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OFFSHORE FORECAST

 
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 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
 NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
 830 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009
 
 WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS FROM 60 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE.
 
 SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
 HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE 
 MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
 
 PZZ080-252330-
 830 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009
 
 .SYNOPSIS FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS...A COLD FRONT WILL 
 PASS ACROSS THE REGION AND STALL OVER THE S PORTION OF THE 
 OREGON WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP W OF THE 
 REGION THU AND REACH THE WATERS THU NIGHT...THEN MOVE INLAND 
 FRI. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FOLLOWING THE FRONT LATE 
 FRI INTO SAT AS ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE W 
 SUN.
 

 
 PZZ081-252330-
 CAPE FLATTERY TO CAPE LOOKOUT
 830 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009
 
 ...GALE WARNING...
 
 .TODAY...SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT SHIFTING TO W AND DIMINISHING TO 
 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 15 FT...EXCEPT NW PORTION BUILDING TO 15 
 TO 22 FT WITH W TO SW SWELL. RAIN AND PATCHY FOG.
 .TONIGHT...WINDS BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 20 KT...HIGHEST FAR SE. 
 SEAS 18 TO 22 FT WITH W SWELL. RAIN MAINLY SE.
 .THU...N TO NE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 
 SUBSIDING TO 15 TO 17 FT WITH W SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
 .THU NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 14 TO 
 16 FT WITH W SWELL.
 .FRI...SHIFTING WINDS 25 TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO N TO NW 10 TO 
 20 KT LATE. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 13 FT.
 .SAT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 14 TO 21 FT 
 WITH W TO NW SWELL.
 .SUN...WINDS DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 
 BUILDING TO 18 TO 23 FT WITH W TO NW SWELL.
 

 
 PZZ082-252330-
 CAPE LOOKOUT TO POINT ST GEORGE
 830 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009
 
 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED THU NIGHT INTO FRI...
 
 .TODAY...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT NW PORTION SHIFTING TO NW 
 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT...HIGHEST NW. RAIN AND PATCHY FOG.
 .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT FAR SE PORTION SW 
 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 15 TO 20 FT WITH W SWELL. RAIN AND 
 TSTMS.
 .THU...WINDS INCREASING TO N TO NW 20 TO 30 KT THROUGHOUT. SEAS 
 BECOMING 15 TO 17 FT WITH W TO NW SWELL. RAIN AND TSTMS.
 .THU NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 
 BUILDING TO 16 TO 19 FT.
 .FRI...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT DIMINISHING W TO NW 20 TO 30 KT. 
 SEAS SUBSIDING TO 9 TO 13 FT.
 .SAT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 13 TO 19 FT 
 LATE WITH NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW.
 .SUN...WINDS BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT SE PORTION N TO NE 
 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 16 TO 21 FT WITH NW SWELL.
 

 
 .FORECASTER NOLT. OCEAN FORECAST BRANCH.
 

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