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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WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
320 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY 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 NOON TODAY
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 TODAY...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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