Gale Warning
NWS Portland OR ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 10 PM PST This Evening... ...Gale Warning In Effect From 10 PM This Evening To 4 PM PST Friday
- 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. South winds 20 to 30 kt with isolated gusts up to 35 kt. For the Gale Warning, seas 14 to 18 ft at 16 seconds and south winds 25 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 PM PST this evening. Gale Warning, from 10 PM this evening to 4 PM PST Friday.
Impacts
Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Additional details
Ebb current of 2.71 kt at 605 AM Thursday. Seas 12 ft. Ebb current of 5.32 kt at 603 PM Thursday. Seas 13 to 14 ft. Ebb current of 2.44 kt at 643 AM Friday. Seas 12 to 13 ft.
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
- ~1m6s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M77DK354DP972YJAB9RR0MAH
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9e470edbab709de605164823dc65b00e82993f0b.007.3
- 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.3926
- 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 120821 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPQR.GL.W.0017.261113T0600Z-261114T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-13T16:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Columbia River Bar
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057210 |
| UGC | PZZ210 |