Gale Watch
NWS Portland OR ยท US
Details
Hazardous Seas Warning Remains In Effect Until 7 AM PST Thursday... ...Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 7 AM To 7 PM PST Thursday... ...Gale Watch Remains In Effect From Thursday Evening Through Friday Afternoon
- Event
- Gale Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
For the Hazardous Seas Warning, very steep and hazardous seas 13 to 16 ft at 14 seconds and south winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt expected. For the Small Craft Advisory, seas 12 to 14 ft at 14 seconds and south winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt expected. For the Gale Watch, seas 16 to 21 ft at 16 seconds and south winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 50 kt possible.
Where
Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 NM.
When
Hazardous Seas Warning, until 7 AM PST Thursday. Small Craft Advisory, from 7 AM to 7 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.
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
- 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
- ~1m29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M76H086N688RFGKXXQ8GJCDC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6ec930a0c8802873e85ef2e726608c2c7764f3ed.004.4
- 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.47
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | GLA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWPQR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KPQR 120001 |
| NWSheadline | HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY... ...GALE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KPQR.GL.A.0013.261113T0300Z-261114T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-13T16:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 nm
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057272 |
| UGC | PZZ272 |