FZUS56 KPQR 091601
CWFPQR
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
901 AM PDT SAT MAY 9 2009
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WASHINGTON TO FLORENCE OREGON
AND WESTWARD 60 NM
PZZ200-092300-
901 AM PDT SAT MAY 9 2009
.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE IS OFFSHORE THIS MORNING...WITH A THERMAL
TROUGH EXTENDING NORTHWARD NEAR THE CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON
COAST. THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY WEAKENS THROUGH SUNDAY. TWO
PACIFIC COLD FRONTS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LATE
SUN NIGHT AND MON...WITH ANOTHER FRONT POSSIBLY APPROACHING
MIDWEEK. 
$$
PZZ250-270-092300-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-
901 AM PDT SAT MAY 9 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES
5 FT. W SWELL 3 FT AT 6 SECONDS. 
.TONIGHT...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 
10 TO 15 KT LATER THIS EVENING. WIND WAVES 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3
FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. W SWELL 2 FT AT 7 SECONDS.
.SUN...N WIND 10 KT...BACKING TO W IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2
FT. W SWELL 2 FT AT 8 SECONDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 TO 15 KT...RISING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 2 FT...BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SW
SWELL 4 FT...BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN LIKELY. 
.MON...SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT...VEERING TO W IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND WAVES 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SW SWELL 8
FT...BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS LIKELY.
.MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 10 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. 
.TUE...W WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 10 FT. 
.WED...S WIND 15 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 4 FT. W SWELL 6 FT.  
$$
PZZ255-275-092300-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
901 AM PDT SAT MAY 9 2009
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...N WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 7 FT. W SWELL 3 FT AT
6 SECONDS. 
.TONIGHT...N WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT....EASING TO 10 
TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. W SWELL 2 FT AT 7 SECONDS.
.SUN...NE WIND 10 KT...BACKING TO W IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES
2 FT. W SWELL 2 FT AT 8 SECONDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 TO 20 KT...RISING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. SW SWELL 4 FT...BUILDING TO 6 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN.
.MON...SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND WAVES 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SW SWELL
7 FT...BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS LIKELY. 
.MON NIGHT...W WIND 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 10 FT.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.TUE...NW WIND 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 10 FT.
.WED...S WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. NW SWELL 6 FT.  
$$
PZZ210-092300-
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
901 AM PDT SAT MAY 9 2009
.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...COMBINED SEAS 2 TO 3 FT TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SEAS TEMPORARILY BUILDING TO 5 FT DURING THE EBB AROUND 6 PM
THIS EVENING...AND TEMPORARILY BUILDING TO 6 FT DURING THE STRONG
EBB AROUND 6 AM SUN MORNING.
$$
WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND