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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
845 PM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

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

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845 PM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES OFF THE WASHINGTON AND N OREGON COASTS
WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN TONIGHT AND DISSIPATE FRI AS HIGHER PRES
BUILDS N OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ON FRI. ANOTHER FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS ON SAT...THEN HIGH PRES WILL BUILD AGAIN
OVER THE NE PAC FOR SUN AND MON.

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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-
845 PM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

.TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT
10 SECONDS.
.FRI...SW WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 10
SECONDS.
.FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 4 FT AT 10
SECONDS.
.SAT...S WIND 10 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W
SWELL 4 FT AT 11 SECONDS. RAIN AT TIMES.
.SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 6 FT
AT 10 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SUN...N WIND 10 TO 15 KT...BUT 15 TO 25 KT S OF NEWPORT IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND WAVES 3 FT N TO 5 FT S. W SWELL 7 FT.
.MON...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. NW SWELL 5 FT.
.TUE...NW WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. NW SWELL 8 FT.

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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
845 PM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 4 TO 5 FT TONIGHT AND FRI.
HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY 6 FT DURING THE EBBS WHICH WILL OCCUR
AROUND 1030 THIS EVENING...AND 1015 AM FRI.

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