Gale Warning
NWS Portland OR ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 10 AM PST This Morning... ...Gale Warning Now In Effect From 10 AM This Morning To 4 PM PST Wednesday
- Event
- Gale Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the Small Craft Advisory, Rough bar conditions expected with seas 11 to 16 ft at 13 seconds and south winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. For the Gale Warning, seas 12 to 16 ft at 14 seconds and south winds 30 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt expected.
Where
In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.
When
Small Craft Advisory, until 10 AM PST this morning. Gale Warning, from 10 AM this morning to 4 PM PST Wednesday.
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
- ~31s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M72C4KFS6R98S9F3NN0C1HDN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b5ba50117356d0d98c8306c37564363220bc36b5.003.2
- 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.8768
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | GLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWPQR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KPQR 100920 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KPQR.GL.W.0016.261110T1800Z-261112T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-11T16:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Columbia River Bar
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057210 |
| UGC | PZZ210 |