Small Craft Advisory

NWS Portland OR · US

Updated

Details

Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 5 AM PDT Sunday

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-09-27 02:28:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-27 02:28:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-27 12:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-27 12:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

Rough bar conditions expected. Seas 4 to 7 ft at 9 seconds and north winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected.

Where

In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.

When

Until 5 AM PDT Sunday.

Impacts

Conditions will be hazardous to small craft, especially when operating near to, or attempting to cross, the Columbia River Bar.

Additional details

Ebb current of 4.88 kt at 531 AM Sunday. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Strong ebb current of 5.98 kt at 549 PM Sunday. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Ebb current of 4.64 kt at 606 AM Monday. Seas 6 ft.

Instructions

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.

Affected areas

Columbia River Bar

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Portland OR
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-27 02:28:49 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~50s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M3GB35BXXV6AN7XWMDVH1VCH
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f1fc65390498068a0484a66fd4ebcc30e423f72b.003.1
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.3483
WMO heading: XOUS56
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 56

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a99756fbd91858eae876457dd06d5d900a88794a.003.2
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-26 13:38:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3be886b858b61711ac0eb658f312b9c0a8b6248c.003.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-26 20:17:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c1be4521613786f40aae1d299861c85ee4b208f.001.2
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-26 07:29:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.13778c7624aa07e514d50a488171dd2479efe3f8.004.2
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-26 00:48:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.547e624bb4d32345ffd972232e375003ad5323f7.003.4
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-25 20:30:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWPQR
WMOidentifier	WHUS76 KPQR 270228
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KPQR.SC.Y.0099.000000T0000Z-260927T1200Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-27T05:00:00-07:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c1be4521613786f40aae1d299861c85ee4b208f.001.2,2026-09-26T00:29:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.13778c7624aa07e514d50a488171dd2479efe3f8.004.2,2026-09-25T17:48:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.547e624bb4d32345ffd972232e375003ad5323f7.003.4,2026-09-25T13:30:00-07:00

Locations

Location data

Columbia River Bar

Name	Value
SAME	057210
UGC	PZZ210