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OFFSHORE FORECAST

 
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 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
 NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
 230 AM PST TUE NOV 24 2009
 
 WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS FROM 60 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE.
 
 SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
 HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE 
 MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
 
 PZZ080-241730-
 230 AM PST TUE NOV 24 2009
 
 .SYNOPSIS FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS...A STATIONARY FRONT 
 ACROSS THE REGION WILL DISSIPATE TODAY. A WARM FRONT WILL REACH 
 THE WATERS TODAY AND LIFT NE TONIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL 
 REACH THE WATERS WED...THEN STALL THU. A LOW PRES CENTER WILL 
 DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT LATE THU AND MOVE INLAND EARLY FRI. HIGH 
 PRES WILL BRIEFLY BUILD INTO THE AREA FOLLOWING THE FRONT LATE 
 FRI INTO SAT AS ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE W.
 

 
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 CAPE FLATTERY TO CAPE LOOKOUT
 230 AM PST TUE NOV 24 2009
 
 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED THU INTO FRI...
 
 .TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 TO 15 FT. RAIN AND 
 PATCHY FOG.
 .TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS BECOMING 13 TO 16 FT. 
 RAIN AND PATCHY FOG.
 .WED...WINDS DIMINISHING TO W TO SW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 12 TO 16 
 FT...EXCEPT W PORTION BUILDING TO 16 TO 23 FT WITH W SWELL. RAIN 
 ENDING NW TO SE.
 .WED NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 18 TO 21 FT WITH W 
 SWELL.
 .THU...N TO NW WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 17 TO 20 FT.
 .FRI...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 
 SW PORTION DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS SUBSIDING 
 TO 12 TO 14 FT.
 .SAT...WINDS BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 25 KT THROUGHOUT. SEAS 12 TO 
 14 FT.
 

 
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 CAPE LOOKOUT TO POINT ST GEORGE
 230 AM PST TUE NOV 24 2009
 
 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED THU INTO FRI...
 
 .TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 12 FT. SHOWERS 
 ENDING.
 .TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT NW PORTION 
 INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS BECOMING 10 TO 15 FT. RAIN 
 DEVELOPING NW.
 .WED...S TO SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NW 
 PORTION SHIFTING TO NW. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT...EXCEPT NW PORTION 
 BUILDING TO 14 TO 20 FT WITH W SWELL. RAIN AND TSTMS.
 .WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT NW PORTION NE 
 WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BECOMING 17 TO 20 FT THROUGHOUT WITH W 
 SWELL.
 .THU...WINDS SHIFTING TO N TO NW AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 KT 
 THROUGHOUT. SEAS BECOMING 16 TO 20 FT.
 .FRI...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO W 10 TO 20 
 KT...EXCEPT N PORTION DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. 
 SEAS SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 13 FT.
 .SAT...WINDS BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT.
 

 
 .FORECASTER MUSONDA. OCEAN FORECAST BRANCH.
 

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