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Storm Warning 3, NWS Portland, OR

March 8, 2016

NWS Portland, OR issued this storm warning at Mar 8, 2016, 2:55 PM PST. It took effect at Mar 9, 2016, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 23 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2016, 2:55 PM PST (22:55 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Mar 10, 2016, 9:29 AM PST
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR

The text

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024 
WHUS76 KPQR 082255
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
255 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2016

PZZ250-255-270-275-090700-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-160309T0900Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T2100Z/
/O.UPG.KPQR.SR.A.0003.160309T2100Z-160310T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T2100Z-160310T1200Z/
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-
255 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST
THURSDAY. 

* WINDS TODAY...SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 KT.
  ISOLATED GUSTS TO 35 KT. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THIS
  EVENING AND BRIEFLY SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT
  LATE TONIGHT.

* WINDS WEDNESDAY...SOUTH 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 KT
  EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  EVENING.

* SEAS...11 TO 13 FT THROUGH TONIGHT...BUILDING TO 14 TO 16 FT
  WEDNESDAY. SEAS POTENTIALLY REACHING 22 TO 25 FT WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-090700-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160310T0000Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
255 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 9 TO 11 FT THROUGH TONIGHT.

* FIRST EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 415 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 
  BUILDING TO 15 FT WITH BREAKERS. 

* SECOND EBB...EBB AROUND 445 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEAS 
  BUILDING TO 16 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
11 follow-up statements
793 
WHUS76 KPQR 090445
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
845 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2016

PZZ255-275-091245-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T1800Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-160309T0900Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T1800Z-160310T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
845 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST WEDNESDAY...
...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* WINDS TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SOUTH 10
  TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* WINDS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 30 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS
  BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT AFTER
  MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* SEAS...13 FT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUILDING TO 18 FT
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND 25 FT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ250-270-091245-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-160309T0900Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T2100Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T2100Z-160310T1200Z/
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-
845 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
PST WEDNESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM
PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS TONIGHT...SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT...
  EASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WEDNESDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 45
  KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS
  VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT AFTER
  MIDNIGHT.

* SEAS...12 FT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUILDING TO 18 FT
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND 25 FT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-091245-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160310T0200Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
845 PM PST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
PST WEDNESDAY...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 9 TONIGHT...BUILDING TO 17 FT WED
  AFTERNOON.

* FIRST EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 445 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS
  AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 13 FT WITH BREAKERS.

* SECOND EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 5 PM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS
  BUILDING TO 16 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
264 
WHUS76 KPQR 091044
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
244 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

PZZ255-275-091845-
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T1800Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T1800Z-160310T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
244 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT IN THE
  MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 KT
  IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 30
  TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...12 FT EARLY THIS MORNING BUILDING TO 18 FT THIS AFTERNOON
  AND TO 26 FT TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ250-270-091845-
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T2100Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T2100Z-160310T1200Z/
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-
244 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT IN THE
  MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT IN THE
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* SEAS...12 FT EARLY THIS MORNING BUILDING TO 18 FT THIS AFTERNOON
  AND TO 27 FT TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-091845-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160310T1700Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
244 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THURSDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 11 FT...BUILDING TO 17 FT TONIGHT. 

* FIRST EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 445 AM THIS MORNING. SEAS BUILDING
  TO 14 FT WITH BREAKERS.

* SECOND EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS
  BUILDING TO 18 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
262 
WHUS76 KPQR 091726
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

PZZ255-100130-
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T1800Z-160310T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.HF.W.0001.160310T0200Z-160310T0700Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
FORCE WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE STORM WARNING WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT IN THE
  MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT BY
  AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS INCREASING FURTHER 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS
  TO 65 KT THIS EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 KT POSSIBLE
  WITHIN THE COASTAL JET AND NEAR CAPES. WINDS VEERING TO THE
  SOUTHWEST 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  EVENING...WITH SEAS REMAINING 25 TO 30 FT TONIGHT. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE INTO THE TEENS FRIDAY. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE
  PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE
  COMPONENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ250-100130-
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T2100Z-160310T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.HF.W.0001.160310T0200Z-160310T0700Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
PST THIS EVENING... 
...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
FORCE WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE STORM WARNING WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE
  MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT BY LATE
  AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS INCREASING FURTHER 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS
  TO 65 KT THIS EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 KT POSSIBLE
  WITHIN THE COASTAL JET AND NEAR CAPES. WINDS VEERING TO THE
  SOUTHWEST 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FT BY THIS EVENING...WITH
  SEAS REMAINING NEAR 30 FT TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE INTO THE
  TEENS FRIDAY. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC
  WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ275-100130-
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/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T1800Z-160310T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT IN THE
  MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 KT
  IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 30
  TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  EVENING...WITH SEAS REMAINING 25 TO 30 FT TONIGHT. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE INTO THE TEENS FRIDAY. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE
  PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE
  COMPONENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ270-100130-
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T2100Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T2100Z-160310T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4
AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE
  MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT IN THE
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO AROUND 30 FT BY THIS EVENING...WITH
  SEAS REMAINING 28 TO 34 FT TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE INTO THE
  TEENS FRIDAY. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC
  WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-100130-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160310T1700Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 AM PST THURSDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 15 FT...BUILDING TO 20 TO 25
  FT THIS EVENING WITH A STEEP AND CHAOTIC WIND WAVE COMPONENT
  WHICH WILL LINGER INTO TONIGHT.

* FIRST EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS
  BUILDING TO 20 TO 25 FT WITH WIDESPREAD BREAKERS.

* SECOND EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 530 AM FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS
  BUILDING TO 20 TO 25 FT WITH WIDESPREAD 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.

&&

$$

WEAGLE

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
527 
WHUS76 KPQR 091726 CCA
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

CORRECTED TIMING FOR SEAS AND BAR FORECAST.

PZZ255-100130-
/O.COR.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T1800Z/
/O.COR.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T1800Z-160310T0200Z/
/O.COR.KPQR.HF.W.0001.160310T0200Z-160310T0700Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
FORCE WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE STORM WARNING WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT IN THE
  MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT BY
  AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS INCREASING FURTHER 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS
  TO 65 KT THIS EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 KT POSSIBLE
  WITHIN THE COASTAL JET AND NEAR CAPES. WINDS VEERING TO THE
  SOUTHWEST 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  EVENING...WITH SEAS REMAINING 25 TO 30 FT TONIGHT. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE INTO THE TEENS BY THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS THIS EVENING
  WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE
  COMPONENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ250-100130-
/O.COR.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T2100Z/
/O.COR.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T2100Z-160310T0200Z/
/O.COR.KPQR.HF.W.0001.160310T0200Z-160310T0700Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
PST THIS EVENING... 
...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
FORCE WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE STORM WARNING WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE
  MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT BY LATE
  AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS INCREASING FURTHER 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS
  TO 65 KT THIS EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 KT POSSIBLE
  WITHIN THE COASTAL JET AND NEAR CAPES. WINDS VEERING TO THE
  SOUTHWEST 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FT BY THIS EVENING...WITH
  SEAS REMAINING NEAR 30 FT TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE INTO THE
  TEENS BY THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE PARTICULARLY
  CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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 HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ275-100130-
/O.COR.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T1800Z/
/O.COR.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T1800Z-160310T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT IN THE
  MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 KT
  IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 30
  TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  EVENING...WITH SEAS REMAINING 25 TO 30 FT TONIGHT. SEAS WILL
  SUBSIDE INTO THE TEENS BY THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS THIS EVENING
  WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE
  COMPONENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ270-100130-
/O.COR.KPQR.SW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-160309T2100Z/
/O.COR.KPQR.SR.W.0003.160309T2100Z-160310T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4
AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE
  MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT IN THE
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO AROUND 30 FT BY THIS EVENING...WITH
  SEAS REMAINING 28 TO 34 FT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS
  WILL SUBSIDE INTO THE TEENS THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS THIS EVENING
  WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE
  COMPONENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-100130-
/O.COR.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160310T1700Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
926 AM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 AM PST THURSDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 15 FT...BUILDING TO 20 TO 25
  FT THIS EVENING WITH A STEEP AND CHAOTIC WIND WAVE COMPONENT
  WHICH WILL LINGER INTO TONIGHT.

* FIRST EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS
  BUILDING TO 20 TO 25 FT WITH WIDESPREAD BREAKERS.

* SECOND EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 530 AM THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS
  BUILDING TO 20 TO 25 FT WITH WIDESPREAD 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.

&&

$$

WEAGLE

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
643 
WHUS76 KPQR 092305
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
305 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

PZZ255-100700-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T0200Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.HF.W.0001.160310T0200Z-160310T0700Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
305 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH WIND 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 65 KT THIS
  EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 KT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
  COASTAL JET AND NEAR CAPES. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 
  30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FT THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EARLY EVENING...WITH SEAS REMAINING 25 TO 30 FT TONIGHT. SEAS 
  WILL SUBSIDE INTO THE TEENS BY THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS THIS 
  EVENING WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP 
  WIND WAVE COMPONENT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ250-100700-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T0200Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.HF.W.0001.160310T0200Z-160310T0700Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
305 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT THIS AFTERNOON...
  INCREASING TO 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 65 KT THIS EVENING.
  LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 KT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE COASTAL JET AND
  NEAR CAPES. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 KT WITH
  GUSTS TO 55 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FT BY THIS EVENING...WITH
  SEAS REMAINING NEAR 30 FT TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE INTO THE
  TEENS BY THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE PARTICULARLY
  CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ275-100715-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
305 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 30 TO 
  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FT THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EARLY EVENING...WITH SEAS REMAINING 25 TO 30 FT TONIGHT. SEAS 
  WILL SUBSIDE INTO THE TEENS BY THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS THIS 
  EVENING WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP 
  WIND WAVE COMPONENT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ270-100715-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
305 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 65 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 35 TO 
  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...RAPIDLY BUILDING TO AROUND 30 FT BY THIS EVENING...WITH 
  SEAS REMAINING 28 TO 34 FT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS 
  WILL SUBSIDE INTO THE TEENS THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS THIS EVENING 
  WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND 
  WAVE COMPONENT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-100715-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160310T2000Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
305 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
PST THURSDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 15 FT...BUILDING TO 20 TO 
  25 FT THIS EVENING WITH A STEEP AND CHAOTIC WIND WAVE 
  COMPONENT WHICH WILL LINGER INTO TONIGHT. 

* FIRST EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 
  BUILDING TO 20 TO 25 FT WITH WIDESPREAD BREAKERS. 

* SECOND EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 530 AM THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS 
  BUILDING TO 20 TO 25 FT WITH WIDESPREAD 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.

&&

$$

WEAGLE

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
556 
WHUS76 KPQR 100447
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
847 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

PZZ270-101300-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
847 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT THIS
  EVENING...VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
  SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE
  PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE
  COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE  THURSDAY NIGHT AND
  FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-100700-
/O.CON.KPQR.HF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160310T0700Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
847 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH WIND 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 70 KT THIS
  EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 KT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
  COASTAL JET AND NEAR CAPES. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 30 TO
  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE
  PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE
  COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
  FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ250-100700-
/O.CON.KPQR.HF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160310T0700Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
847 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 70 KT THIS EVENING.
  LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 KT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE COASTAL JET AND
  NEAR CAPES. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 KT WITH
  GUSTS TO 55 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE
  PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE
  COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
  FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ275-101200-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
847 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT THIS EVENING. WINDS
  VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE
  PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE
  COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
  FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-101300-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160310T2000Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
847 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON PST THURSDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 13 TO 15 FT WITH BREAKERS.

* FIRST EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 530 AM THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS
  BUILDING TO 20 FT WITH BREAKERS.

* SECOND EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 6 PM THURSDAY EVENING. SEAS
  BUILDING TO 18 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
777 
WHUS76 KPQR 100534 AAA
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
934 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

PZZ255-100700-
/O.CON.KPQR.HF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160310T0700Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
934 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH WIND 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 70 KT THIS 
  EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 KT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE 
  COASTAL JET AND NEAR CAPES. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 30 
  TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE 
  PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE 
  COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... 
  AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ250-100700-
/O.CON.KPQR.HF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160310T0700Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
934 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH 45 TO 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 70 KT THIS EVENING. 
  LOCAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 75 KT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE COASTAL JET 
  AND NEAR CAPES. WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 KT 
  WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE 
  PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE 
  COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... 
  AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 64 KNOTS OR GREATER
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL VESSELS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR
TAKE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

PZZ275-101200-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
934 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT THIS EVENING. 
  WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE 
  PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE 
  COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... 
  AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ270-101345-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
934 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT THIS EVENING... 
  VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST 
  WINDS 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS THIS EVENING WILL BE 
  PARTICULARLY CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE 
  COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... 
  AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-101345-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160310T2000Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
934 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON PST THURSDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 24 TO 28 FT WITH
  BREAKERS TONIGHT...SUBSIDING TO 13 TO 15 FT.

* FIRST EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 530 AM THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS
  BUILDING TO 30 FT WITH BREAKERS.

* SECOND EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 6 PM THURSDAY EVENING. SEAS
  BUILDING TO 19 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
451 
WHUS76 KPQR 100659
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1059 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

PZZ250-101200-
/O.EXP.KPQR.HF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160310T0700Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SR.W.0004.160310T0700Z-160310T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
1059 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A
  DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-101200-
/O.EXP.KPQR.HF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160310T0700Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SR.W.0004.160310T0700Z-160310T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
1059 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT. 

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A
  DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ275-101200-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
1059 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A
  DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ270-101500-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
1059 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SUBSIDING TO
  AROUND 20 FT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A
  DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-101500-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160310T2000Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
1059 PM PST WED MAR 9 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON PST THURSDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 24 TO 28 FT WITH BREAKERS 
  TONIGHT...SUBSIDING TO 13 TO 15 FT. 

* FIRST EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 530 AM THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS 
  BUILDING TO 30 FT WITH BREAKERS. 

* SECOND EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 6 PM THURSDAY EVENING. 
  SEAS BUILDING TO 19 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
553 
WHUS76 KPQR 101116
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
316 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

PZZ275-101800-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0025.160310T1116Z-160310T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
316 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT...EASING TO 20
  TO 25 KT LATE THIS MORNING.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO AROUND 20
  FT BY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY
  STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND
  FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-101800-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SR.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160310T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0025.160310T1116Z-160310T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
316 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT...EASING TO 20
  TO 25 KT LATE THIS MORNING.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO AROUND 20
  FT BY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY
  STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND
  FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-101230-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160310T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
316 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT...EASING TO 20
  TO 25 KT LATE THIS MORNING.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO AROUND 20
  FT BY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY
  STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND
  FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ270-101800-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
316 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* WINDS...SW WIND 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT...EASING TO 20
  TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT LATE THIS MORNING.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO AROUND 20
  FT BY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A DANGEROUSLY
  STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND
  FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-101930-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160311T1100Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
316 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM
PST FRIDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 18 TO 20 FT WITH
  BREAKERS...SUBSIDING TO 13 TO 15 FT THIS AFTERNOON.

* FIRST EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 530 AM THIS MORNING. SEAS NEAR 24
  FT WITH BREAKERS.
 
* SECOND EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. SEAS NEAR
  19 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
687 
WHUS76 KPQR 101157
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
357 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

PZZ250-101800-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SR.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160310T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KPQR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160310T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
357 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT...EASING TO 20
  TO 25 KT LATE THIS MORNING.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO AROUND 
  20 FT BY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A 
  DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE 
  TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-275-101800-
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160310T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
357 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT...EASING TO 
  20 TO 25 KT LATE THIS MORNING. 

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO AROUND 
  20 FT BY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A 
  DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE 
  TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$

PZZ270-101800-
/O.CON.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1800Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
357 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WIND 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT...EASING
  TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT LATE THIS MORNING.

* SEAS...27 TO 30 FT THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO AROUND 
  20 FT BY THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BE CHAOTIC WITH A 
  DANGEROUSLY STEEP WIND WAVE COMPONENT. SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE 
  TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND SHOULD BE BELOW 10 FT FRIDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS 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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-102000-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160311T1100Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
357 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
3 AM PST FRIDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 18 TO 20 FT WITH BREAKERS... 
  SUBSIDING TO 13 TO 15 FT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* FIRST EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 530 AM THIS MORNING. SEAS NEAR 
  24 FT WITH BREAKERS. 

* SECOND EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. SEAS 
  NEAR 19 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
474 
WHUS76 KPQR 101729
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
929 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

PZZ270-102100-
/O.CAN.KPQR.SR.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160310T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0026.160310T1729Z-160310T2100Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
929 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
REPLACES THE STORM WARNING WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THIS
  MORNING...EASING TO 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON.  

* SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 28 TO 33 FT THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO
  AROUND 20 FT BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO THE TEENS OVERNIGHT
  TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ250-255-275-110130-
/O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160310T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0044.160310T1729Z-160311T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0032.160310T1729Z-160311T1200Z/
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 CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
929 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
PST FRIDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO
BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. 

* SEAS...25 TO 30 FT THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 20 FT BY LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS CONTINUING TO FALL THROUGH THE TEENS
  OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID
SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING
WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK
MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED.
REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-110130-
/O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-160311T1100Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
929 AM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
3 AM PST FRIDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS AROUND 25 FT THIS MORNING...
  SUBSIDING TO 15 FT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO
  SUBSIDE TO 10 FT BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.

* FIRST EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. SEAS NEAR 20
  FT WITH BREAKERS.

* SECOND EBB...VERY STRONG EBB AROUND 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING. SEAS
  NEAR 16 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.

&&

$$

WEAGLE

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this storm warning went out at Mar 8, 2:49 PM PST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 2:49 PM PST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
247 PM PST TUE MAR  8 2016

.SYNOPSIS...A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST OREGON AND
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE NEXT STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT A WARM FRONT THROUGH SOUTHWEST OREGON EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN NORTH TO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON BY LATE
AFTERNOON. EXPECT VERY STRONG WIND TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST AND
OVER THE OREGON COAST RANGE AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON WILLAPA HILLS
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE COLD
FRONT BECOMES MORE NORTH-TO-SOUTH ORIENTED WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
FINALLY MOVES INLAND OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE
FRONT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL AREAS. THERE SHOULD BE A BRIEF
LULL IN THE ACTION LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERAL MORE
SYSTEMS ROTATE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&

.SHORT TERM...THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. NWS PORTLAND DUAL-POL DOPPLER RADAR AT 21Z IS
SHOWING WIDESPREAD 30-45 DBZ ECHOES. SIX-HOUR PRECIP AMOUNTS THROUGH
20Z HAVE GENERALLY BEEN UP TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH. MODELS SHOW THE
BULK OF THE PRECIP THROUGH THE AREA BY 06Z WED. EXPECTED QPF AMOUNTS
DO NOT LOOK SUFFICIENT FOR ANY WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE
CASCADES.

THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON THE UPCOMING SYSTEM WED AFTERNOON THROUGH
THU. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN ELONGATED MOISTURE FEED ALONG
30-40N LATITUDE EXTENDING WELL BEYOND 150W LONGITUDE. THE LEADING
EDGE OF THE WARM FRONT ENTERS SW OREGON BETWEEN 12Z AND 15Z WED...AND
THEN CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH WEDNESDAY. MODELS SHOW THE WARM FRONT
INTO SW WA AROUND 00Z THU...ALTHOUGH MODELS TEND TO BE TOO FAST WITH
WARM-FRONTAL TIMING. OVER-RUNNING WARM-FRONTAL PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO
ENTER THE SOUTH PART OF THE FORECAST AREA...LANE COUNTY...AS EARLY AS
12Z WED. THE PRECIP THEN SPREADS NORTH THROUGH THE MORNING REACHING
SW WA BY 18Z OR A LITTLE AFTER. SNOW LEVELS IN THE SW WA AND FAR N
OREGON CASCADES WED MORNING WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LOW...AROUND 3000 TO
3500 FT. THE INCREASING OFFSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL HELP TO KEEP
SNOW LEVELS SUPPRESSED. WILL NEED TO CONSIDER WINTER WEATHER
HIGHLIGHTS WITH THIS OVER-RUNNING PRECIP SET-UP. THE OFFSHORE
GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WED MORNING RESULTING
IN INCREASING WIND THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. 12Z NAM
INDICATED AROUND A -5 MB KTTD-KDLS GRADIENT...BUT IT WILL LIKELY END
UP CLOSER TO -6 OR -7 MB. THIS WOULD YIELD WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN
THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS.

THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG WIND IN MANY
AREAS WED AFTERNOON THROUGH WED NIGHT. THE 12Z NAM HAS 75-80 KT 925
MB SPEEDS ALONG THE COAST 00Z THU. THE 12Z GFS SHOWS 75-85 KT 850 MB
WIND SPEEDS ALONG THE COAST 00Z TO 06Z THU AND 60-80 KT OVER THE
OREGON COAST RANGE AND SW WA WILLAPA HILLS. EVEN THE 4KM WRF-GFS
INDICATES 70-75 KT WIND GUSTS ALONG THE COAST WED EVENING. A GOOD
RULE OF THUMB IS THAT THE 4KM WRF 10M GUSTS ARE SIMILAR TO MAX WIND
SPEEDS IN MPH. THE 4KM NAM SOUNDING FOR KAST ALSO SHOWS 65-75 KT AT
2000 TO 3000 FT MSL 03Z THU AND CLOSE TO 90 KT AT 4000 FT. WILL
UPGRADE ALL HIGH WIND WATCHES TO WARNINGS FOR THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE.

THE 12Z GFS INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT PRODUCT VALID 12Z WED
INDICATES VALUES IN EXCESS OF 750 WITHIN THE OFFSHORE BAROCLINIC
BOUNDARY. THE 48-HR PRODUCT HAS 250-500 VALUES AIMED AT THE OREGON
AND S WA COAST...WITH EVEN HIGHER VALUES DIRECTED AT THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA COAST. THE GFS AND ECMWF DEPICT THE COLD FRONT SHIFTING
MORE TO A NORTH-TO-SOUTH ORIENTATION LATE WED THROUGH WED NIGHT.
INLAND AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CASCADES...MAY NOT SEE MUCH QPF
00Z-12Z THU. MODELS ALSO SHOW THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SPLITTING...WITH
THE MAIN PIECE CENTERED OVER NRN CAL AND SW OREGON. FORECAST QPF
06Z-18Z THU MAY BE A LITTLE HIGH...ESPECIALLY IF THE SPLIT OCCURS.
LATEST FORECAST QPF DOES NOT SHOW ANY RIVER EXCEEDING FLOOD STAGE.
HOWEVER...WILL NEED TO WATCH SW WA AS THE GFS IS SHOWING A 2 INCH
6-HR QPF BULLSEYE ALONG THE S WA COAST 00Z-06Z THU. THE ECMWF IS
ABOUT ONE-HALF OF THE GFS.

THERE LOOKS TO BE A LULL IN THE ACTIVE PATTERN THU AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRI MORNING. MODELS DEVELOP ANOTHER LOW NEAR 40N 130W 12Z FRI WITH
WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE SPREADING INTO SW OREGON. THE UPPER LOW
EVENTUALLY MAKES LANDFALL CLOSE TO KBOK 00Z SAT. WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED IF A DEFORMATION ZONE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE LOW...WITH
STEADIER PRECIP SPREADING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FRI AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. WEISHAAR

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...THE ACTIVE WEATHER
PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LONG TERM AS WELL. ECMWF AND GFS
SHOW ANOTHER WELL-DEFINED FRONT REACHING THE COAST NEAR 12Z SAT. THIS
ONE SHOULD BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO THE CASCADES...WITH
1000-500 MB THICKNESS VALUES DOWN TO THE LOWER 530S BY 00Z SUN. BEST
FORCING AND DYNAMICS APPEAR TO BE FOCUSED ON THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH
OREGON CASCADES. MODELS SHOW MORE VARIANCE BEYOND SAT. THE ECMWF
DEVELOPS ANOTHER LOW IN THE SRN JET STREAM BRANCH 18Z SUN WHILE THE
GFS CONTINUES WITH AN ELONGATED UPPER TROUGH. SHOULD THE ECMWF
VERIFY...ANOTHER COASTAL WIND EVENT WOULD BE POSSIBLE SUN AFTERNOON.
A BROAD UPPER TROUGH PERSISTS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...FOR ADDITIONAL
CASCADE SNOWFALL AND BELOW-NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. WEISHAAR
&&

.AVIATION...A DISSIPATING OCCLUDED FRONT IS BRINGING LIGHT RAIN
TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH A MIX OF VFR AND MVFR
CONDITIONS. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING...WITH SOME WEAK
SHOWERS LINGERING OVERNIGHT. EXPECT CONDITIONS WILL BE MAINLY VFR
BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS. AFTER THE RELATIVE LULL OVERNIGHT...A
WARM FRONT WILL SPREAD INCREASING RAIN IN FROM THE SOUTH STARTING
WED MORNING. THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE
FCST AREA DURING THE DAY. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE TO MVFR
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS STEADIER RAIN DEVELOPS. GUSTY SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT GUSTS TO
AROUND 40 TO 45 KT FOR KAST AND KONP...WITH 25 TO 30 KT GUSTS FOR
THE INTERIOR TAF SITES AFTER 21Z WED.

KPDX AND APPROACHES...LIGHT RAIN TO CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT. EXPECT MAINLY VFR
CONDITIONS...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR POSSIBLE THROUGH ABOUT
03Z WED. RAIN TO INCREASE AGAIN 18Z WED WITH CONDITIONS LIKELY
LOWERING TO MVFR. GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS THROUGH THE GORGE STARTING
AROUND 12Z WED WILL IMPACT EASTERLY APPROACHES. PYLE

&&

.MARINE...A DETERIORATING OCCLUDED FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS
THIS AFTERNOON IS BRINGING SOLID SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS.
ISOLATED LOW-END GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING. WINDS THEN SUBSIDE A BIT OVERNIGHT INTO WED MORNING.
HOWEVER...THIS LULL WILL BE SHORT-LIVED...AS A MUCH STRONGER
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WATERS LATER WED. A SURFACE LOW
IS MODELED TO DEVELOP OFFSHORE ALONG THE OLD OCCLUDED FRONT...THEN
RAPIDLY DEEPEN WED AND WED NIGHT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE OFFSHORE
WATERS TOWARD VANCOUVER ISLAND WED AND WED NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED
WARM FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS STARTING WED
MORNING...WITH WINDS STRENGTHENING CONSIDERABLY WED AFTERNOON AND
EVENING BEHIND THE WARM FRONT. WINDS REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MUCH OF
WED NIGHT BEFORE FINALLY SUBSIDING THU MORNING BEHIND THE
TRAILING COLD FRONT. THE FCST MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING
CONTINUALLY STRONGER WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND THE LATEST RUNS
ADVERTISE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS REACHING AT LEAST 50 TO 60 KT LATE
WED AFTERNOON AND WED NIGHT. AT THIS POINT...CONFIDENCE IN STORM
FORCE WINDS IS FAIRLY HIGH AND DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE STORM WATCH
TO A WARNING. THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND.

SEAS CURRENTLY AROUND 10 TO 12 FT...AND SHOULD INCREASE A BIT TO
AROUND 12 TO 14 FT BEHIND THE OCCLUDED FRONT THIS EVENING. SEAS
WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE UPPER TEENS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND
COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 22 TO 25 FT WITH A SIGNIFICANT WIND WAVE
COMPONENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE STORM FORCE WINDS. SEAS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 20 FT INTO THU...BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING
LATER THU. SEAS DROP BACK DOWN NEAR 10 FT BY LATE IN THE
WEEK...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN GOING INTO THE WEEKEND.

AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS ALONG THE S WASHINGTON COAST WED DUE TO TIDAL OVERFLOW.
A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE NEAR 9.9 FT AROUND 2 AM LATE WED
NIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH FORECASTED SURGE PLUS TIDAL ANOMALY NEAR 2
FT...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THE OVERALL WATER LEVEL TO NEAR 12 FT.
IN THE PAST...WATER LEVELS THIS HIGH HAVE RESULTED IN INUNDATION
OF LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS IN PORTIONS OF PACIFIC COUNTY. PYLE

&&

.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 2 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
     CENTRAL OREGON COAST-NORTH OREGON COAST.

     HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
     CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-COAST RANGE OF
     NORTHWEST OREGON.

WA...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 2 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
     SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST.

     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY
     FOR SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST.

     HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
     WILLAPA HILLS.

PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 1 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.

     STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 1 PM PST
     WEDNESDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO
     FLORENCE OR OUT 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR UNTIL 4 PM
     PST WEDNESDAY.

&&

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THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
FROM THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 4:43 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementPQRLane47 min
Mar 8, 2:44 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsPQR22 hr
Mar 8, 3:05 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchPQR12 hr
Mar 8, 10:00 AM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPQR42 hr
Mar 8, 2:35 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningPQR37 hr

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