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FZUS56 KPQR 090428
CWFPDX

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
830 PM PST FRI MAR 8 2002

COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON
AND WESTWARD 60 NM

PZZ200-091030-
.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
A STRONG WARM FRONT WILL PUSH N ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...
FOLLOWED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT SAT...WHICH WILL MOVE INLAND BY
SAT EVENING. WEAK HI PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE WATERS SUN. ANOTHER
STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED MON.
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PZZ250-255-270-275-091030-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON
AND WESTWARD 60 NM
830 PM PST FRI MAR 8 2002

...GALE WARNING SAT...

.TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT...TURNING SE AND RISING TO 30 KT LATE.
WIND WAVES 3 FT...BUILDING TO 6 FT. W SWELL 6 FT AT 8 SECONDS
EARLY...BUILDING TO 10 FT LATE. RAIN DEVELOPING.
.SAT...SE WIND 30 KT...RISING TO 45 KT. COMBINED SEAS BUILDING TO
17 FT AT 8 SECONDS. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 45 KT...BECOMING SW 25 KT EARLY...THEN RISING
TO S 35 KT LATE. COMBINED SEAS 17 FT AT 10 SECONDS. RAIN.
.SUN...S WIND 35 KT EARLY...TURNING SW 20 KT. COMBINED SEAS 15
FT.
.SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 14 FT.
.MON...S WIND 40 KT. COMBINED SEAS 16 FT.
.TUE...S WIND 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 22 FT. 
.WED...SW WIND 25 KT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 19 FT.
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PZZ210-091030-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR FORECAST
830 PM PST FRI MAR 8 2002

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 6 FT...EXCEPT TEMPORARILY 9
FT DURING THE EBB AROUND 130 AM EARLY SAT. DURING THE DAY SAT...
COMBINED SEAS GRADUALLY BUILDING TO 16 FT BY LATE AFTERNOON. A
STRONGER EBB WILL OCCUR AROUND 145 PM SAT AFTERNOON WITH BREAKERS
COVERING THE BAR.
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