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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
249 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON
AND WESTWARD 60 NM

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249 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STRONG GULF OF ALASKA STORM SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS. THIS SWELL WILL
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. THE 
ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...WITH A SERIES OF
FRONTS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS THROUGH MUCH OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR GALES AS THE NEXT STRONG
FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE WATERS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.

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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
249 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KT...EASING
TO 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING...THEN...BACKING
TO S AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. NW SWELL
20 FT AT 15 SECONDS. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS BEFORE DARK...
THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.
.SUN...S WIND 15 TO 25 KT. A FEW GUSTS TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 
6 FT. W SWELL 18 FT AT 15 SECONDS. RAIN.
.SUN NIGHT...S WIND INCREASING 20 TO 30 KT...WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT
DEVELOPING TOWARD DAYBREAK. COMBINED SEAS 18 FT DOMINANT PERIOD
14 SECONDS. CHANCE OF RAIN.
.MON...S WIND 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT...SHIFTING SW AND
DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT BY AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 16 FT.
PERIODS OF RAIN.
.MON NIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 FT OVERNIGHT. W SWELL 14 FT. SHOWERS LIKELY.
.TUE...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 6 FT.
W SWELL 12 FT. SHOWERS.
.TUE NIGHT...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT...BECOMING 
SW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS 13 FT. SHOWERS
LIKELY.
.WED...SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. COMBINED SEAS 
13 FT.
.THU...W WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. NW SWELL 9 FT.

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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
249 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR IN EFFECT
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 20 TO 24 FT...SUBSIDING TO 
18 TO 20 FT SUNDAY. BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THIS
EVENING...MOST FREQUENT DURING THE STRONG EBB AROUND 745 PM THIS
EVENING. 20 FT SEAS WITH BREAKERS ARE ALSO LIKELY DURING THE
WEAKER EBB AROUND 845 AM SUNDAY MORNING. 

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