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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR N CALIFORNIA WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
911 PM PDT MON MAY 20 2013

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...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.


POINT ST. GEORGE TO POINT ARENA

...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 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 5 TO
7 FT.


POINT ARENA TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS

...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 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 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 5 TO 8 FT.