Gale Warning 14, NWS Seattle, WA

Issued

Jan 29, 2016, 2:47 PM PST (22:47 UTC)

Expired

Jan 29, 2016, 7:00 PM PST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Seattle, WA

947 
WHUS76 KSEW 292247
MWWSEW

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
247 PM PST FRI JAN 29 2016

PZZ134-300000-
/O.CAN.KSEW.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160130T1400Z/
ADMIRALTY INLET-
247 PM PST FRI JAN 29 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

$$

PZZ131-300700-
/O.UPG.KSEW.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160130T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.GL.W.0014.160129T2247Z-160130T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.SC.Y.0023.160130T0300Z-160130T1400Z/
CENTRAL U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
247 PM PST FRI JAN 29 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS...EASING TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS LATER
  TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

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.

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

&&

$$

PZZ132-300700-
/O.UPG.KSEW.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160130T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.GL.W.0014.160129T2247Z-160130T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.SC.Y.0023.160130T0400Z-160130T1400Z/
EAST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
247 PM PST FRI JAN 29 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 KNOTS...EASING TO 5 TO 15 KNOTS LATER
  TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

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.

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

&&

$$

PZZ130-150-153-156-170-173-176-300700-
/O.CON.KSEW.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160130T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.SW.Y.0009.160130T1400Z-160131T0200Z/
WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND 10 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE 10 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER 10 TO 60 NM-
247 PM PST FRI JAN 29 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST SATURDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO
6 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM
PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 KNOTS...EASING TO 10 TO 20
  KNOTS SATURDAY MORNING.

* WAVES/SEAS...WEST SWELL 14 TO 17 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
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.

&&

$$

PZZ110-300700-
/O.EXT.KSEW.RB.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160130T2000Z/
GRAYS HARBOR BAR-
247 PM PST FRI JAN 29 2016

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

* WAVES/SEAS...COMBINED SEAS 13 TO 15 FEET. BAR CONDITIONS MOSTLY 
  SEVERE WITH BREAKERS COVERING THE BAR. 

* FIRST EBB...AROUND 745 PM THIS EVENING.

* SECOND EBB....AROUND 830 AM SATURDAY.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ133-135-300700-
/O.CON.KSEW.SC.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160130T1400Z/
NORTHERN INLAND WATERS INCLUDING THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS-
PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL-
247 PM PST FRI JAN 29 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST SATURDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 KNOTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$


WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

NWS Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Jan 29, 9:36 AM PST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
936 AM PST FRI JAN 29 2016

.SYNOPSIS...AN OCCLUDED FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. THE STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS
BEHIND THE FRONT. MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP THE PATTERN
UNSETTLED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN
OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
SURFACE ANALYSES INDICATED THAT THE NEGATIVE-TILTED OCCLUDED FRONT
WAS OVER FAR SOUTHWEST WA AT THIS TIME. LOOK FOR THE FRONT TO
SWEEP ACROSS THE CWA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIR MASS WAS
UNSTABLE BEHIND THE FRONT AS EVIDENCED BY THE LIGHTNING STRIKES
OFF THE COAST. THE FORECAST WAS UPDATED EARLIER TO ADD A MENTION
OF THE TSTMS TO THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST. AT THIS TIME...IT
LOOKS LIKE THE TSTM THREAT WILL BE CONFINED TO THE COASTAL WATERS
BUT CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT A RANDOM STRIKE ON THE COAST THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

LOOK FOR THE STEADY PRECIP TO TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS /MORE
NUMEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND COAST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE
MESOSCALE MODELS INDICATED THAT A PUGET SOUND CONVERGENCE ZONE
/PSCZ/ WILL DEVELOP OVER ISLAND/NORTHERN SHOHOMISH COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECT SMALL HAIL WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WITHIN THE
PSCZ.

CONCERNING SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS...IT LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WILL FALL ON MOUNT BAKER AND WITHIN THE PSCZ TODAY.

STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. A WEAK UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE PAC NW ON SUNDAY. THE LOW LEVEL
FLOW IS ONSHORE WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS. HOWEVER IT
WILL BE RELATIVELY QUIET AND WE MIGHT SEE A FEW SUNBREAKS BETWEEN
SHOWERS. 33/05

.LONG TERM...
THE FLOW ALOFT WILL TURN NORTHWESTERLY ON MONDAY AS A RIDGE
DEVELOPS OFFSHORE. MODELS SHOW A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
TRACKING DOWN FROM THE NORTH FOR A FEW MORE SHOWERS OVER THE
REGION. TEMPS WILL BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE
LOWER TO MID 40S.

LONG RANGE MODELS SHOW SOME WARM FRONTAL PRECIP CLIPPING WESTERN
WA NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR CLOUDY SKIES AND A CHANCE OF
RAIN. THE COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT INLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR
THURSDAY. BOTH THE GFS AND EURO ARE TRYING TO MOVE A RIDGE OVER
THE PAC NW ON FRIDAY. 33

&&

.AVIATION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE THIS MORNING AND EAST
OF THE CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. AIR
MASS MOIST AND STABLE...BECOMING SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE BEHIND THE
FRONT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

KSEA...LOW CLOUDS WITH A FRONT TODAY...MOSTLY MVFR. CEILINGS SHOULD
LIFT TO A MID LEVEL LAYER THIS EVENING. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND
5-10 KNOTS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10-20 KNOTS BEHIND THE FRONT
AROUND NOON TODAY...THEN EASING TO 5-10 KNOTS TONIGHT. SCHNEIDER

&&

.MARINE...A FRONT WILL BRING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS TO MOST
WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOW END GALES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING. GALES ARE POSSIBLE
FOR THE ENTRANCES TO THE STRAIT AND NORTHERN INLAND WATERS BUT IT
LOOKS MARGINAL AND THE FORECAST IS 20-30 KNOTS FOR NOW.

THERE SHOULD BE A WESTERLY PUSH DOWN THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WESTERLY GALES
ARE POSSIBLE BUT LOOK MARGINAL AND 20-30 KNOTS SEEMS LIKE THE
BEST BET.

LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL 14-16 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE OCEAN SHORES JETTY AREA WHICH IS VULNERABLE TO SWELL AT THIS
LEVEL.

A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE WATERS SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE ON MONDAY. A WEAK FRONT WILL
REACH THE AREA ON TUESDAY. SCHNEIDER

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
THE SKOKOMISH RIVER CONTINUES TO RECEDE AND IS FORECAST TO FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY. FLOODING IS NOT
EXPECTED ON THE REMAINING RIVERS THROUGH DAY 7.

&&

.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE SKOKOMISH RIVER IN MASON
	 COUNTY.

 	 WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CASCADES OF PIERCE AND
	 LEWIS COUNTIES UNTIL 3 PM SATURDAY.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
	 CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH...KING...WHATCOM...AND SKAGIT COUNTIES.

     HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT TIL 4 AM SATURDAY FOR THE CENTRAL
	 COAST.

PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IN EFFECT TIL 6 AM SATURDAY
	 FOR THE GRAYS HARBOR BAR.

	 GALE WARNING IN EFFECT TIL NOON TODAY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING WATERS.

&&

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

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WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE/GAFD/LATEST_WEBAFD.HTML

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
232 PM PST FRI JAN 29 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0231 PM     HAIL             3 ESE GATE              46.81N 123.09W
01/29/2016  M0.25 INCH       THURSTON           WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0200 PM     HAIL             1 NNE NORTH BEND        47.51N 121.78W
01/29/2016  M0.25 INCH       KING               WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LIGHTNING AND THUNDER OBSERVED.

&&

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