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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
245 PM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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

PZZ200-220415-
245 PM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
A LOW PRESSURE MOVING ONTO THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST WILL PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND INCREASING SEAS IN ITS WAKE THIS EVENING AND WEDNESDAY.
ANOTHER SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP DOWN THE COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY. SEAS AND WINDS SHOULD THEN SUBSIDE AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS
RELAX.

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PZZ250-255-270-275-220415-
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-
245 PM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT...BACKING TO W AFTER MIDNIGHT.
GUSTS TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 6 FT. W SWELL 10 FT AT 10 SECONDS.
SHOWERS WITH SMALL HAIL.
.WED...W WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 6 FT.
W SWELL 11 FT AT 11 SECONDS. SHOWERS WITH SMALL HAIL.
.WED NIGHT...W WIND 15 TO 20 KT...BACKING TO SW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 10 FT AT 11 SECONDS.
SHOWERS LIKELY WITH SMALL HAIL IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS
LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THU...S WIND 15 TO 20 KT...EASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 4 FT. NW SWELL 8 FT AT 10 SECONDS.
SHOWERS LIKELY.
.THU NIGHT...S WIND 10 TO 15 KT...BACKING TO SE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS. SHOWERS LIKELY.
.FRI...N WIND 5 TO 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT
8 SECONDS. SHOWERS LIKELY.
.FRI NIGHT...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SAT...NW WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 4 FT.
.SUN...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 4 FT.

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PZZ210-220415-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
245 PM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR IN EFFECT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS WILL HOVER AROUND 10 FT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY RISE TO NEAR 12 FT WITH
BREAKERS DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 3 AM WEDNESDAY...AND TO NEAR
11 FT WITH BREAKERS DURING THE EBB AROUND 330 PM WEDNESDAY.

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