000 FZUS56 KPQR 252327 CWFPQR COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 327 PM PST WED NOV 25 2009 COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON AND WESTWARD 60 NM PZZ200-260515- 327 PM PST WED NOV 25 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST... HIGH PRES REMAINS CENTERED WELL INLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM DROPS INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS THIS EVENING AND STALLS AS A SECONDARY LOW PRES CENTER DEVELOPS ON THE FRONT. THE FRONT SHOULD SHIFT TO THE COASTLINE LATE THU EVENING. HIGH PRES BRIEFLY BUILDS OVER THE WATERS FRI. $$ PZZ250-270-260515- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 327 PM PST WED NOV 25 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING...EASING TO SE 10 TO 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. W SWELL 12 FT AT 12 SECONDS. CHANCE OF RAIN BEFORE DARK...THEN RAIN OVERNIGHT. .THU...NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT OFFSHORE AND NORTH OF TILLAMOOK...AND S WIND 20 TO 25 KT NEAR SHORE AND SOUTH OF TILLAMOOK. WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 16 FT AT 16 SECONDS. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 TO 25 KT...RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. COMBINED SEAS 16 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 14 SECONDS. RAIN. .FRI...NW WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT...BECOMING W 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 17 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 TO 25 KT...EASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 13 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...W WIND 15 TO 20 KT...BACKING TO SW IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 11 FT. RAIN LIKELY. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 12 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 15 FT. $$ PZZ255-275-260515- COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM- WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM- 327 PM PST WED NOV 25 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 TO 15 KT...RISING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. W SWELL 12 FT AT 13 SECONDS. CHANCE OF RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 6 FT. W SWELL 16 FT AT 16 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING... THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. COMBINED SEAS 16 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 14 SECONDS. RAIN. .FRI...NW WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT...BECOMING W 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 17 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 TO 25 KT...EASING TO 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 5 FT... SUBSIDING TO 1 FOOT AFTER MIDNIGHT. W SWELL 13 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 11 FT. CHANCE OF RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. GUSTS UP TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL 12 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL 14 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 15 FT. $$ PZZ210-260515- COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 327 PM PST WED NOV 25 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS WILL BE 9 FT EARLY...BUILDING TO 12 FT BY LATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SEAS BUILD TO 13 TO 14 FT DURING THE EBB CURRENT AROUND 11 PM TONIGHT AND TO 18 FT WITH BREAKERS LIKELY DURING THE STRONGER EBB AROUND 12 NOON ON THURSDAY. $$ WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND