030 WHUS76 KPQR 210436 MWWPQR URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 836 PM PST THU NOV 20 2008 PZZ250-255-270-275-211245- /O.CAN.KPQR.SI.Y.0141.000000T0000Z-081121T0500Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.SW.Y.0072.000000T0000Z-081121T2000Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.GL.W.0035.081121T2000Z-081122T0300Z/ COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 836 PM PST THU NOV 20 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BECOMING SOUTHERLY OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY AFTERNOON...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH...WITH SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS LATER FRIDAY EVENING. SEAS WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 TO 12 FT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...THEN INCREASE TO NEAR 15 FT FRI EVENING AND HOLD NEAR 15 FT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. 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. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. 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 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. && $$ PZZ210-211245- /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0192.081121T0500Z-081121T0900Z/ /O.CON.KPQR.RB.Y.0193.081121T1800Z-081121T2200Z/ COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 836 PM PST THU NOV 20 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST FRIDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 2 PM PST FRIDAY... IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 8 FT TONIGHT AND FRI. HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY NEAR 11 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBBS THAT WILL OCCUR AROUND 11 PM TONIGHT AND AGAIN AROUND NOON FRI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN OR NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCES. && $$