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WA Marine Warning and Forecast

| January 17, 2020 12:05 AM

WA Marine Warnings and Forecast for Friday, January 17, 2020

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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Portland OR

222 PM PST Fri Jan 17 2020

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM PST

SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Rough bar conditions expected.

- GENERAL SEAS...4 to 6 ft through this evening, then

building to 12 to 15 ft late tonight and Saturday.

- SECOND EBB...Around 1115 AM Saturday. Seas to 13 ft with

breakers likely.

* WHERE...In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.

* WHEN...From 8 AM to 4 PM PST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft

especially when navigating in or near harbor entrances.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Small craft should use extreme caution when navigating in or near

harbor entrances.

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM PST

SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Rough bar conditions expected.

- GENERAL SEAS...4 to 6 ft through this evening, then

building to 12 to 15 ft late tonight and Saturday.

- SECOND EBB...Around 1115 AM Saturday. Seas to 13 ft with

breakers likely.

* WHERE...In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.

* WHEN...From 8 AM to 4 PM PST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft

especially when navigating in or near harbor entrances.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Small craft should use extreme caution when navigating in or near

harbor entrances.

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