PDXCWFMFR (08/20/08 0243)
FZUS56 KMFR 200945
CWFMFR
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
245 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2008
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE OREGON TO POINT ST. GEORGE CALIFORNIA
AND WESTWARD 60 NM.
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245 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2008
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON COASTAL WATERS...
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE WATERS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD
FRONT. THE STORM SYSTEM PASSING NORTH OF THE WATERS WILL SEND
HIGHER SWELL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS BY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH
WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING ON FRIDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD OFFSHORE THURSDAY AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH
SATURDAY. A THERMAL TROUGH WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST THURSDAY
NIGHT...THEN SHIFT INLAND SATURDAY.
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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
245 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2008
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 30 KT UNTIL
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. W SWELL
4 TO 5 FT AT 10 SECONDS...BUILDING TO 8 TO 9 FT AT 10 SECONDS.
RAIN.
.TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 4 FT. W SWELL
10 TO 11 FT AT 10 SECONDS...BUILDING TO NW 12 TO 13 FT AT
13 SECONDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY.
.THU...SW WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT IN THE MORNING...
BECOMING 2 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL 12 TO 13 FT AT 12 SECONDS. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
.THU NIGHT...W WIND 5 KT...VEERING TO NE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND
WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL 10 TO 11 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...N WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 7 TO 9 FT.
PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.
.FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. W SWELL
6 TO 7 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SAT...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 5 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS...BECOMING
3 FT. W SWELL 6 TO 7 FT.
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WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
245 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2008
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 30 KT IN THE
MORNING. WIND WAVES 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT
10 SECONDS...BUILDING TO 8 FT AT 10 SECONDS. RAIN.
.TONIGHT...SW WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL
10 FT AT 10 SECONDS...BUILDING TO NW 12 FT AT 13 SECONDS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.THU...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL 12 TO
13 FT AT 12 SECONDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
.THU NIGHT...N WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS...
BECOMING 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. NW SWELL 10 TO 11 FT. PATCHY FOG
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 6 FT. W SWELL 8 TO
9 FT. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.
.FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 5 TO 7 FT. W SWELL
6 TO 7 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SAT...N WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 7 FT... SUBSIDING TO 5 FT.
NW SWELL 5 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS...BECOMING
3 FT. W SWELL 6 FT.
SANDLER
