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NWS Forecast

FZUS56 KPQR 100450
CWFPQR

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
850 PM PST TUE FEB 9 2010

COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON
AND WESTWARD 60 NM

PZZ200-101215-
850 PM PST TUE FEB 9 2010

SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST

WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL SHIFT INLAND
TONIGHT. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH LATE IN THE DAY WED
FOLLOWED BY A STRONGER FRONT ON THU AND ANOTHER ON FRI.



PZZ250-255-270-275-101215-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
850 PM PST TUE FEB 9 2010

...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

TONIGHT
NW WIND 5 TO 10 KT...BACKING TO SW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 7 FT AT 11 SECONDS.

WED
S WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND WAVES 6 FT...BUILDING TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. W SWELL 5 FT
AT 10 SECONDS. RAIN.

WED NIGHT
S WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. COMBINED
SEAS 12 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 14 SECONDS. RAIN.

THU
S WIND 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. COMBINED SEAS
13 FT. OCCASIONAL RAIN.

THU NIGHT
S WIND 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT...EASING TO
25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS
15 FT. RAIN.

FRI
S WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 7 FT. W SWELL 15 FT.

FRI NIGHT
SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 6 FT. W SWELL 17 FT.

SAT
S WIND 25 TO 30 KT. COMBINED SEAS 19 FT.

SUN
S WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 6 FT. W SWELL 16 FT. 



PZZ210-101215-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
850 PM PST TUE FEB 9 2010

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL
COMBINED SEAS 5 TO 6 FT TONIGHT AND WED.
SEAS WILL BE NEAR 8 FT DURING THE WEAK EBB CURRENT AT AROUND 215 AM
WED MORNING. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 10 FT DURING THE STRONGER EBB
AROUND 230 PM WED AFTERNOON.



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