FZUS56 KPQR 161657
CWFPQR
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
857 AM PST MON FEB 16 2009
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON
AND WESTWARD 60 NM
PZZ200-162330-
857 AM PST MON FEB 16 2009
.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
LOW PRES OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST CONTINUES TO DRIFT
SOUTH TODAY. A WEAK LOW PRES FORMS OFF S OREGON COAST
TODAY THEN DISSIPATES TONIGHT...LEAVING A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES
OVER THE WATERS. A STRONGER LOW APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST WED
AND THU...INCREASING THE OFFSHORE FLOW.
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PZZ250-270-162330-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
857 AM PST MON FEB 16 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W
SWELL 10 FT AT 16 SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 8 FT AT 16 SECONDS IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 TO 20 KT...EASING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 FOOT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
W SWELL 7 FT AT 14 SECONDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.TUE...E WIND 5 KT...BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES
1 FOOT. NW SWELL 6 FT AT 13 SECONDS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WIND 5 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. NW SWELL 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WIND 5 TO 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES
1 FOOT. NW SWELL 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. SW SWELL
8 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.THU...E WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. SW SWELL 10 FT. 
.FRI...SE WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. SW SWELL 9 FT.  
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PZZ255-275-162330-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
857 AM PST MON FEB 16 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT.
MIXED SWELL W 9 FT AT 16 SECONDS. SECONDARY SWELL S 5 FT AT
9 SECONDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WIND 5 TO 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT...VEERING TO
SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 7 FT AT 14 SECONDS.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.TUE...S WIND 5 TO 10 KT...VEERING TO SW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL 6 FT AT 13 SECONDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL
5 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.WED...SE WIND 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W
SWELL 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES
4 FT. SW SWELL 8 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.THU...E WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT.
SW SWELL 10 FT. 
.FRI...SE WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. SW SWELL 9 FT.  
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PZZ210-162330-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
857 AM PST MON FEB 16 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 10 FT THIS
MORNING...EXCEPT TEMPORARILY BUILDING TO 14 FT WITH BREAKERS
LIKELY DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 945 AM. SEAS THEN SUBSIDING
TO 6 TO 8 FT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT TEMPORARILY BUILDING
TO 9 FT WITH ISOLATED BREAKERS POSSIBLE DURING THE WEAKER EBB
AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT.
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WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND