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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
839 AM PST FRI JAN 3 2014


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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
839 AM PST FRI JAN 3 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3
PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS: 8 FT TODAY...THEN 6 FT OVERNIGHT.

* FIRST EBB: SEAS 13 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE VERY STRONG EBB
  AROUND 615 PM TODAY.

* SECOND EBB: SEAS 8 FT DURING THE SECOND EBB AROUND 645 AM
  SATURDAY.

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.

&&

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
839 AM PST FRI JAN 3 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* SEAS: 9 TO 11 FT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

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