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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
857 AM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013

WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS FROM 60 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE.

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

PZZ080-190500-
857 AM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.SYNOPSIS FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS...A COLD FRONT OVER
THE WATERS WILL MOVE E THROUGH THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT WHILE
WEAKENING. AN AREA OF HIGH PRES WILL BUILD W OF THE AREA AS A LOW
PRES TROUGH DEVELOPS ALONG THE SRN COAST SUN THROUGH MON. AN AREA
OF LOW PRES WILL APPROACH THE WATERS FROM THE W MON...THEN TURN S
AND CROSS THE FAR SW PORTION WHILE WEAKENING LATE MON INTO TUE.
ANOTHER AREA OF HIGH PRES WILL BUILD W OF THE REGION AS A SECOND
LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE SW COAST OF CANADA MON THROUGH WED.

$$

PZZ081-190500-
CAPE FLATTERY TO CAPE LOOKOUT-
857 AM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT FAR E PORTION S TO SW
EARLY...THEN BECOMING NW 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7
FT. CHANCE OF RAIN.
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT W PORTION
DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT.
.MON...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS
BECOMING 6 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST W.
.TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT FAR NE PORTION W TO NW 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 15 FT...HIGHEST W.
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT FAR NE PORTION 5 TO 15
KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 11 FT.

$$

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CAPE LOOKOUT TO POINT ST. GEORGE-
857 AM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT FAR E PORTION S TO SW
EARLY...THEN BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN.
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...NW PORTION...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SE PORTION...N WINDS
15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...NW PORTION...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SE PORTION...
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT FAR SE PART TO 30 KT. SEAS BECOMING 5 TO
10 FT...HIGHEST SE.
.MON...NW PORTION...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SE PORTION...N
WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT LATE...HIGHEST SW.
.TUE...N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 10 TO 16
FT...HIGHEST W.
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT...HIGHEST NW.

$$

.FORECASTER KELLS. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER.