Small Craft Advisory
NWS Portland OR ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 5 AM PDT Early This Morning... ...Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 2 PM This Afternoon To 8 PM PDT This Evening
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Rough bar conditions expected. 4 to 6 ft at 9 seconds and north winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt.
Where
In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.
When
Small Craft Advisory, until 5 AM PDT early this morning. Small Craft Advisory, from 2 PM this afternoon to 8 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.
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
- Issue to receipt
- ~57s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3GXVZQ7R9CY103ZKJD2WE87
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.858ac088a7cdfb28e7a03f0053c459e493b57611.001.2
- 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.3355
- 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 | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWPQR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KPQR 270756 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPQR.SC.Y.0101.260927T2100Z-260928T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T20:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Columbia River Bar
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057210 |
| UGC | PZZ210 |