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Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service Portland OR
214 AM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024

Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater Washington to Florence Oregon
and westward 60 NM

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214 AM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
High pressure will maintain northerly winds across the coastal
waters through Tuesday. A weak front crosses the northern waters
late Sunday to Monday. A stronger front moves across the waters on
Wednesday.

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Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR out
10 NM-
214 AM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024

.TODAY...N wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW late this morning and
early afternoon, backing to W around 5 kt late. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds.
Patchy fog this morning.
.TONIGHT...SW wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 11 seconds. A slight chance of rain after midnight. Areas
of dense fog after midnight.
.MON...S wind around 5 kt, veering to W around 5 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 10 seconds.
Areas of dense fog.
.MON NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 6 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy dense fog.
.TUE...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
4 seconds and W 7 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 7 ft at 13 seconds.
.WED...S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at
4 seconds and W 8 ft at 14 seconds. Rain.
.WED NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to SW after midnight.
Seas 5 to 8 ft, subsiding to 4 to 6 ft after midnight. Wave
Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 7 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of
showers.
.THU...S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at
4 seconds and W 7 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of rain in the
afternoon.
.THU NIGHT...S wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft, building to 6 to
9 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: SW 4 ft at 5 seconds and W 9 ft
at 12 seconds. Rain likely.

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Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 NM-
214 AM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024

.TODAY...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft
at 4 seconds and NW 6 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog early this
morning.
.TONIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
6 ft at 11 seconds. Widespread dense fog after midnight.
.MON...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft
at 5 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds. Areas of dense fog.
.MON NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and NW 7 ft at 11 seconds.
Patchy dense fog after midnight.
.TUE...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
4 seconds and W 7 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy dense fog.
.TUE NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to W after midnight. Seas
7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 8 ft at
13 seconds.
.WED...S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 8 ft. Wave Detail: W 8 ft
at 14 seconds. A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely
in the afternoon.
.WED NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to S after midnight. Seas
7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: W 8 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of
showers.
.THU...SE wind around 5 kt, veering to SW in the afternoon. Seas
around 7 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 7 ft at
14 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...S wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: S
3 ft at 4 seconds and W 8 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain in
the evening, then rain likely after midnight.

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Coastal waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR out 10 NM-
214 AM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024

.TODAY...N wind 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 4 seconds and NW 6 ft at 11 seconds.
Areas of dense fog early this morning. Patchy fog late this
morning.
.TONIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW
6 ft at 11 seconds. Widespread dense fog after midnight.
.MON...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
5 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds. Areas of dense fog in the
morning. Patchy fog in the afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and NW
6 ft at 11 seconds.
.TUE...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
4 seconds and NW 7 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the
morning. Widespread dense fog in the afternoon.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt, backing to W around 5 kt after
midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W
8 ft at 14 seconds.
.WED...S wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: W 7 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of
rain in the morning, then rain likely in the afternoon.
.WED NIGHT...W wind around 5 kt, backing to S after midnight.
Seas around 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 7 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of
showers in the evening.
.THU...E wind around 5 kt, veering to SW in the afternoon. Seas
6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 7 ft at 14 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: SW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 7 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain.

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Waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR from 10 to 60 NM-
214 AM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024

.TODAY...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W this afternoon. Seas 5 to
6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog this
morning. Patchy dense fog late.
.TONIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
6 ft at 11 seconds. A slight chance of rain. Patchy fog.
.MON...SW wind around 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft
at 10 seconds. Areas of dense fog.
.MON NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W
7 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog in the evening. Widespread dense
fog after midnight.
.TUE...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
4 seconds and W 8 ft at 12 seconds. Widespread dense fog in the
morning. Patchy dense fog in the afternoon.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 9 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of rain
after midnight.
.WED...SW wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to W in the afternoon. Seas
8 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 9 ft at
14 seconds. Rain.
.WED NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 8 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of showers
in the evening.
.THU...S wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 4 seconds and W 7 ft at
13 seconds. A chance of rain in the afternoon.
.THU NIGHT...SW wind around 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft, building to
9 to 11 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: SW 4 ft at 5 seconds and
W 11 ft at 12 seconds. Rain.

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Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 NM-
214 AM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024

.TODAY...N wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt late this
morning and afternoon. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at
4 seconds and NW 6 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog early this
morning.
.TONIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
6 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the evening. Areas of
dense fog after midnight.
.MON...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft
at 4 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds. Areas of dense fog.
.MON NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and NW 7 ft at 11 seconds.
Patchy dense fog after midnight.
.TUE...N wind 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and NW 8 ft at 12 seconds.
Patchy dense fog.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas 8 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W
8 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of rain after midnight.
.WED...SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 8 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 4 seconds and W 8 ft at 14 seconds. Rain.
.WED NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 8 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 8 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of
showers in the evening.
.THU...S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 4 seconds and W 7 ft at 14 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...SW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft, building to
8 to 10 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 5 seconds and
W 10 ft at 12 seconds. Rain likely.

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Waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR from 10 to 60 NM-
214 AM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024

.TODAY...N wind 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds.
Areas of dense fog early this morning.
.TONIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy dense fog
after midnight.
.MON...N wind 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas around
5 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds.
Areas of dense fog in the morning. Patchy fog in the afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...N wind around 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and NW 7 ft at
11 seconds.
.TUE...N wind 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and NW 8 ft at 13 seconds.
Patchy dense fog.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 8 ft at 14 seconds.
.WED...SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: W 8 ft at
14 seconds. Rain.
.WED NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 8 ft. Wave Detail: W
8 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening.
.THU...NE wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to S in the afternoon. Seas
6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 7 ft at
14 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...SW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: SW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 9 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain in
the evening, then rain likely after midnight.

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Columbia River Bar-
214 AM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

.GENERAL SEAS...3 to 5 ft through Monday morning.

.FIRST EBB...Ebb current of 3.8 kt at 819 AM Sunday. Seas 4 ft.

.SECOND EBB...Strong ebb current of 5.93 kt at 843 PM Sunday. Seas
 6 ft.

.THIRD EBB...Ebb current of 2.95 kt at 915 AM Monday. Seas 4 to 5
 ft.

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