Full Notification

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
252 AM PDT THU MAY 8 2014

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS GRADUALLY INCREASING INTO THE 20 TO 30 KT RANGE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COASTAL JET WILL LIKELY ALLOW WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KT TO OCCUR. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO WESTERLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT REMAIN GUSTY IN THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY FROM 2 TO 4 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING TO STEEP AND WIND DRIVEN AT 7 TO 9 FEET WITH A PERIOD AROUND 9 SECONDS LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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.