999 
FXUS66 KPQR 171620
AFDPQR

NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
830 AM PST WED MAR 17 1999

MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SIMILAR TREND.  FRONT ALONG COAST THIS
MORNING PUSHES INLNAD THIS AFTERNOON.  SYSTEM WEAK.  SCA GRADIENT
ALONG COAST THIS MORNING WEAKENS AS FRONT MOVES ASHORE.  STRONG SHORT
WAVE NEAR 145W DEEPENS UPPER LOW OFF CALIFORNIA COAST BY THU MORNING. 
UPPER FLOW BACKS MORE SSW ALLOWING MODERATE SHORT WAVE TO MOVE OVER
NW ORE TONIGHT.  THIS REENERGIZES FRONTAL ZONE GIVING MOST PCPN WITH
THIS SYSTEM.  SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO W WASHINGTON EARLY THU.  FRONTAL
ZONE REMAINS OVER W ORE THU THOUGH WITHOUT MUCH DYNAMICS PCPN BECOMES
MORE INTERMITTENT.  MOIST FRONTAL ZONE SLOWLY WEAKENS THU AS MAIN
DYNAMICS MOVES S INTO CALIFORNIA NEAR UPPER LOW.  KOSOVITZ
AST 898 PDX 587 SLE 587 EUG 587

.PDX...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY COASTAL WATERS.