Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2017
Gale Warning 29, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at May 22, 2017, 2:44 PM PDT. It took effect at May 23, 2017, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 48 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2017, 2:44 PM PDT (21:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2017, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2017, 5:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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602 WHUS76 KMFR 222144 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 244 PM PDT MON MAY 22 2017 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS MOST OF THIS WEEK... .THE THERMAL TROUGH PATTERN OVER THE AREA WILL WEAKEN SOME TODAY. TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY GALES AND VERY STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF THE AREA, PERSISTING INTO THURSDAY BEFORE WEAKENING. PZZ356-231045- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0019.170523T1800Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0041.170523T1200Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0029.170523T1200Z-170525T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 244 PM PDT MON MAY 22 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY AND REACH GALES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP WIND DRIVEN NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 FT...INCREASING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 9 TO 11 FT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE ELEVATED SEAS ARE LIKELY TO PEAK WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT MOST LOCATIONS, EXCEPT FOR AREAS VERY SHELTERED FROM NORTH WINDS AND NORTHWEST SEAS. GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 3 NM BEYOND SHORE BY TUESDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A 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 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. && $$ PZZ376-231045- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-170523T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0019.170523T1800Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0041.170523T1200Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0029.170523T1200Z-170525T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 244 PM PDT MON MAY 22 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO GALES 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GALES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * SEAS...STEEP 7 TO 9 FT...INCREASING TO VERY STEEP WARNING LEVEL 10 TO 14 FT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS PEAK AT 12 TO 16 FT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL AREAS TODAY. THE GALE WATCH COVERS AREAS FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTHWARD TUESDAY AND EXPANDS TO ALL AREAS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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. 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-231045- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0019.170524T0600Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0041.170523T1200Z-170525T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 244 PM PDT MON MAY 22 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS TUESDAY EVENING...PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP WIND DRIVEN NORTHWEST SEAS 6 TO 8 FT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHERLY SEAS WILL BUILD TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO A STEEP TO VERY STEEP 8 TO 12 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT ALL EXCEPT THE MOST SHELTERED AREAS OF THE COAST. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING WILL BE SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. A 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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488 WHUS76 KMFR 230930 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 AM PDT TUE MAY 23 2017 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS MOST OF THIS WEEK... .THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL BRING STRONG NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS BEGINNING TODAY AND PERSISTING INTO THURSDAY BEFORE WEAKENING. PZZ356-232230- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.170523T1200Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.170523T1200Z-170525T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 230 AM PDT TUE MAY 23 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT INCREASING TO NORTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SEAS...STEEP WIND DRIVEN NORTHWEST 6 TO 8 FT...INCREASING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 9 TO 11 FT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PEAKING AT 9 TO 13 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE ELEVATED SEAS WILL START TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT MOST LOCATIONS, EXCEPT FOR AREAS VERY SHELTERED FROM NORTH WINDS AND NORTHWEST SEAS. GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL DEVELOP BEYOND 3 NM BEYOND SHORE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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 HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ376-232230- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-170523T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.170523T1200Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.170523T1200Z-170525T1800Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 AM PDT TUE MAY 23 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO GALES 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GALES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * SEAS...STEEP 7 TO 9 FT...INCREASING TO VERY STEEP 10 TO 14 FT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL PEAK AT 12 TO 16 FT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE GALE WARNING AND/OR HAZARDOUS SEAS INTO THURSDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-232230- /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-170525T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.170523T1200Z-170525T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 AM PDT TUE MAY 23 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS TUESDAY EVENING...PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP WIND DRIVEN NORTHWEST SEAS 6 TO 8 FT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHERLY SEAS WILL BUILD TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO A STEEP TO VERY STEEP 8 TO 11 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT ALL EXCEPT THE MOST SHELTERED AREAS OF THE COAST. THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING WILL BE SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO BEYOND 5 NM OF THE COAST...EXCEPT CLOSER NEAR CAPE BLANCO. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
794 WHUS76 KMFR 232209 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 309 PM PDT TUE MAY 23 2017 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THURSDAY... .THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL BRING STRONG NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PZZ356-241115- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170526T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-170526T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 309 PM PDT TUE MAY 23 2017 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 20 TO 30 KT BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP WIND DRIVEN 8 TO 9 FT...INCREASING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 9 TO 11 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THEN PEAKING AT 9 TO 14 FEET WEDNESDAY EVENING. THESE ELEVATED SEAS WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY ON THURSDAY BUT REMAIN STEEP TO VERY STEEP, THEN SEAS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES WILL AFFECT THE WATERS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL DEVELOP AFFECT MOST THE WATERS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT, EXCEPT FOR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS IN PROTECTED LOCATIONS DOWNWIND OF CAPES NEAR THE SHORE. ON THURSDAY, HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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 HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ376-241115- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170526T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170526T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.170525T1200Z-170526T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 309 PM PDT TUE MAY 23 2017 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 KT INCREASING TO NORTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT EXPECT AREAS OF CONTINUED GALES. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP 9 TO 10 FEET SEAS, INCREASING TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 10 TO 14 FEET THIS EVENING THEN PEAKING AT 12 TO 16 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER ON THURSDAY BUT REMAIN STEEP TO VERY STEEP. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES WILL AFFECT MOST THE WATERS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEN WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WATERS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH ON THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL THE WATER THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEN WILL AFFECT THE WATERS FROM PORT ORFORD SOUTH ON THURSDAY WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO THE NORTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-370-241115- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-170526T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 309 PM PDT TUE MAY 23 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 KT, INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OF 35 KT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS MAY BRIEFLY LOWER BELOW 25 KT FOR AREAS NORTH OF CAPE ARAGO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 20 TO 25 KT ACROSS THE WATERS THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP WIND DRIVEN 8 TO 9 FT SEAS, BUILDING TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE VERY STEEP SEAS WILL PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO STEEP SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS ON THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MOST THE WATERS BY THIS EVENING THEN PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE WATERS ON THURSDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
705 WHUS76 KMFR 240930 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 AM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THURSDAY... .THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL BRING STRONG NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THURSDAY. PZZ356-242230- /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 230 AM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 20 TO 30 KT BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP 9 TO 11 FT PEAKING AT 9 TO 15 FEET THIS EVENING. THESE ELEVATED SEAS WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY THURSDAY BUT REMAIN STEEP TO VERY STEEP. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES WILL AFFECT THE WATERS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT MOST THE WATERS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT, EXCEPT FOR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS IN PROTECTED LOCATIONS DOWNWIND OF CAPES NEAR THE SHORE. ON THURSDAY, HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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 HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ376-242230- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.170525T1200Z-170526T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 AM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...NORTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY TONIGHT BUT THERE WILL STILL BE AREAS OF GALES. * SEAS...VERY STEEP SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY BUT REMAIN STEEP TO VERY STEEP. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES WILL AFFECT MOST THE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT THEN WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WATERS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL THE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT THEN WILL AFFECT THE WATERS FROM PORT ORFORD SOUTH ON THURSDAY WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO THE NORTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-242230- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 AM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OF 35 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY BRIEFLY LOWER BELOW 25 KT FOR AREAS NORTH OF CAPE ARAGO THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 20 TO 25 KT ACROSS THE WATERS THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS 9 TO 12 FEET PERSISTING INTO TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO STEEP SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE WATERS THURSDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
375 WHUS76 KMFR 241840 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1140 AM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THURSDAY... .THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL BRING STRONG NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THURSDAY. PZZ356-250745- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 1140 AM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 20 TO 30 KT BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP 9 TO 11 FT PEAKING AT 9 TO 15 FEET THIS EVENING. THESE ELEVATED SEAS WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY THURSDAY BUT REMAIN VERY STEEP. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES WILL AFFECT THE WATERS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT MOST THE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT, EXCEPT FOR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS IN PROTECTED LOCATIONS DOWNWIND OF CAPES NEAR THE SHORE. ON THURSDAY, HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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 HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ376-250745- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.170525T1200Z-170526T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1140 AM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...NORTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY TONIGHT BUT THERE WILL STILL BE AREAS OF GALES. * SEAS...VERY STEEP SEAS OF 12 TO 16 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY BUT REMAIN STEEP TO VERY STEEP. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES WILL AFFECT MOST THE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT THEN WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WATERS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL THE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT THEN WILL AFFECT THE WATERS FROM PORT ORFORD SOUTH ON THURSDAY WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO THE NORTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ350-370-250745- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 1140 AM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OF 35 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 20 TO 25 KT ACROSS THE WATERS THURSDAY MORNING. * SEAS...VERY STEEP SEAS 9 TO 12 FEET PERSISTING INTO TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO STEEP SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS THURSDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE WATERS THURSDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
731 WHUS76 KMFR 242152 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 252 PM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS TODAY AND THURSDAY... PZZ356-251100- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 252 PM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 20 TO 30 KT BY THURSDAY MORNING. THEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO 10 TO 20 KT THURSDAY NIGHT. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP 9 TO 14 FT THROUGH TONIGHT...LOWERING SLIGHTLY TO 8 TO 10 FEET ON THURSDAY. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES WILL AFFECT THE WATERS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT MOST THE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT, EXCEPT FOR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS IN PROTECTED LOCATIONS DOWNWIND OF CAPES NEAR THE SHORE. ON THURSDAY, HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH, WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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 HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ PZZ376-251100- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.170525T1200Z-170526T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 252 PM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...NORTH GALES 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY BUT THERE WILL STILL BE AREAS OF GALES, MAINLY SOUTH OF CAPE FERRELO. * SEAS...VERY STEEP SEAS OF 12 TO 17 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY BUT REMAIN STEEP TO VERY STEEP AT 9 TO 14 FEET THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THEN STEEP SEAS MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES WILL AFFECT MOST THE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT THEN WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WATERS SOUTH OF CAPE FERRELO ON THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL AFFECT ALL THE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT THEN WILL AFFECT THE WATERS FROM PORT ORFORD SOUTH ON THURSDAY WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO THE NORTH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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 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. && $$ PZZ350-370-251100- /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 252 PM PDT WED MAY 24 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OF 35 KT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL LOWER TO 20 TO 25 KT ACROSS THE WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * SEAS...VERY STEEP SEAS 9 TO 12 FEET PERSISTING INTO TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO STEEP 8 TO 9 FT SEAS ON THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ON FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT MOST THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE WATERS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
824 WHUS76 KMFR 250940 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 240 AM PDT THU MAY 25 2017 PZZ376-252245- /O.EXT.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0056.170525T1200Z-170526T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.170525T1200Z-170526T1200Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 240 AM PDT THU MAY 25 2017 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT WILL LOWER TO 20 TO 30 KT LATER THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 13 TO 17 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 11 TO 13 FEET BY TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE FURTHER TO STEEP 8 TO 9 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING...THEN TO 7 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES OVER MOST OF THE AREA WILL END LATER THIS MORNING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITH SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FROM GOLD BEACH TO CAPE BLANCO. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL OF THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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 HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-252245- /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-170526T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0056.170525T1200Z-170526T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 240 AM PDT THU MAY 25 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT WILL LOWER TO 20 TO 30 KT LATER THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT BY FRIDAY MORNING. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 11 TO 15 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 10 TO 12 FEET BY TONIGHT. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE FURTHER TO STEEP 8 TO 9 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING...THEN TO 7 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE WILL END LATER THIS MORNING. HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT BEYOND 5 NM FROM SHORE THROUGH TONIGHT FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTH. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... THEN ALL OF THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 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 HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-370-252245- /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0056.170525T1200Z-170526T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 240 AM PDT THU MAY 25 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SEAS...STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS OF 9 TO 12 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO STEEP 9 TO 12 FEET LATER THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE FURTHER TO STEEP 7 TO 8 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING...THEN TO 7 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS AFFECTING MOST OF THE AREA WILL END LATER THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL THEN AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/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 HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at May 22, 9:22 AM PDT, 5 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 9:22 AM PDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Medford OR
922 AM PDT Mon May 22 2017
.UPDATE...Satellite imagery shows that the marine layer along the
coast has mostly receeded. Expect clear skies over the entire CWA
and offshore to northerly winds over the coast this afternoon. Low
clouds and patchy fog will return to the coast late tonight. Highs
today will be warmer than yesterday...generally 10 to 20 degrees
above normal. Tuesday should be just as hot...but a low swinging
into the area Tuesday night should bring temperatures down to just
5 to 10 degrees above normal Wednesday afternoon. Thunderstorm
potential Tuesday and Wednesday looks low...but left it in the
forecast for now and will further assess that potential today and
update in the afternoon forecast package. Otherwise, current
forecast is on track...see previous discussion for more
information -MSC
&&
.MARINE....Updated 830 AM PDT Monday, 22 May 2017...The thermal
trough pattern is weaker this morning than yesterday, but should
strengthen today with gales expected to begin south of Cape Blanco
Tuesday afternoon. Confidence in when gales start over the waters
within 10 NM from shore south of Cape Blanco is low to moderate
at this time, so will maintain at watch at this time. Gales are
expected to begin for portions of the area north of the cape
Tuesday night into Wednesday. Fog will continue to be an
intermittent concern...mainly beyond a few miles from shore. Gales
are currently expected to subside by Thursday morning as the
thermal trough pattern weakens. SK/SBN
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 700 AM PDT Mon May 22 2017/
Updated aviation discussion.
SHORT TERM...A strong upper level ridge will continue over the
region today into Tuesday bringing hot temperatures to inland
areas. Temperatures are expected to soar into the mid 90s across
west side valleys today and into the mid 80s for valleys east of
the Cascades. These temperatures are around 15 to 20 degrees
above normal for this time of year. People who may be impacted by
this heat should take extra precautions, especially during the
hottest part of the day. Additionally, area rivers may have fast
moving and very cold water. People near rivers and streams should
be aware of the danger of very cold and swift moving water.
On Tuesday, an upper trough will begin move southeastward out of
the Gulf of Alaska. Expect continued hot temperatures across the
area though on Tuesday, expect for a decrease in temperatures
along the coast and a slight decrease of temperatures in the
Umpqua Valley.
As the upper low to the north moves inland over British Columbia
and then to eastward Tuesday night and Wednesday, models show a
broad trough moving over the Pacific Northwest. This will result
in cooler temperatures. As the trough moves inland, also expect a
marine push of low clouds from the coast into the Umpqua on
Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. A weak, but relatively dry,
front moving across the area on Wednesday may also result in a few
showers or thunderstorms in portions of Northern California.
Models have trended lower on the chance for showers and
thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening and have limited
this risk mainly to areas in southern Siskiyou and Modoc counties.
The main impact from this weather system will be cooler
temperatures with high temperatures lowering into the 70s to 80s
across most inland areas.
Heading into Thursday and Friday, models continue to show some
variability on the exact position of the upper trough and a
shortwave disturbance moving down the trough and into the region.
The trough axis is forecast to remain east of the area. However,
depending on the track of the shortwave disturbance moving down
the back side of this trough on Thursday and into Friday, may see
a slight chance for showers of thunderstorms over eastern portions
of the CWA, mainly into Lake County. Also on Friday, the ECMWF
and GFS show some mid level moisture and daytime instability
bringing a slight chance for a few showers or thunderstorms to
western Siskiyou County.
Late Friday into Friday night, the upper ridge off the coast will
rebuild over the Pacific Northwest. The ridge will continue over
the region into the weekend with a gradual warming trend. Some
southerly moisture is expected to move up from the Sierras and
into the area on the weekend. This combined with daytime
instability, may bring a slight chance for thunderstorms, mainly
into Northern California. The lack of a significant trigger may
keep thunderstorm chances low. Of note, the GFS is indicating an
upper trough and low approaching the Pacific Northwest coast as
early as late Sunday while the ECMWF is much slower with the
movement and strength of this low. This upper low may bring
additional disturbances and moisture into the area as it
approaches late Sunday into early next week, resulting in a chance
to slight chance for showers and thunderstorms over inland areas.
Confidence is low in the details for Sunday into early next week
due to model variability though.
&&
.AVIATION...22/12Z TAF CYCLE...LIFR conditions are being observed
from Reedsport to Cape Blanco this morning. Clearing should occur
along and near the coast by about 18Z this morning. A return of
IFR conditions is expected this evening at the coast from Cape
Blanco northward. Elsewhere, VFR is expected for the next 24
hours. SK
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...None.
CA...None.
Pacific Coastal Waters...Gale Watch from Tuesday morning through Thursday morning for
PZZ356-376.
Small Craft Advisory until 11 AM PDT Thursday for
PZZ350-356-370.
Gale Watch from Tuesday evening through Thursday morning for
PZZ350-370.
Small Craft Advisory until 11 PM PDT Tuesday for PZZ376.
MSC/NSK/BPNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:44 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 4 days |
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