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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
230 PM PST FRI NOV 21 2008
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...
SYNOPSIS
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT. A HIGH
PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION SAT. ANOTHER STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE W SAT NIGHT...MOVE INTO THE WATERS
SUN...AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE OVER AREA SUN NIGHT INTO MON. A THIRD
COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA EARLY TUE...FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRES
BUILDING INTO THE REGION LATE TUE INTO EARLY WED. YET A FOURTH
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE WATERS LATER WED.
CANADIAN BORDER TO CAPE LOOKOUT
..STORM WARNING
REMAINDER OF TODAY...S WINDS 30 TO 40 KT
EXCEPT NE PORTION TO
50 KT...AND W PORTION W WINDS 25 TO 40 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 25
TO 35 KT THROUGHOUT LATE. SEAS 16 TO 26 FT...EXCEPT FAR SE
PORTION 12 TO 16 FT. RAIN AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT EARLY
DIMINISHING TO 20
TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT...AND TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 14 TO 24 FT
EARLY...SUBSIDING TO 13 TO 16 FT THROUGHOUT LATE...HIGHEST N.
RAIN AND ISOLATED TSTMS ENDING FROM W TO E.
SAT...W TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT EARLY
THEN
BECOMING S LATE. SEAS 11 TO 14 FT.
SAT NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT
EXCEPT W PORTION TO 35
KT LATE. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT. RAIN DEVELOPING.
SUN
S WINDS 30 TO 40 KT EXCEPT NW PORTION TO 50 KT
EARLY...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT EXCEPT FAR NW PORTION
SHIFTING TO W TO NW 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT...EXCEPT
NW PORTION BUILDING TO 14 TO 18 FT. AREAS OF RAIN.
SUN NIGHT...NW PORTION
NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 11 TO 14 FT. SE PORTION...S WINDS DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT...HIGHEST N.
MON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
EXCEPT W PORTION N TO NW 10
TO 20 KT EARLY. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT THROUGHOUT.
TUE
WINDS NW 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT.
CAPE LOOKOUT TO POINT SAINT GEORGE
..GALE WARNING
TONIGHT...NW PORTION...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT EARLY
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT...THEN TO 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 12 TO 20 FT BECOMING 14 TO 16 FT LATE...HIGHEST FAR
NW. SE PORTION...S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT SHIFTING TO W TO NW
EARLY. WINDS NW 15 TO 20 KT AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT EARLY... BUILDING TO 12 TO
16 FT LATE. RAIN AND ISOLATED TSTMS THROUGHOUT...ENDING FROM W
TO E.
SAT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EARLY
BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT
OR LESS...EXCEPT OVER NW PORTION S 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 11 TO
13 FT.
SAT NIGHT
WINDS S TO SE AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30
KT...EXCEPT FAR NW PORTION TO 35 KT...AND FAR E PORTION 10 TO 20
KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. A CHANCE FOR RAIN OVER NW PORTION
LATE.
SUN...S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT
EXCEPT NW PORTION TO 35 KT. SEAS 8
TO 14 FT...HIGHEST NW. AREAS OF RAIN MAINLY W PORTION.
SUN NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
EXCEPT
FAR W PORTION SHIFTING TO N 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11
FT...HIGHEST NW.
MON...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
EXCEPT FAR W PORTION N WINDS
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
TUE
WINDS N TO NW 20 TO 25 KT THROUGHOUT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT.
WED...WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS
EXCEPT OVER NW PORTION
BECOMING S TO SE 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT.
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