340 WHUS76 KEKA 260910 MWWEKA URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 210 AM PDT SUN APR 26 2009 PZZ475-270000- /O.CAN.KEKA.SI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090426T1000Z/ /O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-090426T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.GL.W.0062.090426T1000Z-090427T0600Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0015.090426T1000Z-090427T0600Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM- 210 AM PDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THIS MORNING WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER THE WATERS INTO THE EVENING. THESE INCREASED WINDS WILL BUILD SEAS UP TO 11 FT TODAY. THE WINDS AND SEAS WILL EASE LATE TONIGHT AS A WEAK LOW MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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 HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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. && $$ PZZ470-270000- /O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-090426T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090428T0000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0015.090426T1000Z-090427T0000Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM- 210 AM PDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED... THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THIS MORNING WITH LOCALIZED GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER THE WATERS INTO THE EVENING. THESE INCREASED WINDS WILL BUILD SEAS UP TO 10 FT TODAY. THE WINDS AND SEAS WILL EASE LATE TONIGHT AS A WEAK LOW MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ PZZ455-270000- /O.CAN.KEKA.SW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-090426T1000Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090427T2100Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SE.W.0015.090426T1000Z-090427T0000Z/ CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA OUT 10 NM- 210 AM PDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS CANCELLED... THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THIS MORNING WITH LOCALIZED GALE FORCE GUSTS OVER THE WATERS INTO THE EVENING. THESE INCREASED WINDS WILL BUILD SEAS UP TO 10 FT TODAY. THE WINDS AND SEAS WILL EASE LATE TONIGHT AS A WEAK LOW MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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 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. && $$ PZZ450-270000- /O.CON.KEKA.SI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-090427T0600Z/ /O.CON.KEKA.SW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-090427T0600Z/ PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM- 210 AM PDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS. && $$