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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
837 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

California waters-
Inner waters from  60 nm to 150 nm offshore.
Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore.

Conditions given represent the highest within that period.

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.

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A cold front will continue
across the southern waters as a trough moves E and SE across the
central and southern waters today into tonight. A ridge will
build E over the waters Sun into Sun night, then shift inland
Mon. A cold front will move SE over the area Mon into Mon night.
Yet another ridge will build SE over the region Mon night into
Tue night, before another cold front moves over the waters Tue
night through Wed night.

Point St. George to Point Arena

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...W to NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 15 to 24 ft.

Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA

.TODAY...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 19 ft.

Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to
Guadalupe Island

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft.
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.

.Forecaster Joseph. Ocean Prediction Center.


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