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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
832 PM PDT TUE MAR 28 2017

COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON
AND WESTWARD 60 NM

PZZ200-291045-
832 PM PDT TUE MAR 28 2017

.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
A LOW PRES CENTER WELL OFFSHORE THIS EVENING WILL STRENGTHEN AND
MOVE NE TO E TONIGHT. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ASHORE NEAR
VANCOUVER ISLAND WED MORNING. A SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL RESIDE OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH WED MORNING. A
SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE WATERS WED EVENING. 
HIGH PRES BUILDS WED NIGHT AND THU THEN HOLDS OVER THE WATERS 
FRI. A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS SATURDAY MORNING.

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PZZ250-270-291045-
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-
832 PM PDT TUE MAR 28 2017

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

.TONIGHT...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH
GUSTS TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS 15 FT DOMINANT PERIOD
16 SECONDS. 
.WED...SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. WIND EASING TO 
15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 13 FT 
DOMINANT PERIOD 15 SECONDS. 
.WED NIGHT...W WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES W 4 FT AT
6 SECONDS. W SWELL 10 FT AT 14 SECONDS.  
.THU...NW WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES NW
4 FT AT 6 SECONDS. W SWELL 8 FT AT 13 SECONDS. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT...EASING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES NW 2 FT AT 4 SECONDS. W SWELL 7 FT AT
14 SECONDS. 
.FRI...W WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 7 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 6 FT.
.SAT...W WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 9 FT. 
.SUN...NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 13 FT.  

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PZZ255-275-291045-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
832 PM PDT TUE MAR 28 2017

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

.TONIGHT...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH
GUSTS TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 40 KT LATE. COMBINED SEAS 
16 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 16 SECONDS. 
.WED...SW WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. WIND EASING TO 
15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 
15 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 15 SECONDS.
.WED NIGHT...W WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES
W 4 FT AT 5 SECONDS. W SWELL 9 FT AT 14 SECONDS. 
.THU...NW WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND EASING TO 
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES NW 4 FT AT 6 SECONDS. 
W SWELL 8 FT AT 13 SECONDS. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES N 2 FT AT 4 SECONDS. W SWELL 7 FT AT
14 SECONDS. 
.FRI...N WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 6 FT.
.SAT...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 8 FT. 
.SUN...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 13 FT.  

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PZZ210-291045-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
832 PM PDT TUE MAR 28 2017

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR IN EFFECT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FT THROUGH 
WED AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 15
FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 630 AM WED
MORNING. SEAS TO 14 FT...WITH BREAKERS...CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THE 6 PM THIS EVENING...AND DURING THE EBB AROUND 645 PM WED. 

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