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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
209 PM PST WED DEC 9 2015

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
209 PM PST WED DEC 9 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
PST THURSDAY...

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 KT. WINDS BACKING TO THE SOUTH
  EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 35 KT LATE TONIGHT VEERING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 KT
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT THURSDAY MORNING. LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 KT.
  WINDS EASING TO 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT THURSDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: WEST SWELL 18 TO 20 FT THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS AROUND 14
  SECONDS BUILDING TO ABOVE 20 FT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
  MORNING. WEST SWELL WILL PEAK AROUND 32 FT AT 16 SECONDS
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 25 FT THROUGH FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON...SUBSIDING BELOW 20 FT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. 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.

&&

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
209 PM PST WED DEC 9 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM PST
THURSDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1 AM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT THIS
  EVENING. WINDS BACKING TO THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS
  20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
  LATE THURSDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: WEST SWELL 18 TO 20 FT AT 14 SECONDS THIS
  EVENING...BUILDING ABOVE 20 FT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEAS
  PEAKING AROUND 30 FT AT 16 SECONDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  STAYING ABOVE 25 FT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE
  BELOW 20 FT BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. 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.

&&

$$

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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
209 PM PST WED DEC 9 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
PST FRIDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 AM PST FRIDAY. 

* GENERAL SEAS: 12 TO 14 FT BUILDING TO 16 TO 18 FT LATE TONIGHT.

* FIRST EBB: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE
  STRONG EBB AROUND 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* SECOND EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 20 FT WITH BREAKERS
  DURING THE EBB AROUND 345 AM THURSDAY.

* THIRD EBB: SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 23 FT WITH BREAKERS
  DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 4 PM THURSDAY.

&&

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