Skamokawa, WA Weather Warnings

HIGH SURF ADVISORY

Warning Issue Date:

310 PM PST FRI NOV 06 2009

HIGH SURF WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST SUNDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH SURF WARNING WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IS MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WITH 20 TO 23 FOOT SEAS BEING REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON COASTAL BUOYS. THESE SEAS HAVE COME DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM THE EARLIER PEAK OF 24 TO 27 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLIER THIS MORNING. THOUGH THE SWELL HAS COME DOWN A BIT...IT IS STILL POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GENERATE VERY ENERGETIC WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE...WHICH WILL PUMMEL THE COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS. HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE. $$ WEAGLE