Hazardous Seas Warning
NWS Portland OR ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 1 PM PST This Afternoon... ...Hazardous Seas Warning In Effect From 1 PM This Afternoon To 7 PM PST This Evening... ...Gale Watch Now In Effect From This Evening Through Wednesday Afternoon
- Event
- Hazardous Seas Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the Small Craft Advisory, seas 10 to 14 ft at 14 seconds and south winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, very steep and hazardous seas 14 to 17 ft at 14 seconds and south winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt expected. For the Gale Watch, seas 14 to 18 ft at 13 seconds and south winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt possible.
Where
Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 NM and Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 NM.
When
Small Craft Advisory, until 1 PM PST this afternoon. Hazardous Seas Warning, from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM PST this evening. Gale Watch, from this evening through Wednesday afternoon.
Impacts
Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Additional details
Isolated gale force wind gusts expected after 7 AM PST today.
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 Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 nm
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Portland OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M72C4DJHPD2F9ZB9FP106WZA
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b5ba50117356d0d98c8306c37564363220bc36b5.001.2
- 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.8765
- 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 | SEW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWPQR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KPQR 100920 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPQR.SE.W.0017.261110T2100Z-261111T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-10T19:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 nm
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057252 |
| SAME | 057272 |
| UGC | PZZ252 |
| UGC | PZZ272 |