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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
235 AM PDT THU MAY 24 2012
PZZ376-242245-
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WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
235 AM PDT THU MAY 24 2012
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO
11 PM PDT FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A HAZARDOUS
SEAS WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY.
THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY.
* SEAS: SEAS WILL BUILD FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY.
INCREASING NORTHWEST SWELL COUPLED WITH STEEPENING WIND WAVES
WILL RESULT IN COMBINED SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET AT 9 SECONDS. SEAS
WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD UP TO 10 TO 12 FEET DURING THE DAY
FRIDAY....DIMINISHING TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SEAS LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
* AREAS AFFECTED: THE HIGHEST SEAS WILL START SOUTH OF GOLD
BEACH BUT WILL EVENTUALLY IMPACT THE ENTIRE AREA. WINDS WILL
IMPACT THE ENTIRE AREA BUT THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BEYOND
40 NM FROM SHORE.
* WINDS: NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KTS WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30
AND OCCASIONALLY 35 KTS WILL PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON FRIDAY.
WINDS MAY CONTINUE TO BE STRONG INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.
SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.
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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
235 AM PDT THU MAY 24 2012
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE OREGON TO POINT ST. GEORGE CALIFORNIA
AND WESTWARD 60 NM.
PZZ376-241600-
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
235 AM PDT THU MAY 24 2012
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...NW WIND 5 TO 15 KT...RISING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. SWELL NW 6 TO 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS.
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT...RISING TO 20 TO 25 KT EARLY IN
THE MORNING. WIND WAVES 4 TO 5 FT. SWELL NW 7 TO 8 FT AT
9 SECONDS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...N WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 6 TO 7 FT. SWELL NW 8 TO
9 FT AT 9 SECONDS.
.FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT. SWELL NW
8 TO 9 FT.
.SAT...NW WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 4 FT. NW SWELL 7 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 5 KT...BACKING TO S AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND
WAVES 2 FT OR LESS...BECOMING 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SWELL NW 6 FT.
.SUN...S WIND 15 KT...VEERING TO SW IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN...
VEERING TO NW. WIND WAVES 4 FT IN THE MORNING...BECOMING 2 FT OR
LESS...THEN...BECOMING 3 TO 4 FT. SWELL NW 5 FT.
.MON...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT...RISING TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO
5 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 7 FT. SWELL W 6 TO 7 FT.
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