Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon Watches and Warnings

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WGUS86 KPQR 072044
FLSPQR

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1244 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

ORC005-047-051-067-071-WAC011-072330-
/O.NEW.KPQR.FA.Y.0008.091107T2044Z-091107T2330Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARION OR-CLACKAMAS OR-MULTNOMAH OR-WASHINGTON OR-YAMHILL OR-CLARK
WA-
1244 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON...
EASTERN YAMHILL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON...
NORTHWESTERN CLACKAMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON...
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON...
WESTERN MULTNOMAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON...
CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...

* UNTIL 330 PM PST.

* AT 1234 PM PST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY
ACROSS THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND CLARK COUNTY LOWLANDS. HEAVY
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT HOUR...POSSIBLY
LONGER. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE HAS REPORTED THAT
THIS RAIN IS ALREADY CAUSING LOCALIZED MINOR STREET FLOODING IN
THE CITY OF PORTLAND.

A FEW LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BATTLE GROUND...VANCOUVER
DOWNTOWN...WASHOUGAL...HILLSBORO...OREGON CITY AND PORTLAND DOWNTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL EXACERBATE PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND
WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR STREET FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
IN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO STORM DRAINS BEING CLOGGED WITH
LEAF DEBRIS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR OR
OVERWHELMED DRAINAGE...AND WILL ALSO CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 4570 12315 4571 12274 4582 12274 4593 12227
4530 12229 4509 12277 4510 12315 4530 12315

$$

WEAGLE

WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND








WWUS86 KPQR 071859
SPSPQR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1059 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

ORZ001>004-071915-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON OR-CENTRAL OREGON COAST
OR-COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON OR-NORTH OREGON COAST OR-
1059 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN TILLAMOOK AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM PST...

AT 1056 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PACIFIC CITY TO LINCOLN CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS... ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THERE ARE SOME SIGNS OF ROTATION WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS...WHICH COULD BE AN INDICATION OF POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS OVER THE WATER.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4496 12404 4507 12405 4518 12399 4521 12379 4492 12386 4490 12406 4495 12406 TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 246DEG 47KT 4515 12388 4495 12401

$$

WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND


WHUS56 KPQR 071842
SMWPQR
PZZ250-255-275-071915-
/O.NEW.KPQR.MA.W.0010.091107T1842Z-091107T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1042 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10
NM...
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM...

* UNTIL 1115 AM PST.

* AT 1037 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER
AND HAIL FROM NEAR PACIFIC CITY...TO ABOUT 11 NM WEST OF LINCOLN
CITY ABOUT 25 NM WEST OF NEWPORT. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 KNOTS. THERE ARE SOME SIGNS OF ROTATION WITH
SOME OF THE SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS...WHICH
COULD BE AN INDICATION OF POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS.

* THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE WATERS THROUGH 1115 AM
PST NEAR...
CASCADE HEAD...LINCOLN CITY...AND GLENEDEN BEACH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF A WATERSPOUT IS SPOTTED. ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS
COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS...HIGHER WAVES...HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE...KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4517 12392 4519 12393 4514 12422 4483 12441
4471 12496 4480 12411 4482 12406 4484 12404
4487 12404 4490 12400 4495 12402 4500 12400
4507 12400 4516 12396
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 256DEG 36KT 4508 12412 4485 12426
4476 12469

$$

WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND







WHUS56 KPQR 071729
SMWPQR
PZZ250-270-071815-
/O.NEW.KPQR.MA.W.0009.091107T1729Z-091107T1815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
929 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
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...

* UNTIL 1015 AM PST.

* AT 924 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER
AND HAIL FROM CAPE FALCON TO 10 NM WEST OF GARIBALDI...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.

* THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE WATERS THROUGH 1015 AM
PST NEAR...
CAPE FALCON...
MANZANITA...
ROCKAWAY BEACH...
GARIBALDI...
CAPE MEARES...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF A WATERSPOUT IS SPOTTED. ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS
COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS...HIGHER WAVES...HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES.

&&

LAT...LON 4547 12390 4549 12392 4549 12396 4541 12392
4535 12397 4530 12392 4519 12396 4517 12392
4516 12396 4510 12399 4557 12428 4588 12395
4577 12397 4571 12393 4571 12387 4565 12393
4558 12394 4556 12388 4549 12385
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 337DEG 19KT 4589 12380 4567 12402
4555 12415

$$

WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND







WHUS76 KPQR 071658
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
858 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

PZZ250-255-270-275-080100-
/O.EXP.KPQR.SI.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-091107T1700Z/
/O.EXP.KPQR.SW.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-091107T1700Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0024.091107T1700Z-091108T0100Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
858 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

EXPECT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 KT TODAY...WITH WINDS ESPECIALLY GUSTY NEAR STRONGER SQUALLS. ALSO VERY LARGE SEAS OF 23 TO 27 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-080100- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0375.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 858 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 23 TO 27 FT...SUBSIDING TO 20 TO 24 FT LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING...MOST FREQUENT DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 745 PM THIS EVENING AND DURING THE EBB AROUND 845 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


WWUS86 KPQR 071333
SPSPQR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
533 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

ORZ001>005-WAZ020>022-072300-
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-
5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...FLORENCE...VERNONIA...JEWELL...TRASK...
GRANDE RONDE...TIDEWATER...SWISSHOME...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...
FRANCES...RYDERWOOD...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...CATHLAMET...
LONGVIEW...KELSO...CASTLE ROCK
533 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAUSED DAMAGE NEAR ROADS END ON THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST FRIDAY EVENING...

...ADDITIONAL POSSIBLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ALONG THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND COAST RANGE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS THE ROADS END AREA ON THE NORTH END OF LINCOLN CITY AROUND 930 PM FRIDAY EVENING...AND APPEARED TO HAVE CAUSED SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE. REPORTS RANGED FROM SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ONE HOUSE...BROKEN WINDOWS AND A DAMAGED DECK TO ANOTHER HOUSE...AS WELL AS A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT THAT MOVED ONSHORE AND BECAME A BRIEF TORNADO. THE LAST LIGHTNING FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COAST OVERNIGHT OCCURRED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE JUST OFFSHORE AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE THIS MORNING. RIDING A STRONG JET STREAM WITH A COLD AIR MASS ALOFT...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONG AGAIN TODAY ALONG THE COAST. BE SURE TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR LOCATION TODAY.

$$

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND


WHUS46 KPQR 071149 CCA
CFWPQR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
347 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

ORZ001-002-WAZ021-072300-
/O.COR.KPQR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
347 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST...

A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST.

LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IS MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WITH 23 TO 27 FOOT SEAS BEING REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON COASTAL BUOYS. WEST SWELL OF 24 TO 28 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WAVES WILL BE VERY ENERGETIC AS THEY MOVE INTO THE SURF ZONE... PUMMELING THE COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS.

HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE.

&&

$$


WWUS46 KPQR 071120
WSWPQR

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
320 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

ORZ011-013-WAZ019-072300-
/O.EXT.KPQR.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-091108T0600Z/
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT...
SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS...
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS
320 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.

FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES TONIGHT...MOSTLY IN THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW WILL BE PRODUCED BY STRONG AND COOL ONSHORE FLOW. ONE ORGANIZED DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING THROUGH THE CASCADES EARLY THIS MORNING... WITH ANOTHER ONE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL HOVER BETWEEN 3000 AND 3500 FEET TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 INCHES TO NEARLY 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS UP AT THE SKI RESORTS.

THE SNOW WILL EASE UP LATE TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND


WHUS76 KPQR 071035
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
235 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

PZZ250-255-270-275-071845-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-091107T1700Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-091107T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0024.091107T1700Z-091108T0100Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
235 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING.

EXPECT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 KT TODAY. ALSO VERY LARGE SEAS OF 23 TO 27 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-071845- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0375.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 235 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 23 TO 27 FT. BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING...MOST FREQUENT DURING THE EBB AROUND 745 AM THIS MORNING AND DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 745 PM THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


WHUS76 KPQR 071035
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
235 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

PZZ250-255-270-275-071845-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-091107T1700Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-091107T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0024.091107T1700Z-091108T0100Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
235 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING.

EXPECT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 KT TODAY. ALSO VERY LARGE SEAS OF 23 TO 27 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-071845- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0375.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 235 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 23 TO 27 FT. BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING...MOST FREQUENT DURING THE EBB AROUND 745 AM THIS MORNING AND DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 745 PM THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


WHUS46 KPQR 071035
CFWPQR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
235 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

ORZ001-002-WAZ021-072130-
/O.CON.KPQR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
235 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IS MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WITH 23 TO 27 FOOT SEAS BEING REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON COASTAL BUOYS. WEST SWELL OF 24 TO 28 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WAVES WILL BE VERY ENERGETIC AS THEY MOVE INTO THE SURF ZONE... PUMMELING THE COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS.

HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE.

&&

$$


WWUS46 KPQR 070449
WSWPQR

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
849 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

ORZ011-013-WAZ019-071300-
/O.CON.KPQR.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-091108T1200Z/
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT...
SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS...
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS
849 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY.

STRONG AND COOL ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL HOVER BETWEEN 3500 AND 4000 FEET TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... THEN FALL JUST A BIT MORE SATURDAY NIGHT.

SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CASCADES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EACH OF THESE DISTURBANCES WILL INCREASE SNOW FALL RATES AT TIMES...WITH THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND AGAIN LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY EVENING. ON AVERAGE SNOW FALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW PER 12 HOUR PERIOD THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WOULD CREATE STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. HIGHEST SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON WEST TO SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$


WHUS76 KPQR 070438
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
838 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

PZZ250-255-270-275-071245-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-091108T0600Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
838 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS IN POST- FRONTAL SHOWERS. VERY LARGE SEAS 23 TO 27 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SEAS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-071245- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0375.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 838 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 23 TO 27 FT THROUGH SATURDAY. BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY EVENING...MOST FREQUENT DURING THE EBB AROUND 745 AM SATURDAY MORNING AND DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 745 PM SATURDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


WHUS46 KPQR 070438
CFWPQR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
838 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

ORZ001-002-WAZ021-071500-
/O.CON.KPQR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
838 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST...

A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST.

LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IS MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST THIS EVENING...WITH 23 TO 27 FOOT SEAS BEING REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON COASTAL BUOYS. WEST SWELL OF 24 TO 28 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE WAVES WILL BE VERY ENERGETIC AS THEY MOVE INTO THE SURF ZONE... PUMMELING THE COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS.

HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON SATURDAY. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE.

&&

$$


WHUS76 KPQR 070438
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
838 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

PZZ250-255-270-275-071245-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-091108T0600Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
838 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS IN POST- FRONTAL SHOWERS. VERY LARGE SEAS 23 TO 27 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SEAS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-071245- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0375.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 838 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 23 TO 27 FT THROUGH SATURDAY. BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY EVENING...MOST FREQUENT DURING THE EBB AROUND 745 AM SATURDAY MORNING AND DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 745 PM SATURDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


WHUS46 KPQR 070018
CFWPQR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
418 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

WAZ021-070830-
/O.EXP.KPQR.CF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-091107T0000Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
418 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY...

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY.

LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA HAS ARRIVED ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 22 TO 25 FOOT SEAS ALREADY BEING REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON COASTAL BUOYS. WEST SWELL OF 24 TO 28 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE WAVES WILL BE VERY ENERGETIC AS THEY MOVE INTO THE SURF ZONE... PUMMELING THE COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS.

HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY AND SATURDAY. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THESE TIME PERIODS WILL CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY.

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION.

&&

$$

ORZ001-002-070830- /O.CON.KPQR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/ NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 418 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY...

A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY.

LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA HAS ARRIVED ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 22 TO 25 FOOT SEAS ALREADY BEING REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON COASTAL BUOYS. WEST SWELL OF 24 TO 28 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE WAVES WILL BE VERY ENERGETIC AS THEY MOVE INTO THE SURF ZONE... PUMMELING THE COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS.

HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY AND SATURDAY. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THESE TIME PERIODS WILL CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE.

&&

$$


WHUS76 KPQR 062255
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
255 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

PZZ250-255-270-275-070700-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-091108T0600Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
255 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS IN POST- FRONTAL SHOWERS. VERY LARGE SEAS 23 TO 27 FT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SEAS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-070700- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0375.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 255 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 17 TO 18 FT...BUILDING TO 23 TO 27 FT BY MIDDAY TODAY...THEN CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY EVENING...MOST FREQUENT DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING AND DURING THE EBB AROUND 745 AM SAT MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES.

&&

$$





WWUS46 KPQR 062232
WSWPQR

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
232 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

ORZ011-013-WAZ019-070645-
/O.CON.KPQR.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-091108T1200Z/
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT...
SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS...
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS
232 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY.

STRONG AND COOL ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL HOVER BETWEEN 3500 AND 4000 FEET TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...THEN FALL JUST A BIT MORE SATURDAY NIGHT.

SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CASCADES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EACH OF THESE DISTURBANCES WILL INCREASE SNOW FALL RATES AT TIMES...WITH THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND AGAIN LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY EVENING. ON AVERAGE SNOW FALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW PER 12 HOUR PERIOD THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WOULD CREATE STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. HIGHEST SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON WEST TO SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$


WHUS46 KPQR 062215
CFWPQR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
215 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

WAZ021-070015-
/O.NEW.KPQR.CF.Y.0005.091106T2215Z-091107T0000Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
215 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST INCLUDING WILLAPA BAY...

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY.

LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA HAS ARRIVED ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 22 TO 25 FOOT SEAS ALREADY BEING REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON COASTAL BUOYS. WEST SWELL OF 24 TO 28 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE WAVES WILL BE VERY ENERGETIC AS THEY MOVE INTO THE SURF ZONE... PUMMELING THE COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS.

HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY AND SATURDAY. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THESE TIME PERIODS WILL CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY. THE HIGH TIDE COMBINED WITH THE RUN UP FROM THE LARGE WAVES MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING PORTIONS ALONG WILLAPA BAY...PARTICULARLY IN AND NEAR THE TOWN OF RAYMOND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

&&

$$

ORZ001-002-070015- /O.CON.KPQR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/ NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- 215 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST...

A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY.

LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA HAS ARRIVED ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 22 TO 25 FOOT SEAS ALREADY BEING REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON COASTAL BUOYS. WEST SWELL OF 24 TO 28 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE WAVES WILL BE VERY ENERGETIC AS THEY MOVE INTO THE SURF ZONE... PUMMELING THE COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS.

HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY AND SATURDAY. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THESE TIME PERIODS WILL CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE.

&&

$$

WEAGLE


WHUS76 KPQR 061709
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
909 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

PZZ250-255-270-275-070115-
/O.CON.KPQR.SI.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-091108T0600Z/
/O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
909 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS IN POST- FRONTAL SHOWERS. SEAS WILL BUILD FROM 18 TO 20 FT THIS MORNING TO 25 TO 30 FT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SEAS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 10 FEET THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-070115- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0375.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 909 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 17 TO 18 FT...BUILDING TO 23 TO 27 FT BY MIDDAY TODAY...THEN CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY EVENING...MOST FREQUENT DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING AND DURING THE EBB AROUND 745 AM SAT MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


WHUS46 KPQR 061545
CFWPQR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
745 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

ORZ001-002-WAZ021-070400-
/O.UPG.KPQR.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SU.W.0001.091106T1545Z-091108T0000Z/
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
745 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS UPGRADED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY TO A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY.

LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL BUILD TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS TO THE COAST. A BUOY ABOUT 85 MILES NORTHWEST OF TILLAMOOK IS ALREADY REPORTING POWERFUL 24 FOOT SEAS APPROACHING THE COASTAL WATERS. THESE SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...AND WILL LIKELY BEGIN POUNDING THE COAST BY MIDDAY.

THE LARGEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON...WHEN 25 TO 30 FOOT SWELL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE COAST. THESE WAVES WILL BE VERY ENERGETIC AS THEY MOVE INTO THE SURF ZONE...PUMMELING THE COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS.

HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY AND SATURDAY. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THESE TIME PERIODS WILL CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE.

&&

$$

WEAGLE


WHUS46 KPQR 061155
CFWPQR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
355 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

ORZ001-002-WAZ021-070000-
/O.CON.KPQR.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
355 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY.

LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL BUILD TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING HIGH SURF CONDITIONS TO THE COAST. THE LARGEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY AND SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION ALONG BEACHES. UNPREDICTABLE AND DESTRUCTIVE WAVES MAY WASH OVER BEACHES...JETTIES AND OTHER STRUCTURES WITH NO WARNING. BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. THIS IS NOT A TIME TO BE NEAR THE WATER.

&&

$$


WWUS46 KPQR 061134
WSWPQR

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
334 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

ORZ011-013-WAZ019-062315-
/O.CON.KPQR.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-091108T1200Z/
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT...
SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS...
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS
334 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE CASCADES OF SOUTH WASHINGTON...NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE CASCADES OF SOUTH WASHINGTON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY.

STRONG AND COOL ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL HOVER BETWEEN 3500 AND 4000 FEET TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN FALL JUST A BIT MORE SATURDAY NIGHT.

SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CASCADES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EACH OF THESE DISTURBANCES WILL INCREASE SNOW FALL RATES AT TIMES...BUT ON AVERAGE SNOW FALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW PER 12 HOUR PERIOD TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WOULD CREATE STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. HIGHEST SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON WEST TO SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$


WHUS76 KPQR 061031
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
231 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

PZZ250-255-270-275-061845-
/O.EXT.KPQR.SI.Y.0127.000000T0000Z-091108T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KPQR.SW.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
231 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS IN POST- FRONTAL SHOWERS. SEAS 17 TO 18 FT BUILDING TO 25 FT BY MIDDAY TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-061845- /O.EXT.KPQR.RB.Y.0375.000000T0000Z-091108T1800Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 231 AM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 17 FT TO 18 FT...BUILDING TO 25 FT BY MIDDAY TODAY. EBBS WILL OCCUR AROUND 645 AM FRIDAY MORNING AND 700 PM FRIDAY EVENING WITH BREAKERS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


WWUS46 KPQR 060446
WSWPQR

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
846 PM PST THU NOV 5 2009

ORZ011-013-WAZ019-061500-
/O.CON.KPQR.WW.Y.0036.091106T0600Z-091108T1200Z/
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT...
SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS...
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS
846 PM PST THU NOV 5 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE CASCADES OF SOUTH WASHINGTON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY.

STRONG AND COOL ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 3500 FT NORTH AND 4500 FT SOUTH OVERNIGHT WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CASCADES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EACH OF THESE DISTURBANCES WILL INCREASE SNOW FALL RATES AT TIMES BUT ON AVERAGE SNOW FALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW PER 12 HOUR PERIOD BRINGING STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON WEST TO SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$


WHUS76 KPQR 060445
MWWPQR

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
845 PM PST THU NOV 5 2009

PZZ250-255-270-275-061245-
/O.CAN.KPQR.GL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-091106T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SI.Y.0127.091106T0445Z-091107T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KPQR.SW.Y.0071.091106T0445Z-091107T0600Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
845 PM PST THU NOV 5 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY...

...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS IN POST- FRONTAL SHOWERS. SEAS 17 TO 18 FT BUILDING TO 25 FT BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELL CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER...BREAKING WAVES CAN EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.

&&

$$

PZZ210-061245- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0375.000000T0000Z-091107T0000Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 845 PM PST THU NOV 5 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY.

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 17 FT TO 18 FT...BUILDING TO 25 FT BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. EBBS WILL OCCUR AROUND 645AM FRIDAY MORNING AND 7 PM FRIDAY EVENING. BREAKERS WILL COVER THE BAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES.

&&

$$


WWUS76 KPQR 060433
NPWPQR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
833 PM PST THU NOV 5 2009


ORZ001-002-060545-
/O.CAN.KPQR.HW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-091106T0500Z/
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...FLORENCE
833 PM PST THU NOV 5 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING.

THE COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT HIGH WINDS TO THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST HAS MOVED INLAND. THIS HAS ALLOWED WINDS TO DECREASE BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT BUT HIGH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

$$