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FZUS56 KPQR 262231
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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
330 PM PDT THU SEP 26 2002

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

PZZ200-270430-
.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
HIGH PRES OVER WATERS THIS EVE WITH THERMAL TROUGH INLAND AND
OVER NW CALIFORNIA.  HIGHS PRES WEAKENS LATER TONIGHT AS TROUGH
OVER VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVES S AND WEAKENS OVER N WATERS BY FRI
MORNING.  HIGH PRES REBUILDS OFFSHORE FRI AFTERNOON BEHIND TROUGH
WITH THERMAL TROUGH OVER NW CALIFORNIA.  THERMAL TROUGH SHIFTS TO
S OREGON COAST FRI NIGHT.
$$

PZZ250-270-270430-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO CASCADE HEAD
OREGON AND WESTWARD 60 NM
330 PM PDT THU SEP 26 2002

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA BAR THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW WIND 20 KT LATE.  WIND WAVES
3 FT.  NW SWELL 7 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 9 FT AT 8 SECONDS.
.FRI...NW WIND TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. NW SWELL 8 TO 9 FT
SUBSIDING TO 6 FT AT 8 SECONDS.
.FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. NW SWELL 5 FT AT 8
SECONDS.
.SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 4 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 20 KT.  WIND WAVES 3 FT.  W
SWELL 5 FT.
.SUN...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW WIND 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W
SWELL BUILDING TO 10 TO 11 FT.  RAIN LIKELY.
.MON...NW WIND 25 KT DECREASING. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 11 TO
12 FT.
.TUE...NW WIND 15 KT.  WIND WAVES 2 FT.  W SWELL 10 FT.
$$

PZZ255-275-270430-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD OREGON TO FLORENCE OREGON AND
WESTWARD 60 NM
330 PM PDT THU SEP 26 2002

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NEWPORT SOUTH THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT N OF NEWPORT AND 25 KT S BECOMING NW 15
KT. WIND WAVES SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 6 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO
8 FT AT 8 SECONDS.
.FRI...N WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. NW SWELL 7 TO
8 FT AT 8 SECONDS.
.FRI NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT.
NW SWELL SUBSIDING TO 6 FT AT 8 SECONDS.
.SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 20 KT.  WIND WAVES 3 FT.  W
SWELL 5 FT.
.SUN...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW WIND 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W
SWELL BUILDING TO 10 FT.  RAIN LIKELY.
.MON...NW WIND 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 10 TO 11 FT.
.TUE...NW WIND 20 KT.  WIND WAVES 3 FT.  W SWELL 10 FT.
$$

PZZ210-270430-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR FORECAST
330 PM PDT THU SEP 26 2002

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA BAR THIS EVENING...

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 7 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 9 FT
WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 815 PM THIS EVENING. BREAKERS
POSSIBLE DURING THE WEAKER EBB AROUND 830 AM FRI. COMBINED SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 6 FT FRI AFTERNOON.
$$