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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
212 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014


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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-
212 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR
HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* WINDS: S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON VEERING TO THE
  SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO 30 KT. WINDS WILL EASE TO 10 TO
  20 KT THURSDAY MORNING. ANOTHER FRONT WILL INCREASE THE WINDS
  AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 KT...AND POSSIBLY GUSTS TO
  35 KT WITH THE FRONT PASSAGE.

* SEAS: ON WEDNESDAY...STEEP SEAS THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 8 FEET AT
  8 SECONDS. A WEST SWELL WILL BUILD THIS EVENING WITH SEAS
  BUILDING TO 10 FEET TONIGHT WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 10
  SECONDS. SEAS WILL THEN HOVER IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS THURSDAY.


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.

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO
47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING
AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER
ALTERING THEIR PLANS.

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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
212 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

* IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

* GENERAL SEAS: 8 FT THIS AFTERNOON...BUILDING TO 10 FT THIS
  EVENING.

* FIRST EBB: 10 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE AROUND 1045 PM TONIGHT.

* SECOND EBB: 14 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY AROUND 1130 AM THURSDAY
  MORNING.

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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