Gale Watch
NWS Portland OR ยท US
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Details
Gale Watch In Effect From Thursday Evening Through Friday Morning
- Event
- Gale Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Seas 7 to 12 ft at 10 seconds and south winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt possible.
Where
Coastal Waters from Cape Shoalwater to Florence out 60 NM.
When
From Thursday evening through Friday morning.
Impacts
Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Additional details
20-40% chance of wind gusts over 40 kt.
Instructions
A Gale Watch is issued when the risk of gale force winds of 34 to 47 knots has significantly increased, but the specific timing and/or location is still uncertain. It is intended to provide additional lead time for mariners who may wish to consider altering their plans.
Affected areas
- Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR out 10 nm
- Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 nm
- Coastal waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR from 10 to 60 nm
- Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 nm
- Waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR from 10 to 60 nm
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Portland OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37XRH9E9ZD1E5S30GRKZA47
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bb6618c0b4fef9db86b1c30bacbbfd3c525ad612.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Portland OR
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPQR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3183
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | GLA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWPQR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KPQR 232001 |
| NWSheadline | GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPQR.GL.A.0008.260925T0300Z-260925T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T11:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR out 10 nm
- Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 nm
- Coastal waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR from 10 to 60 nm
- Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 nm
- Waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR from 10 to 60 nm
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057251 |
| SAME | 057252 |
| SAME | 057253 |
| SAME | 057271 |
| SAME | 057272 |
| SAME | 057273 |
| UGC | PZZ251 |
| UGC | PZZ252 |
| UGC | PZZ253 |
| UGC | PZZ271 |
| UGC | PZZ272 |
| UGC | PZZ273 |