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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
301 PM PST WED JAN 18 2017

...GALES THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY EXTREME 25 TO 30 FOOT WEST
SWELL LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING...

PZZ350-191215-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170119T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.170119T0600Z-170120T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0004.170120T0000Z-170120T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0003.170120T1200Z-170122T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-
301 PM PST WED JAN 18 2017

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM PST
FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO
4 AM PST SUNDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH GALES WILL WILL LOWER LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  THE EVENING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WATERS.
  SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 KT OVERNIGHT.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN AND EXTREMELY HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS OF
  15 TO 22 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY STEEP
  AROUND 18 FT INTO THE EARLY EVENING THEN WILL LOWER TO STEEP
  SEAS OF AROUND 15 FEET TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. VERY STEEP WIND
  DRIVEN SEAS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING...FOLLOWED VERY STEEP AND EXTREMELY HIGH WESTERLY
  SWELL DOMINATED SEAS LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING...MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY STEEP
  AND HAZARDOUS SEAS THIS EVENING...WITH STEEP SEAS EXPECTED
  FROM BROOKINGS SOUTHWARD. ALL AREAS WILL SEE STEEP SEAS LATE
  TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM
  SHORE LATE THURSDAY...EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO.
  HAZARDOUS EXTREMELY HIGH SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS FRIDAY AND
  SATURDAY.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY
STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A
VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY
EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT
THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE
CONDITIONS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL
VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN
PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$


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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
301 PM PST WED JAN 18 2017

...GALES THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY EXTREME 25 TO 30 FOOT WEST
SWELL LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING...

PZZ376-191215-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170119T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.170119T0000Z-170120T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0004.170120T0000Z-170120T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0003.170120T1200Z-170122T1200Z/
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
301 PM PST WED JAN 18 2017

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM PST
FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO
4 AM PST SUNDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH GALES WILL WILL LOWER LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  THE EVENING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WATERS.
  SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 KT OVERNIGHT.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN AND EXTREMELY HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS OF
  15 TO 22 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY STEEP
  AROUND 18 FT INTO THE EARLY EVENING THEN WILL LOWER TO STEEP
  SEAS OF AROUND 15 FEET TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. VERY STEEP WIND
  DRIVEN SEAS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING...FOLLOWED VERY STEEP AND EXTREMELY HIGH WESTERLY
  SWELL DOMINATED SEAS LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING...MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY STEEP
  AND HAZARDOUS SEAS THIS EVENING...WITH STEEP SEAS EXPECTED
  FROM BROOKINGS SOUTHWARD. ALL AREAS WILL SEE STEEP SEAS LATE
  TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM
  SHORE LATE THURSDAY...EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO.
  HAZARDOUS EXTREMELY HIGH SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS FRIDAY AND
  SATURDAY.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY
STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A
VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY
EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT
THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE
CONDITIONS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL
VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN
PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
301 PM PST WED JAN 18 2017

...GALES THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY EXTREME 25 TO 30 FOOT WEST
SWELL LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING...

PZZ356-370-191215-
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170119T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170119T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SW.Y.0003.170119T0000Z-170120T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.GL.W.0004.170120T0000Z-170120T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMFR.SE.W.0003.170120T1200Z-170122T1200Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
301 PM PST WED JAN 18 2017

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM PST
FRIDAY...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO
4 AM PST SUNDAY...

* WINDS...SOUTH GALES WILL WILL LOWER LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  THE EVENING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WATERS.
  SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 KT OVERNIGHT.

* SEAS...WIND DRIVEN AND EXTREMELY HIGH AND VERY STEEP SEAS OF
  15 TO 22 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL REMAIN VERY STEEP
  AROUND 18 FT INTO THE EARLY EVENING THEN WILL LOWER TO STEEP
  SEAS OF AROUND 15 FEET TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. VERY STEEP WIND
  DRIVEN SEAS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING...FOLLOWED VERY STEEP AND EXTREMELY HIGH WESTERLY
  SWELL DOMINATED SEAS LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING...MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY STEEP
  AND HAZARDOUS SEAS THIS EVENING...WITH STEEP SEAS EXPECTED
  FROM BROOKINGS SOUTHWARD. ALL AREAS WILL SEE STEEP SEAS LATE
  TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. GALES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND 5 NM FROM
  SHORE LATE THURSDAY...EXCEPT CLOSER TO SHORE NEAR CAPE BLANCO.
  HAZARDOUS EXTREMELY HIGH SEAS WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS FRIDAY AND
  SATURDAY.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT
  HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ALONG WITH VERY
STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A
VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY
EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT
THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE
CONDITIONS.

A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEA
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE.  COMMERCIAL
VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN
PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT WAVES WILL
BE STEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SMALLER VESSELS
AND INEXPERIENCED MARINERS.

&&

$$

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