SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
320 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009

...LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA HAS GENERATED AND WILL
CONTINUE TO GENERATE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL BEGIN TO REACH THE
COAST THIS EVENING...LIKELY BUILDING AND PERSISTING INTO FRIDAY
EVENING.

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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
320 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH HAS ALSO
BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY
EVENING.

WEST SWELL WILL SLOWLY BUILD TO 10 FEET OR LARGER THIS
AFTERNOON...AND THEN WILL BUILD MORE RAPIDLY TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING AS LONGER PERIOD SWELLS ARRIVE AND SOUTH WINDS
INCREASE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. LATE THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WATERS WITH WINDS AND
SEAS SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST. SEAS WILL BE NEAR 18 FEET DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF HAZARDOUS SEAS
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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