Gale Warning 21, NWS Portland, OR

Issued

Mar 5, 2016, 12:58 AM PST (08:58 UTC)

Expired

Mar 5, 2016, 4:00 AM PST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Portland, OR

160 
WHUS76 KPQR 050858
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1258 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016

PZZ250-270-051700-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160305T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0021.160305T0858Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.UPG.KPQR.GL.A.0014.160305T2100Z-160306T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0022.160306T0000Z-160306T2000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
1258 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
...STORM WARNING HAS ENDED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A
GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
NOON PST SUNDAY. THE STORM WARNING THIS MORNING HAS ENDED. THE
GALE WATCH FOR LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN UPGRADED
TO A GALE WARNING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT UNTIL 3 AM THIS
  MORNING. AFTERWARDS...WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 KT.
  SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
  EVENING.

* TIMING OF STRONGEST WINDS: THROUGH 2 AM...THEN AGAIN BETWEEN 6
  PM AND 11 PM THIS EVENING.

* SEAS...BUILDING TO 17 TO 20 FT UNTIL 4 AM...THEN SLOWLY DROPPING
  BACK TO 15 FT. SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-275-051700-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SR.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160305T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0021.160305T0858Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.UPG.KPQR.SR.A.0002.160306T0000Z-160306T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0022.160306T0000Z-160306T2000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1258 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM THIS MORNING... 
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
...STORM WARNING HAS ENDED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A
GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON
PST SUNDAY. THE STORM WARNING THIS MORNING HAS ENDED. THE STORM
WATCH FOR LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A
GALE WARNING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT UNTIL 3 AM THIS
  MORNING. AFTERWARDS...WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 KT.
  SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
  EVENING.

* TIMING OF STRONGEST WINDS: THROUGH 2 AM...AND THEN BETWEEN 7 PM
  AND 11 PM THIS EVENING.

* SEAS...BUILDING TO 17 TO 20 FT UNTIL 4 AM...THEN SLOWLY DROPPING
  BACK TO 15 FT. SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-051700-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
1258 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST SUNDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 18 TO 20 FT UNTIL 3 AM... THEN
  SUBSIDING. SEAS DOWN TO NEAR 13 FT BY NOON TODAY. BUT SEAS WILL
  AGAIN BUILD THIS EVENING...GETTING TO NEAR 17 FT BY 10 PM.

* FIRST EBB...AROUND 145 AM TODAY. SEAS NEAR 20 FT WITH BREAKERS.

* SECOND EBB...AROUND 2 PM TODAY. SEAS NEAR 15 FT WITH BREAKERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND

214 
WHUS76 KPQR 051109
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
309 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016

PZZ250-255-270-275-051915-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160305T1200Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0022.160306T0000Z-160306T2000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
309 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016

...GALE WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT EARLY THIS AM...
  THEN WINDS DROP BACK TO SOUTH 15 TO 20 KT. LATER THIS
  AFTERNOON...SOUTH WINDS INCREASE AGAIN. BY EVENING...EXPECT
  SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL EASE
  A BIT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* TIMING OF STRONGEST WINDS: 6 PM AND 11 PM THIS EVENING.

* SEAS...17 TO 20 FT UNTIL DAYBREAK... THEN SLOWLY DROPPING BACK
  TO 15 FT. SEAS WILL BUILD AGAIN THIS EVENING...LIKELY PEAKING AT
  18 TO 22 FT LATER THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-051915-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
309 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PST SUNDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS NEAR 18 FT EARLY...BUT AFTER 5
  AM... SEAS SLOWLY SUBSIDING WITH SEAS NEAR 13 FT BY NOON. BUT
  SEAS BUILD AGAIN THIS EVENING...GETTING TO NEAR 17 FT BY 8 PM.
  SEAS HOLD AT 17 TO 19 FT THROUGH REST OF TONIGHT. 

* FIRST EBB...AROUND 2 PM TODAY. SEAS NEAR 16 FT WITH BREAKERS.

* SECOND EBB...AROUND 230 AM SUNDAY. SEAS 18 TO 20 FT WITH
  BREAKERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR
ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND

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