FZUS56 KPQR 200944 CWFPQR COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 244 AM PDT SAT SEP 20 2008 COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON AND WESTWARD 60 NM PZZ200-201615- 244 AM PDT SAT SEP 20 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST... WEAK HIGH PRES WILL REMAIN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH SAT. REMNANTS OF AN OLD COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS LATE LATE SUN. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN AFTERWARDS FOR INCREASED NW WINDS. $$ PZZ250-255-270-275-201615- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 244 AM PDT SAT SEP 20 2008 .TODAY...W WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL 4 FT AT 11 SECONDS. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL 4 FT AT 12 SECONDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .SUN...S WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FOOT. W SWELL 4 FT AT 11 SECONDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .MON...N WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 5 FT... BUILDING TO NW 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 5 TO 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. NW SWELL 7 FT...BECOMING W 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 10 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 10 FT. $$ PZZ210-201615- COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- 244 AM PDT SAT SEP 20 2008 .IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 4 FT. SEAS WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD TO 5 FT DURING THE EBB AROUND 845 AM SAT...AND TO NEAR 8 FT DURING THE STRONG EBB CURRENT AROUND 915 PM SAT NIGHT. $$ WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND