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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
208 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013

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

PZZ200-160545-
208 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH ASHORE TONIGHT. A BROAD
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WATERS
SATURDAY.

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PZZ250-270-160545-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
208 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013

.TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT...VEERING TO SW
WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE EVENING...THEN...EASING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. W SWELL 6 FT AT 9 SECONDS. OCCASIONAL RAIN BEFORE
DARK...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY.
.THU...SW WIND 5 KT...VEERING TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 9 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...NW WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT
AT 10 SECONDS.
.FRI...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 4 FT AT
10 SECONDS.
.FRI NIGHT...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 4 FT
AT 10 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SAT...SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES
3 FT. W SWELL 4 FT AT 10 SECONDS. SHOWERS LIKELY.
.SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES
3 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 10 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SUN...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 6 FT.
.MON...NW WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 6 FT.

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PZZ255-275-160545-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
208 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013

.TONIGHT...S WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT...VEERING TO
SW WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING...THEN...EASING TO 5 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. W SWELL 6 FT AT 9 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY BEFORE DARK...
THEN SHOWERS LIKELY.
.THU...W WIND 5 KT...VEERING TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES
2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 9 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.THU NIGHT...NW WIND 5 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT
10 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
.FRI...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 4 FT AT
10 SECONDS.
.FRI NIGHT...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 4 FT
AT 10 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SAT...SW WIND 5 TO 10 KT...RISING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 4 FT AT 10 SECONDS. SHOWERS
LIKELY.
.SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 10 SECONDS. CHANCE
OF SHOWERS.
.SUN...N WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 6 FT.
.MON...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 5 FT.

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PZZ210-160545-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
208 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 4 TO 5 FT THROUGH THURSDAY.
HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY BUILDING TO 7 FT DURING THE EBB
CURRENTS AROUND 930 PM THIS EVENING AND AROUND 915 AM THURSDAY.

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