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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
230 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

CALIFORNIA WATERS FROM 60 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE.

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE 
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

PZZ089-310530-
230 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A HIGH PRES CENTERED SW OF THE 
S CALIFORNIA WATERS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH MON. A 
WARM FRONT WILL LIFT N THROUGH THE N WATERS TONIGHT INTO EARLY 
THU...FOLLOWED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT THU NIGHT INTO FRI. HIGH 
PRES WILL BUILD INTO THE N WATERS SAT...SLIDE E AS A LOW PRES 
PASSES JUST W OF THE WATERS...THEN REBUILD OVER THE REGION EARLY 
MON.
$$

PZZ083-310530-
POINT ST GEORGE TO POINT ARENA
230 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

...GALE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW AND 
INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. RAIN AND AREAS OF 
FOG OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VSBY BELOW 1 NM.
.THU...SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
BUILDING TO 11 TO 15 FT. RAIN AND AREAS OF FOG OCCASIONALLY 
REDUCING VSBY BELOW 1 NM.
.THU NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS BECOMING 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING 
TO 12 TO 21 FT. WINDS AND SEAS BECOMING HIGHEST NW. SHOWERS AND 
AREAS OF FOG OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VSBY BELOW 1 NM...MAINLY SE.
.FRI...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT N PORTION TO 30 KT. SEAS 
BUILDING TO 14 TO 22 FT. SHOWERS ENDING AND VSBY IMPROVING.
.FRI NIGHT...W WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS BECOMING 14 
TO 18 FT.
.SAT...WINDS BECOMING S TO SE 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 11 
TO 15 FT.
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 10 FT.
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT E PORTION DIMINISHING TO 
VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT.
$$

PZZ084-310530-
POINT ARENA TO POINT CONCEPTION
230 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 20 
KT LATE...EXCEPT NW PORTION INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS ENDING. 
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NW PORTION 15 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT...HIGHEST NW. SHOWERS DEVELOPING FAR 
N.
.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NW PORTION INCREASING 
TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT...HIGHEST NW. AREAS OF RAIN AND 
FOG DEVELOPING OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VSBY BELOW 1 NM...MAINLY N.
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NW PORTION SHIFTING TO N TO 
NW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 16 FT...HIGHEST NW. RAIN 
TAPERING TO SHOWERS. VSBY IMPROVING.
.FRI NIGHT...WINDS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 
BECOMING 11 TO 15 FT THROUGHOUT.
.SAT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS...EXCEPT NW PORTION BECOMING 
S 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 9 TO 12 FT.
.SUN AND MON...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NW PORTION S TO 
SW. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT MON.
$$

PZZ085-310530-
POINT CONCEPTION TO GUADALUPE ISLAND
230 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ISOLATED 
SHOWERS ENDING.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NW 
PORTION DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS THU. SEAS 6 TO 8 
FT.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NW 
PORTION VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT THROUGHOUT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 
FT.
.SUN AND MON...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 
6 FT MON.
$$

.FORECASTER COLLINS. OCEAN FORECAST BRANCH.