Gale Warning
NWS Portland OR ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 10 PM PST Thursday... ...Gale Watch Remains In Effect From Thursday Evening Through Friday Afternoon... ...Gale Warning Will Expire At 4 PM PST This Afternoon
- 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. Seas 11 to 14 ft at 14 seconds. For the Gale Watch, seas 12 to 17 ft at 11 seconds and southeast winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt possible.
Where
In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.
When
Small Craft Advisory, until 10 PM PST Thursday. Gale Watch, from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon.
Impacts
Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Additional details
Strong ebb current of 5.66 kt at 531 PM Wednesday. Seas 13 to 16 ft. Ebb current of 2.71 kt at 605 AM Thursday. Seas 12 ft. Ebb current of 5.32 kt at 603 PM Thursday. Seas 12 to 13 ft.
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
- Columbia River Bar
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Portland OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m28s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Ended
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M76H07QCAX4PJYZ7D95JSA4B
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6ec930a0c8802873e85ef2e726608c2c7764f3ed.005.1
- 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.41
- 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
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | GLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWPQR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KPQR 120001 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXP.KPQR.GL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-261112T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-11T16:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.20bb8bae7d6900bfd172d5b2fcee36710bf92976.003.1,2026-11-10T19:13:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0fd5121cc4f26670f641bf88a76c50cebf2f9e7e.004.1,2026-11-10T12:55:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b5ba50117356d0d98c8306c37564363220bc36b5.003.2,2026-11-10T01:20:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ad78b29cea76f3d3586dc6af451afede34b2c7ea.001.3,2026-11-09T15:40:00-08:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Columbia River Bar
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057210 |
| UGC | PZZ210 |