WA Marine Warning and Forecast

WA Marine Warnings and Forecast for Wednesday, January 25, 2023

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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Seattle WA

247 AM PST Wed Jan 25 2023

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS

MORNING...

* WHAT...Seas 9 to 10 ft at 16 seconds.

* WHERE...Coastal Waters from Cape Flattery to Cape Shoalwater

out to 10 nm.

* WHEN...Until 7 AM PST this morning.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 21 to 33 knots

and/or seas 10 feet or higher are expected to produce hazardous

wave conditions to small craft. Inexperienced mariners,

especially those operating smaller vessels should avoid

navigating in these conditions.

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...

* WHAT...Seas 9 to 10 ft at 15 seconds.

10 to 60 nm.

* WHEN...Until noon PST today.

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS

EVENING...

* WHAT...Combined seas 10 to 12 feet subsiding to 7 to 9 ft this

afternoon except building to around 10 feet again during the

strong maximum ebb current around 715 PM this evening. Bar

conditions rough becoming moderate this afternoon except

becoming rough again this evening during the maximum ebb

current. A second maximum ebb current will occur around 715 AM

today.

* WHERE...Grays Harbor Bar.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM PST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft

especially when navigating in or near harbor entrances.

A Small Craft Advisory for rough bar means that wave...