COASTAL WATERS FORECAST

 
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 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
 249 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009
 
 COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON
 AND WESTWARD 60 NM
 
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 249 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009
 
 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
 HIGH PRES REMAINS CENTERED WELL INLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE
 NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM DROPS INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS WED EVENING AND
 STALLS AS A SECONDARY LOW PRES CENTER DEVELOPS ON THE FRONT. THE
 FRONT SHOULD SHIFT TO THE COASTLINE LATE THU EVENING. HIGH PRES
 BRIEFLY BUILDS OVER THE WATERS FRI.
 
 
 

 
 PZZ250-270-251730-
 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-
 249 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009
 
 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS 
 EVENING... 
 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT
 FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
 
 .TODAY...S WIND 15 TO 20 KT...RISING TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS
 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 10 FT AT 13 SECONDS. CHANCE OF
 RAIN.
 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT...EASING TO 5 TO
 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 13 FT AT 12
 SECONDS. RAIN.
 .THU...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 5 FT.
 W SWELL 16 FT AT 15 SECONDS. RAIN.
 .THU NIGHT...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. WIND WAVES
 6 FT. W SWELL 16 FT. RAIN.
 .FRI...NW WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT...BECOMING W
 20 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 19 FT. RAIN AT TIMES.
 .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT...BECOMING
 NW 15 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4
 FT. W SWELL 12 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY...THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER
 MIDNIGHT.
 .SAT...SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 11 FT. 
 .SUN...S WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 13 FT.  
 
 

 
 PZZ255-275-251730-
 COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
 WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
 249 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009
 
 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
 PST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
 
 .TODAY...S WIND 10 TO 15 KT...RISING TO 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4
 FT. W SWELL 9 FT AT 13 SECONDS.
 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES
 2 FT. W SWELL 13 FT AT 12 SECONDS. CHANCE OF RAIN. 
 .THU...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 5 FT.
 W SWELL 16 FT AT 16 SECONDS. RAIN.
 .THU NIGHT...S WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. COMBINED
 SEAS 17 FT. RAIN.
 .FRI...NW WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT...BECOMING W
 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 19 FT. RAIN IN THE
 MORNING.
 .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 TO 25 KT...EASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. W SWELL 12 FT.
 RAIN LIKELY.
 .SAT...S WIND 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 11 FT.
 .SUN...SE WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL 13 FT.  
 
 

 
 PZZ210-251730-
 COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
 249 AM PST WED NOV 25 2009
 
 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR IN EFFECT
 FROM 9 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
 
 .IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS WILL BE 8 TO 10 FT TODAY  
 BUILDING TO 12 FT LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SEAS BUILD TEMPORARILY TO 
 11 FT DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 1115 AM THIS MORNING...AND TO 14 
 FT WITH BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 11 PM 
 TONIGHT.  
 
 

 
 
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