FPUS76 KPQR 181149 NOWPQR SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 349 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2009 ORZ001-002-WAZ021-181500- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK... LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...FLORENCE...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH... CATHLAMET 349 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2009 .NOW... GUSTY EAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE COASTAL LOWLANDS THIS MORNING. EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH IN THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON COAST HAVE DEVELOPED. AT TILLAMOOK AIRPORT REPORTED A GUST TO 47 MPH AT 3 AM. WHILE ON THE CENTRAL COAST CAPE FOULWEATHER...NORTH OF NEWPORT...WAS GUSTING TO 63 MPH AT 3 AM. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST ABOVE 500 FEET THROUGH NOON TODAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN EASING LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$