Full Notification

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
848 AM PST WED JAN 14 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS UPGRADED THE GALE WATCH WITH A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST FRIDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY.

* WINDS: EAST TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN MORE SOUTHERLY LATER THIS EVENING...AND INCREASE A BIT MORE TONIGHT. EXPECT WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE MORE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS COLD FRONT DRAWS CLOSER TO REGION.

* SEAS: COMBINED SEAS WILL BUILD TO 10 FT LATER THIS EVENING...
  AND THEN BUILD UP TO NEAR 15 FT ON 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.

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.

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.

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