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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
325 AM PDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

PZZ200-231615-
325 AM PDT THU MAY 23 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
BROAD LOW PRES OVER THE PAC NW WILL MOVE LITTLE TODAY...THEN PUSH
EAST AND WEAKEN FRI AND SAT. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE NE
PAC THIS WEEKEND. ANOTHER FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

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PZZ250-270-231615-
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-
325 AM PDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM
PDT THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...NW WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT. NW SWELL 11 FT AT
12 SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 8 FT AT 11 SECONDS. RAIN.
.TONIGHT...NW WIND 5 TO 10 KT...VEERING TO N AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND WAVES 1 FT. NW SWELL 7 FT AT 13 SECONDS. RAIN IN THE
EVENING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...NW WIND 5 TO 10 KT...BACKING TO W IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 7 FT AT 14 SECONDS. SHOWERS LIKELY.
.FRI NIGHT...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 6 FT
AT 13 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SAT...W WIND TO 5 KT...BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 13 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 5 TO 10 KT...BACKING TO S AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 12 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SUN...S WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 5 FT.
.MON...S WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 6 FT.

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PZZ255-275-231615-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
325 AM PDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM
PDT THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...W WIND 10 TO 15 KT...EASING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT. NW SWELL 9 FT AT 11 SECONDS. RAIN.
.TONIGHT...W WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. NW SWELL 8 FT
AT 13 SECONDS. RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 7 FT AT 14 SECONDS. SHOWERS
LIKELY.
.FRI NIGHT...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 6 FT
AT 13 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SAT...SW WIND 5 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT
13 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 5 FT
AT 12 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SUN...S WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT. W SWELL 5 FT.
.MON...S WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 6 FT.

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PZZ210-231615-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
325 AM PDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...GENERAL SEAS 10 FT EARLY THIS MORNING...
GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TO 6 FT BY TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SEAS TEMPORARILY
12 TO 14 FT WITH BREAKERS COVERING THE BAR DURING THE STRONG EBB
AROUND 345 AM THIS MORNING. SEAS TEMPORARILY BUILDING TO 9 FT
DURING THE WEAKER EBB AROUND 415 PM THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...SEAS
TEMPORARILY BUILDING TO 9 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE VERY STRONG
EBB AROUND 430 AM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.


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