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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
219 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-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-
219 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST
MONDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
2 AM PST MONDAY...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM PST MONDAY...

* WINDS: WEST WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT THROUGH
  MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 KT WITH
  GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 KT LATE TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE EASING AND BECOMING WEST 20 TO
  25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT MONDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 14 TO 16 FT. SEAS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT
  INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS...AND COULD EXCEED 20 FT BRIEFLY
  MONDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS.

* TIMING OF STRONGEST WINDS: 5 AM TO 10 AM MONDAY. WINDS WILL
  ARRIVE EARLIEST ACROSS THE FAR CENTRAL OUTER WATERS AND REMAIN
  LONGEST IN THE NORTHERN INNER WATERS.

* LOCATION OF STRONGEST WINDS: STRONGEST WINDS REMAIN SOUTH OF
  THE COLUMBIA RIVER MOUTH BETWEEN 5 AND 35 NM OFFSHORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE
SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND
CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS
AND WAVES 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.

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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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
219 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST MONDAY...

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 14 FT.

* FIRST EBB: AROUND 1245 AM MONDAY. SEAS NEAR 15 FT WITH BREAKERS. 

* SECOND EBB: AROUND 115 PM MONDAY. SEAS NEAR 16 FT WITH BREAKERS
  DURING THE STRONG EBB.

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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