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MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
708 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

PZZ250-270-232315-
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/O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0157.121223T1508Z-121223T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0097.121223T1508Z-121224T0300Z/
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-
708 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* WIND: S WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL CONTINUE
  THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20
  KT BY MIDDAY. 

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 11 FT THIS MORNING WILL SUBSIDE TO
  BELOW 10 FT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

PZZ255-275-232315-
/O.EXP.KPQR.GL.W.0058.000000T0000Z-121223T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0157.121223T1508Z-121223T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0097.121223T1508Z-121224T0300Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
708 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* WIND: S WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT WILL CONTINUE
  THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20
  KT BY MIDDAY. 

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS OF 10 TO 11 FT THIS MORNING WILL SUBSIDE TO
  BELOW 10 FT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.


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.

&&

$$

PZZ210-232315-
/O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0161.000000T0000Z-121224T0300Z/
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
708 AM PST SUN DEC 23 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS: COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 11 FT THIS MORNING...THEN 10 
  FT THIS AFTERNOON...AND 8 TO 9 FT TONIGHT. 

* FIRST EBB: AROUND 115 PM TODAY. SEAS NEAR 13 FT. BREAKERS 
  LIKELY. 

* SECOND EBB: AROUND 130 AM MONDAY. SEAS NEAR 11 FT WITH 
  BREAKERS POSSIBLE. 

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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