WA Marine Warning and Forecast

WA Marine Warnings and Forecast for Saturday, September 21, 2024

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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Portland OR

1245 AM PDT Sat Sep 21 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS

AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Rough bar conditions expected. Seas of 5 ft subsiding to

4 ft Sunday morning. First ebb current of 4.64 kt at 729 AM

Saturday. Seas 5 ft. Second very strong ebb current of 6.45 kt

at 753 PM Saturday. Seas 7 ft.

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

* WHEN...From 5 PM this afternoon to 9 PM PDT this evening.

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

especially when operating near to, or attempting to cross, the

Columbia River Bar.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Small Craft Advisory means that wave conditions are expected to

be hazardous to small craft in the vicinity of the Columbia River

Bar. Mariners are advised to obtain the latest bar conditions

from the United States Coast Guard before attempting to cross the

bar.

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