Alert archive / Oregon / Gale Warnings in 2017
Gale Warning 39, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this gale warning at Nov 20, 2017, 7:04 AM PST. It took effect at Nov 21, 2017, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Nov 20, 2017, 7:04 AM PST (15:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 21, 2017, 12:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2017, 2:20 AM PST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Portland, OR
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206 WHUS76 KPQR 201504 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 704 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 PZZ275-202315- /O.EXP.KPQR.GL.W.0038.000000T0000Z-171120T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KPQR.SI.Y.0124.000000T0000Z-171120T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T0800Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 704 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION, A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...TODAY...W WIND 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE MORNING THEN EASING. TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING S 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS 8 FT WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 9 SECONDS. * SEAS...AROUND 15 TO 18 FEET...EASING TO AROUND 10 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ255-202315- /O.EXP.KPQR.GL.W.0038.000000T0000Z-171120T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KPQR.SI.Y.0124.000000T0000Z-171120T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- 704 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...TODAY...SOUTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 KT EARLY. OTHERWISE W WIND 20 TO 25 KT IN THE MORNING. WINDS EASING IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN INCREASING AGAIN TONIGHT. * SEAS...AROUND 15 TO 18 FEET...EASING TO AROUND 10 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ270-202315- /O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0124.000000T0000Z-171120T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T1200Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 704 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...TODAY...W WIND 15 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE MORNING, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...WIND INCREASING TO SE 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SEAS...AROUND 15 TO 18 FEET...EASING TO AROUND 10 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ250-202315- /O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0124.000000T0000Z-171120T1800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 704 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WINDS...NW WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE MORNING. * SEAS...NEAR 16 FEET...EASING TO AROUND 10 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ210-202315- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0159.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 704 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS...18 TO 20 FEET...EASING TO 15 FT LATE MORNING THEN NEAR 10 FT LATE AFTERNOON. * FIRST EBB...AROUND 530 AM. SEAS TO 20 FEET WITH BREAKERS. * SECOND EBB...STRONG EBB AROUND 545 PM. SEAS TO 11 FEET WITH BREAKERS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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602 WHUS76 KPQR 201702 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 902 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 PZZ270-210115- /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0124.000000T0000Z-171120T1800Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T1200Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 902 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...TODAY...W WIND 15 TO 25 KNOTS EASING BELOW 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING. TONIGHT...WIND INCREASING OUT OF THE SE AT 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 KT TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...AROUND 14 FEET THIS MORNING...EASING TO AROUND 9 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SEAS BUILDING AGAIN ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ275-210115- /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0124.000000T0000Z-171120T1800Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T0800Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 902 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...TODAY...W WIND 15 TO 25 KNOTS EASING BELOW 20 KT LATE THIS MORNING. TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING S 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SEAS...AROUND 14 FEET THIS MORNING...EASING TO AROUND 9 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SEAS BUILDING AGAIN ON TUESDAY. 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 FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ250-255-210000- /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0124.000000T0000Z-171120T1800Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- 902 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NW WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT EASTING BELOW 20 KT LATER THIS MORNING. * SEAS...NEAR 14 FEET...EASING TO AROUND 9 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ210-210000- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0159.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 902 AM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS AROUND 12 FT THIS MORNING, SUBSIDING TO 8 FT THIS AFTERNOON, THEN NEAR 6 FT BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
758 WHUS76 KPQR 202230 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 230 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 PZZ270-210630- /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T1200Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...TODAY...WIND INCREASING TONIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 45 KT STARTING TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...AROUND 11-13 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...EASING TO AROUND 9 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SEAS BUILDING AGAIN ON TUESDAY...PEAKING AROUND 17 FT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ275-210630- /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T0800Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 230 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...TODAY...WIND INCREASING TONIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS...BECOMING S 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 45 KNOTS STARTING TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...AROUND 11-13 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...EASING TO AROUND 9 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SEAS BUILDING AGAIN ON TUESDAY...PEAKING AROUND 17 FT TUESDAY NIGHT. 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 FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ250-210630- /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0125.171121T1000Z-171122T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 230 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 KT. A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT POSSIBLE MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SEAS...AROUND 10 TO 11 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...EASING TO AROUND 9 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SEAS BUILDING AGAIN ON TUESDAY...PEAKING AROUND 14 FT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ255-210630- /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0125.171121T0800Z-171122T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- 230 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 KT. A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT POSSIBLE MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SEAS...AROUND 10 TO 11 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...EASING TO AROUND 9 FEET BY THIS EVENING. SEAS BUILDING AGAIN ON TUESDAY...PEAKING AROUND 14 FT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ210-210000- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0159.000000T0000Z-171121T0000Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 230 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS...COMBINED SEAS AROUND 8 TO 10 FT THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD SUBSIDE TO AROUND 8 FT IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
224 WHUS76 KPQR 210134 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 534 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 PZZ270-210945- /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0077.171121T0134Z-171121T0400Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T1200Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 534 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WIND INCREASING TONIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 45 KT STARTING TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...AROUND 10 FEET WITH PERIODS NEAR 9 SECONDS CREATING STEEP AND CHOPPY CONDITIONS. SEAS EASING TO AROUND 8 FEET BY LATE EVENING. SEAS WILL BUILD ON TUESDAY...PEAKING AROUND 17 FT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. 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. && $$ PZZ275-210945- /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0077.171121T0134Z-171121T0400Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T0800Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 534 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WIND INCREASING TONIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 45 KNOTS STARTING TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...AROUND 10 FEET WITH PERIODS NEAR 9 SECONDS THROUGH LATE EVENING CREATING STEEP AND CHOPPY CONDITIONS. SEAS EASE TO 8 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. SEAS BUILD AGAIN ON TUESDAY...PEAKING AROUND 17 FT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ250-210945- /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0077.171121T0134Z-171121T0400Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0125.171121T1000Z-171122T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 534 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 KT. A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT POSSIBLE MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SEAS...AROUND 10 FEET WITH PERIODS NEAR 9 SECONDS THROUGH LATE EVENING...CREATING STEEP AND CHOPPY CONDITIONS. SEAS EASE TO 8 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. SEAS BUILD AGAIN ON TUESDAY... PEAKING AROUND 14 FT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ255-210945- /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0077.171121T0134Z-171121T0400Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0125.171121T0800Z-171122T1100Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- 534 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 KT. A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT POSSIBLE MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SEAS...AROUND 10 FEET WITH PERIODS NEAR 9 SECONDS THROUGH LATE EVENING...CREATING STEEP AND CHOPPY CONDITIONS. SEAS EASE TO 8 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. SEAS BUILD AGAIN ON TUESDAY... PEAKING AROUND 14 FT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
142 WHUS76 KPQR 210449 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 849 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 PZZ255-211300- /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0078.171121T0800Z-171121T2000Z/ /O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0125.171121T0800Z-171121T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T2000Z-171122T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- 849 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS. WIND INCREASING TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS. * SEAS...BUILDING TO 10 FEET WITH PERIODS OF 10 SECONDS OVERNIGHT AND THEN PEAKING AROUND 14 FEET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ250-211300- /O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0125.171121T1000Z-171121T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0078.171121T1100Z-171121T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T1800Z-171122T0800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 849 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TUESDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS. WIND INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...BUILDING TO 10 FEET WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS LATE TONIGHT AND THEN PEAKING AROUND 14 FEET BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$ PZZ275-211300- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T0800Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 849 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS TUESDAY. * SEAS...AROUND 11 FEET WITH PERIODS NEAR 10 SECONDS LATE THIS EVENING AND PEAKING AROUND 17 FEET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ270-211300- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T1200Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 849 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS TUESDAY. * SEAS...AROUND 11 FEET WITH PERIODS NEAR 10 SECONDS LATE THIS EVENING AND PEAKING AROUND 17 FEET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ210-211300- /O.NEW.KPQR.RB.Y.0162.171122T0000Z-171122T0400Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 849 PM PST MON NOV 20 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 8 PM PST TUESDAY. * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS...SEAS AROUND 7 FEET...BUT BUILDING TO 10 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRST EBB...AROUND 615 AM TUESDAY. SEAS TO 9 FEET. * SECOND EBB...AROUND 615 PM TUESDAY. SEAS TO 10 FEET WITH BREAKERS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
244 WHUS76 KPQR 210947 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 147 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 PZZ250-211800- /O.CAN.KPQR.SI.Y.0125.171121T1000Z-171121T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SC.Y.0013.171121T1000Z-171121T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KPQR.SW.Y.0078.171121T1100Z-171121T1800Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T1800Z-171122T0800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 147 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS. WIND INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * SEAS...BUILDING TO 10 FEET WITH A PERIOD OF 10 SECONDS LATE TONIGHT AND THEN PEAKING AROUND 14 FEET BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ255-211800- /O.CAN.KPQR.SI.Y.0125.000000T0000Z-171121T2000Z/ /O.CAN.KPQR.SW.Y.0078.000000T0000Z-171121T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SC.Y.0013.171121T0947Z-171121T2000Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T2000Z-171122T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- 147 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS. WIND INCREASING TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS. * SEAS...BUILDING TO 10 FEET WITH PERIODS OF 10 SECONDS OVERNIGHT AND THEN PEAKING AROUND 14 FEET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ PZZ275-211800- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 147 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS TUESDAY. * SEAS...AROUND 11 FEET WITH PERIODS NEAR 10 SECONDS LATE THIS EVENING AND PEAKING AROUND 17 FEET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ270-211800- /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T1200Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 147 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS TUESDAY. * SEAS...AROUND 11 FEET WITH PERIODS NEAR 10 SECONDS LATE THIS EVENING AND PEAKING AROUND 17 FEET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ210-211800- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0162.171122T0000Z-171122T0400Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 147 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS...SEAS AROUND 7 FEET...BUT BUILDING TO 10 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * FIRST EBB...AROUND 615 AM TUESDAY. SEAS TO 9 FEET. * SECOND EBB...AROUND 615 PM TUESDAY. SEAS TO 10 FEET WITH BREAKERS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
871 WHUS76 KPQR 211020 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 220 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 PZZ250-211130- /O.CAN.KPQR.SC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-171121T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T1800Z-171122T0800Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- 220 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ PZZ255-211130- /O.CAN.KPQR.SC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-171121T2000Z/ /O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T2000Z-171122T0600Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- 220 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ PZZ270-211130- /O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0039.171121T1200Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 220 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. $$ PZZ275-211130- /O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-171122T1100Z/ WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 220 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. $$ PZZ210-211830- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0162.171122T0000Z-171122T0400Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 220 AM PST TUE NOV 21 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... * IN THE MAIN CHANNEL... * GENERAL SEAS...NEAR 6 FT THIS MORNING...THEN 8 TO 9 FT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * FIRST EBB...AROUND 615 AM TODAY. SEAS NEAR 8 FEET. * SECOND EBB...AROUND 615 PM TODAY. SEAS NEAR 13 FEET WITH BREAKERS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Nov 20, 2:45 AM PST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 2:45 AM PST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Portland OR
245 AM PST Mon Nov 20 2017
.SYNOPSIS...Wet and unsettled weather this week. A cold front will
move southeast across the area today. The front returns tonight and
Tue, lifting north as a warm front. A cold front will push into the
region off the Pacific Tuesday night and Wednesday. Another cold
front will move through on Thanksgiving, with showers lingering into
Friday. Another front is expected for the weekend.
&&
.SHORT TERM...Tonight through Wednesday...A fine line on KLGX
radar, and buoys showed the cold front finally approaching the coast
early this morning, with coastal surface pres gradients beginning to
weaken. Expect the winds to diminish once the front moves onshore
during the early morning hours. Heaviest precipitation was out in
front of the front, where sw 850 mb winds from 50 to 60 kt were
coupled with precipitable water values of 1.1 to 1.2 inches. The
focus of the heaviest rains will shift south ahead of the front
today, with the front ultimately expected to drop down into sw
Oregon. Surface observations in the south WA Cascades were warming,
reflecting rising snow levels. Expect to be able to drop the winter
storm warning a little early there with the new forecast, as
precipitation turns over to rain over all but the highest
elevations.
Models continue to show the upper level ridge quickly rebuilding
over the Pacific NW tonight and Tue, once the shortwave moving
across WA heads off to the east. This brings the old frontal
boundary over sw OR back north tonight and Tue, lifting the front
back up into WA. Good moist isentrpic lift is noted ini the lower
levels, seen along the 290K isentrope tonight, so will see
categorical pops spread back to the north overnight into early Tue.
Deep moisture is noted with the air mass south the of the front and
feeding up over the front, with precipitable water values around 1.3
inches. the front moves up pretty quickly however, shifting the
focus for the heaviest rains back north into WA by Tue. A mild and
very moist air mass however remains over the region into Wed.
Dynamics however are rather weak, as a rather amorphous-looking old
baroclinic zone drifts in from the west. With the deep moisture,
will need keep a decent chance for pops going through Wed, but not
enough confidence to keep categorical pops everywhere, so wlll back
off on pops a bit for Tue night and Wed. South of the warm front Tue
through Wed, will see temps above normal with snow levels well above
pass levels.
.LONG TERM...Wednesday night through Sunday. No changes.
Previous discussion follows. Expect steady rain across the region
during any pre-holiday travel. For Thanksgiving, a front crossing
the area will bring rain to southwest Washington and northwest
Oregon, but expect temperatures to be several degrees above seasonal
normals, with afternoon highs in the mid to upper 50s. Snow levels
look to remain well above the Cascade passes. There might be a
slight break in precipitation at the start of next weekend, but it's
looking more unlikely as a new system enters into the area during
the weekend. Bishop/Tolleson &&
.AVIATION...Cold front slowly working south along the WA coast.
Front is moving ashore on the south WA coast as of 2 AM and will
continue to slowly drop south and east this morning. Ahead of
the front mainly MVFR cigs with occasional IFR cigs and vis at
the coast and north of KSLE inland. Lower conditions will fill in
south of KSLE as the front nears. Model soundings suggest better
mixing after 18Z Mon for improvement to an MVFR to VFR mix.
Cascades and higher terrain become frequently obscured. A warm
front lifts from south to north tonight into Tue morning. Expect
MVFR or lower conditions with this system.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...Moderate rain in the area but generally
MVFR, but may see IFR cigs through 18Z as the front moves
through. Low-level instability after 18Z will help to improve
flight conditions to an MVFR to VFR mix. /mh Weishaar
&&
.MARINE...Front is slow to drop south along the coast. It appears
to have made landfall near Willapa Bay as of 2 AM. It appears to
be weakening as well although slowly. Will continue Gale Warning
through early morning. There should be a short period of Small
Craft Advisory winds and seas later in the morning then ease
quickly as weak high pressure build over the waters. This quiet
period will be benign as the front returns as a warm front
tonight into Tue. This system will probably bring gale force
winds, especially to the outer zones later tonight into Tue.
A series of systems move south to north offshore Wed and may
bring S winds 20 to 30 kt at times through Thu.
With the slower movement of the front, combined seas remain near
20 ft and remains 3 to 4 ft above spectral bulletin forecast. Seas
forecast to drop to near 10 ft or less later this afternoon. Seas
climb back well into the teens Tue and look to remain at that
level through Thanksgiving. /mh Weishaar
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...None.
WA...None.
PZ...Gale Warning until 5 AM PST early this morning for Coastal
Waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cascade Head OR out 60
NM.
Gale Warning until 7 AM PST this morning for Coastal Waters
from Cascade Head OR to Florence OR out 60 NM.
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Columbia River Bar until 9 AM
PST this morning.
&&
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This discussion is for Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington
from the Cascade crest to 60 nautical miles offshore. This area is
commonly referred to as the CWA, or forecast area.The office that day
Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 5:00 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | PQR | 5 hr | |
| Nov 20, 5:00 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Nov 20, 2:30 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Nov 20, 6:18 AM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Wahkiakum | 24 hr |
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