Full Notification

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
200 PM PST TUE NOV 25 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BACK TO THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE WITH SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SEAS: 8 TO 9 FT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUILDING TO 12 TO 14 FT
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SEAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE A
  COMBINATION OF LARGE STEEP WIND WAVES AND A 9 FT WEST  SWELL WITH 12 SECOND WAVE PERIODS.

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.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.