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NWS Forecast

FZUS56 KPQR 211651
CWFPQR

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
851 AM PST SAT NOV 21 2009

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

PZZ200-212330-
851 AM PST SAT NOV 21 2009

SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST

A DEVELOPING LOW PRES CENTER WELL OFFSHORE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
N OREGON COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT...AND INLAND EARLY SUN MORNING
OVER SW WASHINGTON. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT N ACROSS THE COAST
WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY THE STRONG COLD FRONT LATER
TONIGHT. ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES INTO NEXT WEEK WITH
ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS ON MON.



PZZ250-255-270-275-212330-
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-
851 AM PST SAT NOV 21 2009

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT...

TODAY
SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT...BECOMING S 25
TO 35 KT THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 13 FT...BUILDING TO 15 FT
THIS AFTERNOON. DOMINANT PERIOD 11 SECONDS. SHOWERS...THEN RAIN
DEVELOPING BY AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT
S WIND 40 TO 45 KT...WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT...BECOMING W
35 TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS 17 FT...BUILDING TO 22
FT. DOMINANT PERIOD 9 SECONDS. RAIN...THEN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUN
W WIND 25 TO 35 KT...EASING TO 20 KT BY AFTERNOON.
COMBINED SEAS 19 FT...SUBSIDING TO 15 FT. DOMINANT PERIOD 10
SECONDS. SHOWERS...DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON.

SUN NIGHT
SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 13 FT. RAIN LATE.

MON
S WIND 30 TO 35 KT. COMBINED SEAS 14 FT. RAIN.

MON NIGHT
W WIND 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 10 KT LATE. WIND
WAVES 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 FOOT. W SWELL 12 FT.

TUE
S WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 11 FT.

WED
S WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 13 FT.



PZZ210-212330-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
851 AM PST SAT NOV 21 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR IN EFFECT
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

IN THE MAIN CHANNEL
COMBINED SEAS AROUND 12 FT TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...BUILDING TO 18 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...SEAS
TEMPORARILY NEAR 14 FT DURING THE EVENING EBB AROUND 715 PM AND TO
17 FT DURING THE SUNDAY MORNING EBB AROUND 815 AM. BREAKERS ARE
LIKELY DURING THE EBBS.



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