Full Notification

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
241 PM PDT WED OCT 22 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS
  AFTERNOON SHOULD DECREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL LIKELY DROP
  BELOW 20 KT OVERNIGHT.

* SEAS: 16 TO 18 FT THIS AFTERNOON...WILL SUBSIDE TO 14 TO 16 THIS EVENING...BEFORE DROPPING INTO THE 10 TO 12 FT RANGE FOR THURSDAY.

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.