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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
637 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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

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637 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS
TODAY...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND INCREASING SEAS. THE LOW
PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...BUT
WILL WEAKEN LATER IN THE WEEK. MORE BENIGN CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS HIGHER SURFACE
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE WATERS.

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PZZ250-255-270-275-212215-
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-
637 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES
5 FT. SW SWELL 9 FT AT 10 SECONDS...SHIFTING TO THE W AT
10 SECONDS IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WITH SMALL HAIL AND A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...W WIND 20 TO 25 KT...EASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 10 FT AT 10 SECONDS. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF TSTMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS WITH SMALL HAIL.
.WED...W WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 10 FT AT
10 SECONDS. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS WITH SMALL
HAIL IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WED NIGHT...W WIND 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. NW SWELL 10 FT AT 11 SECONDS.
SHOWERS LIKELY WITH SMALL HAIL.
.THU...S WIND 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 3 FT. NW SWELL 9 FT AT 11 SECONDS.
SHOWERS LIKELY.
.THU NIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 8 FT
AT 15 SECONDS. SHOWERS LIKELY.
.FRI...NW WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 6 FT.
.SAT...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT.

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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
637 AM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS NEAR 4 FT THIS MORNING
INCREASING TO 6 FT BY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL
TEMPORARILY RISE TO NEAR 7 FT DURING THE EBB AROUND 230 PM THIS
AFTERNOON AND TO NEAR 12 FT WITH BREAKER LIKELY DURING THE
STRONG EBB AROUND 3 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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