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Storm Warning 4, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this storm warning at Feb 29, 2016, 2:50 PM PST. It took effect at Mar 1, 2016, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Feb 29, 2016, 2:50 PM PST (22:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2016, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2016, 1:00 PM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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022 WHUS76 KMFR 292250 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 250 PM PST MON FEB 29 2016 A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY WITH WIDESPREAD GALES TUESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN AREA OF STORM FORCE WINDS NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY. THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH WET AND WINDY FRONTS MOVING ONSHORE EVERY 24 TO 36 HOURS. PZZ370-011200- /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-160301T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0027.160301T0000Z-160301T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.160301T1200Z-160302T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0003.160301T1800Z-160302T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0004.160301T1800Z-160302T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0028.160302T0000Z-160302T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0035.160302T0000Z-160302T1800Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 250 PM PST MON FEB 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST TUESDAY T0 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SEAS...SEAS WILL INITIALLY BE 10 TO 12 FEET AT 14 SECONDS... DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY WIND WAVES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BUILDING TO 19 TO 22 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ONCE AGAIN BECOME DOMINATED BY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SWELL. WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT AND TO 35 TO 50 KT TUESDAY MORNING. WIND WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND GALE FORCE CONDITIONS TUESDAY. STORM FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AND 30 NM OF THE COAST LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AS THE WINDS DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-011200- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-160301T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0027.160301T0000Z-160301T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.160301T1200Z-160302T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SR.A.0003.160301T1800Z-160302T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SR.W.0004.160301T1800Z-160302T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0028.160302T0000Z-160302T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0035.160302T0000Z-160302T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 250 PM PST MON FEB 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST TUESDAY T0 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SEAS...SEAS WILL INITIALLY BE 10 TO 11 FEET AT 14 SECONDS... DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY WIND WAVES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BUILDING TO 19 TO 22 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ONCE AGAIN BECOME DOMINATED BY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SWELL. WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT AND TO 35 TO 50 KT TUESDAY MORNING. WIND WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND GALE FORCE CONDITIONS TUESDAY. STORM FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AND 10 NM OF THE COAST LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AS THE WINDS DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-376-011200- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-160301T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0027.160301T0000Z-160302T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.160301T1200Z-160302T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SW.Y.0035.160302T0000Z-160302T1800Z/ 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- 250 PM PST MON FEB 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... * SEAS...SEAS WILL INITIALLY BE 9 TO 12 FEET AT 14 SECONDS... DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY WIND WAVES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BUILDING TO 18 TO 21 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ONCE AGAIN BECOME DOMINATED BY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SWELL. WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 KT TONIGHT AND TO 25 TO 40 KT TUESDAY MORNING. WIND WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS INTO TUESDAY. GALES ARE EXPECTED OVER NEARLY ALL OF THE AREA...THE EXCEPTION WILL BE A SMALL AREA WITHIN 5 TO 10 NM OF THE COAST SOUTH OF HUMBUG MOUNTAIN. SMALL CRAFT SEAS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA AFTER THE WINDS DIMINISH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE 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
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481 WHUS76 KMFR 010514 AAA MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 914 PM PST MON FEB 29 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS EXPECTED... .A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT TUESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD GALES TUESDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN AREA OF STORM FORCE WINDS NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO TUESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY. THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH WET AND WINDY FRONTS MOVING ONSHORE EVERY 24 TO 36 HOURS. PZZ350-011815- /O.CAN.KMFR.SC.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-160301T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-160301T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0029.160301T0600Z-160301T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0016.160301T1200Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0004.160301T1500Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0035.160302T0000Z-160302T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SC.Y.0028.160302T0000Z-160302T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0022.160301T2100Z-160302T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 914 PM PST MON FEB 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 AM PST TUESDAY... ...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: 10 TO 11 FEET AT 14 SECONDS...DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY WIND WAVES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BUILDING TO 19 TO 22 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ONCE AGAIN BECOME DOMINATED BY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SWELL. WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INCREASING TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 55 KT TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND GALE FORCE CONDITIONS TUESDAY. STORM FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AND 10 NM OF THE COAST TUESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL PERSIST AS WINDS DIMINISH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-011815- /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0036.160301T0514Z-160301T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-160301T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0016.160301T0600Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SR.W.0004.160301T1500Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0035.160302T0000Z-160302T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.SC.Y.0028.160302T0000Z-160302T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0022.160301T2100Z-160302T1200Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 914 PM PST MON FEB 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY... ...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY. A GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: 10 TO 12 FEET AT 14 SECONDS...DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY WIND WAVES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BUILDING TO 19 TO 22 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ONCE AGAIN BECOME DOMINATED BY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SWELL. WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 55 KT. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH GALE FORCE CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. STORM FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AND 30 NM OF THE COAST TUESDAY MORNING AND EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WARNING LEVEL SEAS SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AS THE WINDS DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. 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. && $$ PZZ356-011815- /O.UPG.KMFR.SC.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-160302T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0022.160301T1500Z-160302T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-160301T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0029.160301T0600Z-160301T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0016.160301T1200Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0035.160302T0000Z-160302T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 914 PM PST MON FEB 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY. * SEAS: 9 TO 12 FEET AT 14 SECONDS...DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY WIND WAVES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BUILDING TO 18 TO 21 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ONCE AGAIN BECOME DOMINATED BY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SWELL. WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 KT TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TONIGHT. GALES ARE EXPECTED OVER NEARLY ALL OF THE AREA...THE EXCEPTION WILL BE A SMALL AREA WITHIN 5 TO 10 NM OF THE COAST SOUTH OF HUMBUG MOUNTAIN. WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL PERSIST OVER THE ENTIRE AREA AFTER THE WINDS DIMINISH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-011815- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-160301T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-160301T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0016.160301T1200Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0022.160301T2100Z-160302T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0035.160302T0000Z-160302T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 914 PM PST MON FEB 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY. * SEAS: 9 TO 12 FEET AT 14 SECONDS...DOMINATED BY WESTERLY SWELL. SEAS WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY WIND WAVES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BUILDING TO 18 TO 21 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ONCE AGAIN BECOME DOMINATED BY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SWELL. WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 30 KT TONIGHT INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 KT TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TONIGHT. GALES ARE EXPECTED OVER NEARLY ALL OF THE AREA TUESDAY. WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL PERSIST OVER THE ENTIRE AREA AFTER THE WINDS DIMINISH. * 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. && $$ MAS HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
494 WHUS76 KMFR 011253 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 453 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS EXPECTED... .A SERIES OF STORMS WILL IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD GALES TODAY WITH AN AREA OF STORM FORCE WINDS NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO. THE NEXT STRONG FRONT WILL FOLLOW ON WEDNESDAY WITH WIDESPREAD GALES LIKELY. PZZ350-020200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-160301T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0004.160301T1500Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.160301T2100Z-160302T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0014.160302T1800Z-160303T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 453 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS BUILDING TO 17 TO 21 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 13 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. A LONG PERIOD SWELL IS LIKELY TO BUILD THURSDAY AND MAY BECOME VERY HIGH AS IT PEAKS ON FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT EARLY THIS MORNING INCREASING TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 55 KT. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AND LIKELY REACH GALE FORCE NEAR CAPE BLANCO WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AND 10 NM OF THE COAST THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GALES OUT TO 5 NM FROM SHORE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL PERSIST. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ370-020200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SR.W.0004.160301T1500Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.160301T2100Z-160302T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0014.160302T1800Z-160303T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 453 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS BUILDING TO 18 TO 22 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 13 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. A LONG PERIOD SWELL IS LIKELY TO BUILD THURSDAY AND MAY BECOME VERY HIGH AS IT PEAKS ON FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT EARLY THIS MORNING INCREASING TO GALES 35 TO 40 KT WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 55 KT. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AND LIKELY REACH GALE FORCE NEAR CAPE BLANCO WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: STORM FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AND 30 NM OF THE COAST THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GALES IN THE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL PERSIST. * 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 STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ALONG WITH EXTREMELY STEEP AND DANGEROUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$ PZZ356-020200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-160301T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.160301T1500Z-160302T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0014.160302T1800Z-160303T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 453 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS BUILDING TO 16 TO 21 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. A LONG PERIOD SWELL IS LIKELY TO BUILD THURSDAY AND MAY BECOME VERY HIGH AS IT PEAKS ON FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 30 KT EARLY THIS MORNING INCREASING TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AND LIKELY REACH GALE FORCE NEAR CAPE BLANCO WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED OVER NEARLY ALL OF THE AREA...THE EXCEPTION WILL BE A SMALL AREA WITHIN 5 NM OF THE COAST SOUTH OF HUMBUG MOUNTAIN. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL PERSIST. * 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-020200- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160301T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-160301T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0022.160301T2100Z-160302T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.A.0014.160302T1800Z-160303T0300Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 453 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SEAS: WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS BUILDING TO 17 TO 22 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 13 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN WIND WAVES AND SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. A LONG PERIOD SWELL IS LIKELY TO BUILD THURSDAY AND MAY BECOME VERY HIGH AS IT PEAKS ON FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT EARLY THIS MORNING INCREASING TO GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AND LIKELY REACH GALE FORCE NEAR CAPE BLANCO WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREAS AFFECTED: GALES ARE EXPECTED OVER NEARLY ALL OF THE AREA...THE EXCEPTION WILL BE A SMALL AREA WITHIN 5 NM OF THE COAST SOUTH OF HUMBUG MOUNTAIN. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT WARNING LEVEL SEAS WILL PERSIST. * 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 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:55 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake | 13 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:36 AM PST | Gale Warning | MFR | 33 hr | |
| Feb 29, 3:36 AM PST | Storm Watch | MFR | 11 hr | |
| Feb 29, 3:36 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 18 hr | |
| Feb 29, 2:50 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 6 hr | |
| Feb 29, 3:00 PM PST | High Wind Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath, Lake | 30 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:00 PM PST | Wind Advisory | MFR | Jackson, Klamath, Lake | 30 hr |
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