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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
304 AM PDT WED MAR 29 2017

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

PZZ200-291745-
304 AM PDT WED MAR 29 2017

.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
A LOW PRES CENTER AROUND 47N/129W THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN AND MOVE NE TODAY. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE 
ASHORE NEAR VANCOUVER ISLAND LATER THIS MORNING. A SLOW-MOVING 
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL RESIDE OVER THE WATERS THIS MORNING BEFORE
PUSHING ONSHORE. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE 
WATERS THIS EVENING. HIGH PRES BUILDS TONIGHT AND THU THEN 
HOLDS OVER THE WATERS FRI. A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 
WATERS SATURDAY MORNING.

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PZZ250-270-291745-
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-
304 AM PDT WED MAR 29 2017

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...S WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT...BECOMING SW
15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS
13 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 15 SECONDS. RAIN EARLY IN THE 
MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...W WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES W
3 FT AT 6 SECONDS. W SWELL 11 FT AT 14 SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO
9 FT AT 14 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NW WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES NW 3
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 8 FT AT 14 
SECONDS. 
.FRI...S WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES S 1 FT AT 4 SECONDS. W 
SWELL 7 FT AT 14 SECONDS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT WITH
GUSTS TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES S 2 FT AT 5 SECONDS. 
W SWELL 6 FT AT 13 SECONDS. 
.SAT...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 11 FT. 
.SUN...NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 14 FT.  

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PZZ255-275-291745-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
304 AM PDT WED MAR 29 2017

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...S WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 KT...BECOMING 
SW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 15 FT DOMINANT 
PERIOD 16 SECONDS EARLY IN THE MORNING. RAIN.
.TONIGHT...W WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES W
3 FT AT 6 SECONDS. W SWELL 11 FT AT 14 SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO
9 FT AT 14 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NW WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES NW
3 FT AT 6 SECONDS. W SWELL 8 FT AT 13 SECONDS. 
.THU NIGHT...NW WIND 5 TO 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT... BECOMING
N AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES N 1 FT AT 4 SECONDS. W SWELL 8 FT 
AT 14 SECONDS. 
.FRI...E WIND TO 5 KT...VEERING TO SW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
WAVES E 1 FT AT 4 SECONDS...SHIFTING TO THE SW AT 4 SECONDS IN
THE AFTERNOON. W SWELL 6 FT AT 14 SECONDS. 
.FRI NIGHT...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT...BACKING TO S AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND WAVES W 1 FT AT 4 SECONDS...SHIFTING TO THE S 2 FT AT
4 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. W SWELL 6 FT AT 13 SECONDS. 
.SAT...N WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 10 FT. 
.SUN...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 14 FT.  

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PZZ210-291745-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
304 AM PDT WED MAR 29 2017

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR IN EFFECT
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 12 FT THROUGH THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO NEAR 16 FT 
WITH BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 630 AM THIS MORNING.
SEAS TO 15 FT...WITH BREAKERS...CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE EBB 
AROUND 645 PM THIS EVENING.

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