AGAIN,
DOWNSLOPING WILL INHIBIT RAIN IN THE ROGUE VALLEY FOR MUCH OF THIS
EVENT, WHILE MUCH OF THE REST OF OUR AREA GETS PRECIPITATION. WE
COULD SEE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 3500 FEET IN THE CASCADES AND
SISKIYOUS, AND A DUSTING ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT NOT MUCH MORE.
THERE WILL BE A BRIEF SURGE OF MOISTURE UP THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY
AND INTO THE SHASTA AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY, AND IT
WILL LIKELY BE COLD ENOUGH TO SNOW DOWN TO THE CITY. HOWEVER,
WINDS ARE NOT ALIGNED ALL THAT WELL, AND THERE ISN'T ALL THAT MUCH
MOISTURE, SO IT SHOULD BE LITTLE MORE THAN A NUISANCE WINTER EVENT
FOR THE SHASTA AREA. THE EXTENDED FORECAST HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED,
SO THE PREVIOUS EXTENDED DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. -WRIGHT
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE 12Z GFS AND ECMWF ARE
IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A RIDGE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD INTO THE WEST
COAST EARLY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THIS IS EXPECTED TO LEAD
TO WEST SIDE VALLEY LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG SUNDAY
MORNING...OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY DUE TO THIN HIGH CLOUDS. AS IS
THE USUAL BIAS...THE GFS IS MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF
THE NEXT BROAD TROUGH FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST. THUS...THE FORECAST
LEANS TOWARD THE SLOWER ECMWF SOLUTION WHICH HAS COLD FRONTAL RAIN
SPREADING TO THE COAST BY THE END OF MONDAY AFTERNOON RATHER THAN
PRECIPITATION ALREADY REACHING THE EAST SIDE.
THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE A SIMILAR EVOLUTION OF THE PATTERN THROUGH
THE LONG TERM...BUT THE TIMING DIFFERENCES INCREASE WITH TIME. THIS
HAPPENS TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT BY TUESDAY EVENING THE GFS INDICATES
A RIDGE WILL BE EXITING OUR REGION TO THE EAST WHILE THE ECMWF
SOLUTION HAS THE SAME RIDGE JUST MOVING ONSHORE. AS WOULD BE
EXPECTED...THE ENSEMBLE SPREAD IS QUITE WIDE. THUS...A BROAD BRUSH
OF SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS WAS UTILIZED MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY WITH INFLUENCE OF THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL VALUES.
TEMPERATURES DURING THE LONG TERM ALSO LOOK TO OSCILLATE AROUND
NORMAL. TO SUMMARIZE...A WEAK TO MODERATELY STRONG FRONT IS EXPECTED
AROUND MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT THEN ANOTHER SIMILAR SYSTEM WILL FOLLOW
SOMETIME BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. -DW
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 07/12Z TAF CYCLE...CIGS OUT THERE THIS
MORNING ARE A MIX OF VFR/MVFR, WITH LOCAL IFR CIGS NEAR MOUNT
SHASTA. LOCAL FOG HAS ALSO DEVELOPED IN THE UMPQUA VALLEY AND OVER
THE EAST SIDE THIS MORNING. THE LOW CIGS/VIS WILL CLEAR TO VFR BY
THIS AFTERNOON. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...LOCAL MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP IN SHOWERS ALONG THE
COAST...THEN MOVE INLAND TO THE CASCADES IN THE EVENING. SPILDE
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 230 AM PST THURSDAY 7 JAN 2016...HEAVY LONG PERIOD
WEST SWELL THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH FRIDAY. A
WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A BRIEF INCREASE IN SOUTH WINDS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONGER FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GALES...MAINLY
OVER THE OUTER WATERS. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE. SPILDE
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
CA...NONE.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL
4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR
PZZ350-356-370-376.
GALE WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR
PZZ370-376.In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 7, 9:52 AM PST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
952 AM PST THU JAN 7 2016
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0951 AM SNOW 3 S MCCLOUD 41.22N 122.15W
01/06/2016 M2.5 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MNDLocal storm report, Jan 7, 9:53 AM PST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
953 AM PST THU JAN 7 2016
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0952 AM SNOW 3 S MCCLOUD 41.22N 122.15W
01/05/2016 M3.0 INCH SISKIYOU CA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MNDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 4:32 PM PST | Beach Hazards Statement | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 17 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:05 AM PST | Gale Watch | MFR | 17 hr | |
| Jan 7, 2:57 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.