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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
851 AM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

PZZ200-182215-
851 AM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THEN HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE NE PAC LATER TODAY
AND SUN. THIS HIGH WILL MOVE LITTLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERMAL
LOW PRES WILL STRENGTHEN OVER NW CALIFORNIA SUN THROUGH WED.

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PZZ250-255-270-275-182215-
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-
851 AM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT...VEERING TO W IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 11 SECONDS.
OCCASIONAL RAIN.
.TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES
3 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 10 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING.
.SUN...N WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT.
W SWELL 6 FT AT 10 SECONDS.
.SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 6 FT
AT 9 SECONDS.
.MON...N WIND 10 TO 15 KT...RISING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 6 FT AT
9 SECONDS.
.MON NIGHT...N WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 5 FT
AT 9 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY.
.TUE...NW WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 10 FT.
.WED...W WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. NW SWELL 11 FT.

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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
851 AM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 4 FT TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 6 FT DURING THE EBBS
AROUND 1115 AM THIS MORNING AND 1230 AM TONIGHT.

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