Full Notification

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
258 AM PDT MON OCT 27 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES. EXPECT A SOUTH WIND 25 TO 30 KT LATER THIS EVENING...RISING TO 30 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* SEAS: AROUND 10 FT WILL LOWER TO 8 FT THIS MORNING BUT BUILD TO 14 TO 17 FEET WITH THE GALES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 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.