Gale Warning
NWS Portland OR ยท US
Details
Hazardous Seas Warning Remains In Effect Until 4 AM PST Monday... ...Gale Warning In Effect From 4 AM To 7 PM PST Monday
- Event
- Gale Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the Hazardous Seas Warning, very steep and hazardous seas 18 to 23 ft at 16 seconds and southeast winds 5 to 10 kt. For the Gale Warning, seas 10 to 12 ft at 13 seconds and south winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt expected.
Where
In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.
When
Hazardous Seas Warning, until 4 AM PST Monday. Gale Warning, from 4 AM to 7 PM PST Monday.
Impacts
Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Instructions
A Gale Warning means winds of 34 to 47 knots are imminent or occurring. Operating a vessel in gale conditions requires experience and properly equipped vessels. It is highly recommended that mariners without the proper experience seek safe harbor prior to the onset of gale conditions.
Affected areas
- Columbia River Bar
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Portland OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M6YCYPRWYJ8YGVHTT9VSTBQ2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f001bf9dd3eebd0484dcefb7e73b36fd7ff35cdb.002.3
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Portland OR
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPQR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3624
- 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 | GLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWPQR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KPQR 082017 |
| NWSheadline | HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM PST MONDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0015.261109T1200Z-261110T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-09T19:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Columbia River Bar
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057210 |
| UGC | PZZ210 |