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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Portland OR
144 PM PDT Fri Sep 20 2024

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Columbia River Bar-
144 PM PDT Fri Sep 20 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 9 PM PDT
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Rough bar conditions expected. General Seas 5 to 6 ft
  subsiding to 4 ft Saturday evening. First ebb very strong
  current of 6.71 kt at 707 PM Friday. Seas 8 to 9 ft. Second ebb
  current of 4.64 kt at 729 AM Saturday. Seas 5 ft. Third ebb
  very strong current of 6.45 kt at 753 PM Saturday. Seas 7 to 8
  ft.

* WHERE...In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.

* WHEN...Small Craft Advisory, from 5 PM this afternoon to 9 PM
  PDT this evening. Small Craft Advisory, from 5 PM to 9 PM PDT
  Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft,
  especially when operating near to, or attempting to cross, the
  Columbia River Bar.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Small Craft Advisory means that wave conditions are expected to
be hazardous to small craft in the vicinity of the Columbia River
Bar. Mariners are advised to obtain the latest bar conditions
from the United States Coast Guard before attempting to cross the
bar.

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