Full Notification

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
825 AM PDT WED MAY 7 2014

...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


* WINDS: EXPECT SOUTH WINDS TO GRADUALLY INCREASE TONIGHT. WINDS SHOULD THEN INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 KT RANGE LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A COASTAL JET WILL LIKELY ALLOW WIND GUSTS OF 35 KT TO SURFACE ACROSS THE WATERS. EXPECT GUSTY 20 TO 25 KT WEST WINDS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WATERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY FROM 3 TO 5 FEET EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 9 FEET LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS 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.