Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2017
Gale Warning 46, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this gale warning at Oct 13, 2017, 2:56 AM PDT. It took effect at Oct 14, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Oct 13, 2017, 2:56 AM PDT (09:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2017, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
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984 WHUS76 KMFR 130956 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 256 AM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 PZZ376-132300- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.GL.A.0031.171014T1800Z-171015T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.GL.W.0046.171014T1800Z-171015T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 256 AM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. A GALE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KT LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS...COMBINED STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. CHOPPY STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 14 FEET SATURDAY EVENING, THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP SWELL THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. GALES WILL DEVELOP MOSTLY FROM 20 NM TO 50 NM OFF THE COAST SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-370-132300- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 256 AM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS...COMBINED STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS. CHOPPY STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 11 FEET SATURDAY EVENING, THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP SWELL THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT SEAS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER OVER THE INNER WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON, EXCEPT HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF BANDON BEYOND 8 NM OF THE COAST. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A 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. && $$ PZZ350-132300- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 256 AM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS...COMBINED STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS. CHOPPY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 10 FEET SATURDAY EVENING, THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP SWELL THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT SEAS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER OVER THE INNER WATERS. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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962 WHUS76 KMFR 131524 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 824 AM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 PZZ376-140430- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0046.171014T1800Z-171015T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 824 AM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KT LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS...COMBINED STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. CHOPPY STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 11 TO 14 FEET SATURDAY EVENING, THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP SWELL THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. GALES WILL DEVELOP MOSTLY FROM 20 NM TO 50 NM OFF THE COAST SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-370-140430- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 824 AM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * SEAS...COMBINED STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS. CHOPPY STEEP TO VERY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 11 FEET SATURDAY EVENING, THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...MOST AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP SWELL THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT EXCEPT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH WITHIN 5 NM FROM SHORE WHERE SEAS WILL BE LOWER. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON, EXCEPT HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF BANDON BEYOND 8 NM OF THE COAST. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A 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. && $$ PZZ350-140430- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 824 AM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * SEAS...COMBINED STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET SEAS WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS. CHOPPY STEEP WIND DRIVEN SEAS WILL BUILD TO 9 TO 10 FEET SATURDAY EVENING, THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP SWELL THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT SEAS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER OVER THE INNER WATERS. ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
796 WHUS76 KMFR 132117 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 217 PM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 PZZ370-141030- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0089.171016T0000Z-171016T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 217 PM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * SEAS...COMBINED STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS. SWELL WILL FADE SOME SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT STEEP WIND WAVES WILL INCREASE...MAINTAINING SEAS 7 TO 9 FEET. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...MOST AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP SWELL THROUGH TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT MOST AREAS SOUTH OR REEDSPORT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN AREAS FROM BANDON SOUTHWARD. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-141030- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 217 PM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * SEAS...COMBINED STEEP SEAS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS. SWELL WILL FADE SOME SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT STEEP WIND WAVES WILL INCREASE...MAINTAIN SEAS 7 TO 9 FEET. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THEN DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 20 KT SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT AREAS CLOSE TO CAPE BLANCO THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD TO AFFECT MOST AREAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ376-141030- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1200Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0046.171014T1800Z-171015T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171015T0600Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SW.Y.0089.171016T0000Z-171016T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 217 PM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT SATURDAY MORNING THEN INCREASE FURTHER TO 25 TO 35 KT GALES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * SEAS...COMBINED STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THEN SEAS INCREASE TO STEEP TO VERY STEEP 9 TO 12 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SEAS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THEN GALE CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT MOSTLY AREAS AREAS FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTHWARD ON SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY VERY STEEP SEAS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-141030- /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 217 PM PDT FRI OCT 13 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * SEAS...COMBINED STEEP SEAS OF 8 TO 9 FEET WILL BE DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS. SEAS BRIEFLY SUBSIDE SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE INCREASING WIND WAVES BRING COMBINED SEAS BACK TO 7 TO 9 FEET SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY STEEP SWELL THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT MOST AREAS INCLUDING ALL THE WAY TO SHORE AT CAPE BLANCO BUT WITH LOWER CONDITIONS WITHIN 2 NM FROM SHORE NORTH OF CAPE BLANCO. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
237 WHUS76 KMFR 141011 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 311 AM PDT SAT OCT 14 2017 PZZ376-142315- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1011Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0046.171014T1800Z-171015T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171015T0600Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0089.171016T0000Z-171016T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 311 AM PDT SAT OCT 14 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING THEN INCREASE FURTHER TO 25 TO 35 KT GALES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SEAS...8 TO 10 FEET THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING VERY STEEP 9 TO 12 FEET THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TO 8 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. THEN GALE WILL IMPACT MOSTLY AREAS AREAS FROM GOLD BEACH SOUTHWARD. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-142315- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1011Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0089.171016T0000Z-171016T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 311 AM PDT SAT OCT 14 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * SEAS...STEEP AT 8 TO 9 FEET FROM NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS. SWELL WILL REMAIN AROUND 9 FEET THIS EVENING BUT WILL TRANSITION FROM SWELL DOMINATED SEAS TO WIND DOMINATED SEAS TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...BEYOND 25 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF CAPE ARAGO WILL BE AFFECTED THIS MORNING. BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AREAS BEYOND 10 NM FROM SHORE AND SOUTH OF REEDSPORT WILL BE AFFECTED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-356-142315- /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0088.000000T0000Z-171014T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.171014T1800Z-171016T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 311 AM PDT SAT OCT 14 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 20 KT SUNDAY. * SEAS...STEEP AT 7 TO 9 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...10 NM FROM SHORE FROM NORTH BEND SOUTH TO BANDON. AREAS AFFECTED WILL BE CLOSE TO SHORE FROM BANDON SOUTH THROUGH CAPE BLANCO TO POINT SAINT GEORGE. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
221 WHUS76 KMFR 142157 MWWMFR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 257 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2017 PZZ376-151100- /O.CAN.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.000000T0000Z-171016T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171014T2157Z-171015T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-171015T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0090.171015T0600Z-171015T2200Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0089.171016T0000Z-171016T0600Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 257 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SUNDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH GALES 30 TO 35 KT THROUGH LATE EVENING...EASING LATE TONIGHT. * SEAS...VERY STEEP 10 TO 12 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN SUBSIDING TO 8 FEET SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...GALES MAINLY SOUTH OF GOLD BEACH THROUGH THE EVENING. HAZARDOUS SEAS CONDITIONS ALL AREAS UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY. THEN...SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ALL AREAS DIMINISHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ370-151100- /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171014T2157Z-171015T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.000000T0000Z-171015T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KMFR.SW.Y.0089.171016T0000Z-171016T0600Z/ WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 257 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS...STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 8 TO 10 FEET LOWERING TO 8 FEET SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * AREAS AFFECTED...WARNING CONDITIONS FAR SOUTH...MAINLY SOUTH OF BANDON. ADVISORY CONDITIONS ALL AREAS. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ356-151100- /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171014T2157Z-171015T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.000000T0000Z-171015T2200Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM- 257 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT BEYOND 5 NM. WINDS DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 20 KT SUNDAY. * SEAS...VERY STEEP AT 8 TO 11 FEET BEYOND 5 NM. STEEP SEAS WITHIN 5 NM OF 5 TO 7 FEET. * AREAS AFFECTED...WARNING CONDITIONS BEYOND 5 NM FOR VERY STEEP SEAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAINLY BEYOND 1 NM FROM SHORE THIS EVENING...THEN ALL AREAS LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOWERING CONDITIONS SUNDAY BUT WINDS AND SEAS AROUND CAPE BLANCO COULD REMAIN ELEVATED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ PZZ350-151100- /O.EXB.KMFR.SE.W.0059.171014T2157Z-171015T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0089.000000T0000Z-171015T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM- 257 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2017 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * SEAS...STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 9 FEET AND UP TO 10 FEET NEAR CAPE BLANCO. SEAS LOWERING TO 7 TO 8 FEET SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KT THIS EVENING...THEN 15 TO 20 KT OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED...WARNING CONDITIONS FAR SOUTH...MAINLY SOUTH OF BANDON. ADVISORY CONDITIONS ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT AND THEN MAINLY SOUTH OF BANDON BEYOND 5 NM SUNDAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MFR/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS. && $$ STAVISH 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 Oct 12, 8:51 PM PDT, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 8:51 PM PDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Medford OR
851 PM PDT Thu Oct 12 2017
.SHORT TERM...The forecast remains on track with models continuing
to support numerous showers continuing across the northwest
parts of the area as moisture onshore flow continues and an upper
level disturbance moves into the area tonight and Friday. The
main focus for showers tonight and Friday will be along the coast,
into the Umpqua basin and along the Southern Oregon Cascades as
well as east into northern Klamath and Lake counties. Snow levels
have lowered to around 5000 feet, and locally lower, in the
Southern Oregon Cascades. Snow levels near the Southern Oregon
Cascades are expected to lower to around 4500 to 5000 feet
tonight, and will be locally lower at times, then rise to 5500
feet Friday afternoon. Areas of moderate snow accumulation are
expected above 4500 feet in the Cascades tonight through Friday
morning. This will mainly affect areas near Crater Lake, Diamond
Lake and northward to near Willamette Pass. Other areas further
south of the Umpqua Divide are expected to see lighter
precipitation in showers. Strong gusty winds are also expected to
develop by Friday afternoon over the mountains and east of the
Cascades and a mid level jet of 30 to 40 kt moves over the area
and winds mix down to the surface.
Showers will diminish Friday evening into Friday night as the
upper trough over the region shifts east and an upper ridge builds
offshore. This will bring dry weather with a warming trend on the
weekend. However, expect gusty northeast to east winds to develop
on the ridges Friday night through Sunday morning.
&&
.AVIATION...12/00Z TAF CYCLE...Along the coast, across the
coastal waters, and in the Umpqua Valley...areas of MVFR
cigs/vsbys in showers will become widespread tonight into Friday
morning. Areas of MVFR cigs are also expected to develop at times
in showers across areas south of the Umpqua Divide in Jackson and
Josephine counties tonight into Friday morning. Widespread
mountain obscurations are expected from the Southern Oregon
Cascades westward and along the Siskiyous. East of the Cascades
and over Northern Calfiornia expect mainly VFR with occasional
MVFR cigs in showers. Also expect areas of mountain obscurations
on the east side and into Northern California. Conditions will
gradually improve to VFR across most the area Friday afternoon
but expect local MVFR cigs to continue in showers, especially in
the Umpqua Valley as well as continued mountain obscurations. -CC
&&
.MARINE...Updated 830 PM PDT Thursday 12 October 2017...Seas will
be dominated by steep northwest swell through Friday night while
a series of disturbances bring occasional showers. Showers will be
most numerous north of Cape Blanco. A thermal trough will develop
late Friday and deepen into the weekend. This will bring strong
north winds and choppy wind driven seas to the area Saturday and
Sunday, especially south of Cape Blanco beyond 10 NM from shore.
Winds and seas will peak Saturday afternoon and evening. The
thermal trough will weaken Monday, and winds and seas will
diminish at that time. The first in a series of fronts will move
onshore Wednesday. These fronts will be the strongest of the
season thus far and may bring south gale force winds and very
steep seas to the area.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 254 PM PDT Thu Oct 12 2017/
SHORT TERM...Wintry weather continues above 4500 feet tonight
over the southern Oregon Cascades, mainly north of Highway 140.
Satellite imagery shows the strong short wave trough is expected
to move across the Cascades tonight. This will help to enhance
upslope precipitation. The latest guidance shows this trough will
not be as deep as on previous run but there will still be enough
moisture and instability to generate up to a foot of new snow. The
higher elevation between Diamond Lake and Crescent Lake could see
up to 15 inches but they will be above the willamette Pass. The
winter weather advisory continues through Friday afternoon but
snow is expected to turn to snow showers by late Friday morning.
Elsewhere scattered showers are expected across the west side of
the Cascade and part of the east side from the Klamath Basin
north. It does not look like Modoc County or the Tulelake Basin
will see any showers with this system. The cloudy sky will keep
temperatures higher tonight but Friday night could be a cold night
in the valleys from clear sky.
However confidence is very high that the thermal trough will set
up along the coast again Friday night. This will lead to offshore
flow for southern Curry County, the Kalmiopsis Wilderness and
western Siskiyou County with warm and dry nights in those areas.
The atmosphere will warm up this weekend as a ridge builds
northward. Highs in the Rogue Valley could climb to the lower to
middle 70s.
LONG TERM (Monday through Thursday)...Monday and possibly Tuesday
could be the last warm days of the month. Both ECMWF and GFS agree
on the pattern changing around Tuesday night. The models bring
rain chance to Coos and Douglas Counties as early as Tuesday
afternoon, and by Wednesday evening wetting rain is forecast for
most of the western valleys and western Siskiyou County. Both
models hold off on precipitation for the east side of the Cascades
until Thursday. With the jetstream forecast to become more zonal
during the second half of next week, confidence is moderate to
high about precipitation.
FIRE WEATHER...Updated 200 PM PDT Thursday, 12 October 2017...
Cool and unsettled weather will continue for the next couple of days
with higher relative humidity. Most of the precipitation into this
evening will be mainly west of the Cascades and north of the
California/Oregon border. Gusty winds are expected again into this
evening, mainly east of the Cascades, portions of the Shasta Valley
and mid slopes and ridges in fire zone 280. Similar conditions are
expected Friday, however models are in fairly good agreement showing
stronger 700 and 600 mb winds east of the Cascades. Given we'll be
in a convective environment, there's a chance some of these stronger
winds could mix down. Therefore were expecting stronger winds Friday
afternoon and evening. Precipitation once again will be most
frequent along and west of the Cascades and north of the
California/Oregon border. However there's a chance the eastside
north of the California/Oregon border could get more frequent rain
and higher elevation snow showers Friday afternoon and early Friday
evening.
A return to warmer and drier weather is in the cards Saturday
through at least Monday. Offshore flow will be strong early Saturday
morning as the thermal trough develops and strengthens, but
overnight recoveries are expected to be moderate at the mid slopes
and ridges in southwest Oregon and western Siskiyou county.
Offshore flow will remain a concern overnight Saturday into Sunday,
especially at the mid slopes and ridges in fire zones 618, 619, 620,
621 and western fire zone 280. The models have trended higher with
the strength of the offshore flow and thus east to northeast winds.
Right now the consensus is wind speeds could be similar to Saturday
morning. Overnight recoveries Saturday night into Sunday morning
could be moderate to occasionally poor. If this continues to be the
case, then the combination of the above mention scenario could
warrant at least a fire weather watch. especially where fires are
still active.
Dry and warm weather continues Monday with continued offshore flow,
but it will be weaker compared to Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Overnight recoveries are still expected to be moderate to poor.
Tuesday should remain dry, but with increasing onshore flow. At
least at the coast. The ECMWF shows a weak front moving through the
area which would bring cooler temperatures over most areas. The GFS
is weaker with the onshore flow at the coast and has the thermal
trough moving over the westside valleys in the afternoon. So it's
all going to come down to the timing and details.
There is increasing evidence we'll be heading into a cooler and
wetter pattern from about the middle of next week into next weekend,
but it's not locked in stone yet. Bottom line it remains to be seen
if this will end up being a season ending event. It's still a ways
out there and the details could change. -Petrucelli
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...Winter Weather Advisory until 5 PM PDT Friday above 4500 feet in
the for ORZ027-028.
CA...None.
Pacific Coastal Waters...Small Craft Advisory for hazardous seas until 5 AM PDT Saturday
for PZZ350-356-370-376.
Gale Watch from Saturday morning through Sunday morning for
PZZ376.
CC/CC/CCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2:56 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | MFR | 62 hr | |
| Oct 13, 2:56 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 56 hr | |
| Oct 13, 2:17 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 25 hr |
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