NWS Forecast

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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
930 PM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

CALIFORNIA WATERS FROM 60 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE.

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

PZZ089-211130-
930 PM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS
A LOW PRES TROUGH WILL PERSIST
NEAR THE COAST OVERNIGHT...THEN WEAKEN TUE. THE TROUGH WILL THEN
STRENGTHEN TUE NIGHT INTO THU. AN AREA OF LOW PRES WILL PASS
JUST N OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND DISSIPATE TUE. AN AREA OF
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD W AND NW OF THE REGION TUE THROUGH
THU...THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN FRI AND SAT. ANOTHER LOW WILL APPROACH
THE NRN WATERS WED NIGHT...THEN DISSIPATE JUST NE OF THE AREA
THU.


PZZ083-211130-
POINT ST. GEORGE TO POINT ARENA-
930 PM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

GALE WARNING


OVERNIGHT
NW PORTION...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING
TO 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT...BUILDING TO 12 TO 19 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT...HIGHEST NW. SE PORTION...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25
KT...BECOMING W TO NW 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST SE
BECOMING HIGHEST NW.

TUE
NW PORTION...N TO NW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT...DIMINISHING TO
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SE PORTION...N TO NW WINDS 30 TO
40 KT BECOMING 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 TO 18 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.

TUE NIGHT
NW PORTION...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SE
PORTION... N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25
KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 12 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.

WED
N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT.

WED NIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 10 TO 14 FT.

THU
N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 10
TO 13 FT SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 9 FT.

FRI
N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.

SAT
N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT.


PZZ084-211130-
POINT ARENA TO POINT CONCEPTION-
930 PM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

GALE WARNING


OVERNIGHT
N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING 20 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 7 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST N.

TUE
N TO NW WINDS BECOMING 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO
16 FT...HIGHEST NE.

TUE NIGHT
N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...EXCEPT W OF 127W
DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 18 FT...HIGHEST SE.

WED
E OF 125W...N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. W OF 125W...N TO
NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 17 FT...HIGHEST SE.

WED NIGHT
E OF 125W...N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO
18 FT...HIGHEST SE. W OF 125W...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
9 TO 12 FT.

THU
E OF 125W...N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 15
TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 17 FT SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST SE.
W OF 125W...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.

FRI
N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST SE.

SAT
N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT.


PZZ085-211130-
POINT CONCEPTION TO GUADALUPE ISLAND-
930 PM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED WED


OVERNIGHT
E OF 120W...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N
TO NW. W OF 120W...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10
FT...HIGHEST NW.

TUE
E OF 120W...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NW
15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. W OF 120W...N TO NW WINDS BECOMING
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT...HIGHEST NEAR POINT
CONCEPTION.

TUE NIGHT
W OF 118W...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. E OF
118W...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 11 TO 18
FT...HIGHEST NEAR POINT CONCEPTION.

WED AND WED NIGHT
W OF 119W...N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. E OF
119W...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 18 FT...HIGHEST NEAR THE
CHANNEL ISLANDS.

THU
W OF 120W...N TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 15
TO 25 KT. E OF 120W...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14
FT SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 11 FT.

FRI
N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO
11 FT BECOMING 6 TO 8 FT.

SAT
N TO NW WINDS BECOMING 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.


.FORECASTER KOSIER. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.